Day 15 Madrid SP

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We slept in, went down for breakfast and showered. Then we stopped by the business center to print our boarding passes for tomorrow departure flights. The hotel indicated that it is a 30 minute taxi ride to the airport and it is a mandated fixed price of 30 Euros. A leisure start to this our final day. I am wearing down and getting stiff and sore so we decided easy does it today.

We finally wandered out and decided to go to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. It is close within walking as just a few blocks. Everything here when asked how far is 5-10 minutes when really it is much longer! This museum is about 15 minutes from our hotel. We both got in with senior pricing so 14 euros total. Age has its benefits, we spent a couple of hours here.

This museum hosts a private art collection and contains paintings gathered by a family that spans a period from late 13th century to the 1980's. A mixture of old world masters to the impressionists. Our favorites were a biblical painting about King Soloman and his wisdom with the 2 mothers and babies; and 2 paintings by an artist unknown to us, Matthias Stom from 1633. His paintings for the time and use of light were just beautiful and I really loved them.

We went back to the outside cafe where we ate at 2 days ago as Jim wanted to enjoy the Caesar salad and jambon sandwich. Then we wandered to the Starbucks nearby so I could enjoy a mocha coconut frapachino. We sat outside and people watched for a while. The rain last night really cooled things off and the weather today is just perfect with a slight breeze. We walked through the nearby Westin Hotel and then back to the Hotel Urban to relax, pack and catch up. Tonight we will dine at the hotel and turn in early as we need to be up with an early alarm. We would like to have taken the open top Madrid City tour in the evening with city light up but I can't make the several blocks to the pick up location. That's okay, we have really enjoyed our stay in Madrid. We will return to Spain for sure,

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