Salvatore Dali

May 27 Madrid (last day)

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May 27th 2015
Last day in Madrid. David and I went to the Reina Sofia and the Prado galleries and saw Picasso's Guernica along with a pile of other stuff. Jan had already been and didn't want to look at any more "bleeding Jesus" pictures. My only mistake today was accidentally ordering tripe for lunch. All-in-all the trip has been a good one. We drove 3300 kms by car. Jan crisscrossed the country by high spe ... read more

Europe » Spain

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more