Sights in Madrid

The organizers of the IUCr conference had sightseeing tours and excursions that the conference participants could sign up to take. I took one half day trip on Sunday to the Museo del Prado which has some fine European art by Velázquez and Francisco de Goya mainly but also Titian, Rubens and Bosch and others. There are also Greek and Roman sculptures. Photos are not allowed of course but it was wonderfull to see. The famous Picasso Guernica is at the Museo Reina Sofía which, unfortunantly, I did not get to go see. We also took a bus trip around the city and were told about many of the famous sights in Madrid. It was difficult to take pictures out of the bus window but we did stop at the famous bull fighting areana (I did not go to a bull fight) and the Royal Palace. I have put some of the pictures below.

An old Spanish Church near the Prado

A Friend Melissa and I at the Bull Fighting Stadium

The Palace

Don Quixote Statue

A movie was being filmed in the palace gardens