The Prado

I could have come here every day for a month. We saw very little.  But it was magnificent. No photos allowed, but I did find these images on the Prado website. 

 

"Las Meninas," meaning "The Maids of Honor," A 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez

 

 "Blind Man's Bluff," a 1787 painting by Francisco de Goya

Created as a plan for weaving a Tapestry.

"The Third of May 1808" is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya

"Christ falls on the way to Calvary #1" is a 1515 painting by Raphael.

“Portrait of Isabella of Portugal”   in 1548 by Titian

This rivals the Mona Lisa. Titian was a discovery for me that day

"The Haywain Triptych," a 1515 painting by Hieronymus Bosch.

 

Sevilla

 

Here lies Christopher Columbus. 

Candy

Candy

Candy, in front of the apartment she lived in 50 years ago. 

Sandra and Candy

Guadalquivir River

Cathedral of St Mary by the Sea. It is huge and incorporates an old Mosque's Tower as well as its Courtyard for ablutions.   

Sketching outside the Cathedral while waiting for our timed entrance.

This garden sculpture is an ode to the poem Glorieta by Gustave de Becquer. The poet addresses three kinds of women's faces. First is the face that dreams of love. The second is the face that finds love, and the third is the face that is lost to love.

A beautiful boulevard that Candy walked when attending college here.