Adventure to the Archeological Museum

I have discovered I like taking pictures of my feet. I think I will document my progress here by showing the deterioration of my shoes being worn out in discovery.

We took the wrong train home and by the time we realized it we had gone forty minutes in the wrong direction and it took about two and a half to three hours to get home from Madrid. Moral of the story: make sure to take the right train. Our host family was cutely waiting for us in the kitchen and were excited to see us. We still got dinner before bed at 11:30.

These are outside of the national library

Yeah, I don't even know what to say.

These flowers are made of porcelain. Going to places like this just overwhelms me with the amazingness of people. That we have the capacity to create things like this as human beings is an unbelievable blessing and vote of confidence from God I think.

This is carved out of ivory. Oh my heck.

This was my favorite sculpture. I feel like it captures perfectly the introspective mood.

This is the most famous piece of ancient Iberian sculpture. It is the Dama Elche

Beautiful apartments! Here they have plazas with apartments facing in everywhere and I think they are so beautiful. The architecture is meant to compliment the historic buildings and it is fantastic.

Get ready for the portraits - Katy looks significantly more cute :)

Ancient triumphal arch

Me trying to be cool taking pictures of my friends. Aren't they cute?

State Building that looks like a palace - I feel like you can walk five feet and see something amazing here.

I see these all over the place here and took this picture for my Brother Darren. He has a shirt that says ONCE on it and I finally understand. This is for you Bro!

Katy and I were framed! There was a block built on the wall specifically made for posters which is cartel in Spanish.

Awesome building in the Bank district. The is this block full of amazing banks and each one has architecture like this. What is our deal in America?

This is me and my sneaky ways at a sweet gate on the way to the museum.

Another sweet statue man. This guy is my favorite, I call him the fallen angel.

Alcala de Henares

Us chillin with Don Quixote and his trusty side kick! (Katy is jealous)

So, on Saturday we decided to explore the area closest to us so we wandered around the Plaza de Cervantes and the city center. It was a lovely, relaxing day. I felt very European

Isn't she adorable! I love taking pictures with my camera!

Also, get ready to be up close and personal...

Welcome to the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes!

We are in the birth home of Cervantes, the writer of Don Quixote. It was amazing! They have lots of first edition and second edition prints of the novel and the lithographs were fantastic. It definitely inspired me to work on drawing in ink and later taking a lithography class. It is an amazing art form. I also resolved to buy a copy of Don Quixote here and read it.

The best part about this is that the moon is up super early and there are these huge birds with gigantic nests everywhere. Katy is a little terrified, but they add character to the place.

Basically it was funny that to make a restaurant cool and modern, they just named it "Cool Restaurant" in English. This is me being equally cool.

Madrid Day Two

me being a goof outside the market, get used to pictures like this :)

more of La Plaza Mayor - this place is amazing. The inquisition happened here in Spain

Our awesome tour guide Antonio! We became good friends and I enjoyed talking to him in Spanish!

feet on the train - Katy decided to be different. Mostly I think she wanted to freak me out. Oh, Katy my dear roomie how I love thee!

This is actually a person posing as the thinker; now that is talent!

past kings of Spain in front of the palace

oldest door in Spain - check it out yo

most modern cathedral

Pinocchio!

Plaza with three different important architectural styles. I love the buildings here! It is so beautiful and inspiring. I guess that is why I am in art. Moral of the story: I love it here. I love the food, the language, the people and the buildings!

More of Chamartin - Beautiful plaza/garden in the buisness district