Reina Sofía

Today began normally - across the street for wonderful café (which includes fresh mini-croissant, all for €1), then down the street to pick up the Financial Times for later reading. The big event for today was visiting the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Along with many other modern Spanish painters, Picasso has a major presence here. At the centre of the Picasso collection is the wonderful, haunting Guernica. Photos were not allowed, but we have provided links to a few of our favourites from a variety of sources.

• Guernica (Picasso)


• Femme assise accoudée (Picasso)


• Retrato de Iturrino (Echevarría)


• La tertulia del café de Pombo (Solana)


• Sin título (Kadinsky)


• Muchacha en la ventana (Dali)


• Retrato de Luis Buñuel (Dali)

The small event for the day was Susan weighing in at a WW meeting in Madrid! It caused quite a stir as attempts were made to have a conversation about differences in the plan and meetings here and there ... plus, she was weighed in kilos. However, translated there was a net loss of 1 pound so everyone was pleased.

Parque del Buen Retiro 1

Parque del Buen Retiro 2