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Last minute touristy things
Because we’ve all finally finished exams and are preparing to have even more people slowly trickle out of Madrid, we’ve been trying to fit in some last minute touristy things that we either missed throughout the semester or are a … Continue reading
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Tagged a cappella, almudena cathedral, alonso martínez, art, ateneo de madrid, ayuntamiento, cable car, casa de campo, cathedral, cibeles, city hall, el rastro, flea market, golden triangle of art, la latina, lago, lago de casa de campo, lake, live music, madrid day, malasaña, market, microteatro por madrid, museum, music, open air, ópera, palacio de cibeles, plaza de cibeles, plaza de oriente, prado, rastro, reina sofía, royal opera house, royal theater, san isidro, sol, teatro real, teleférico, thyssen, thyssen-bornemisza, tierra, tierra burrito
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Paseo to Lavapiés
On Wednesday, April 10, we had our last paseo. 🙁 With the week of Easter being our spring break, this week was the end of all of our classes at the AU Study Center. When we come back from spring … Continue reading
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Tagged aslim, bohemia, bohemian, castizo, catholic monarchs, cnt, community, confederación nacional de trabajo, immigrants, immigration, jewish, jews, kike, la latina, lavapiés, legazpi, paseo, paseos por madrid, reyes católicos, sephardi, sol, tabacalera
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Museo de América and Madrid’s Slaughterhouse
The busy Madrid-filled week continued with an adventure with Christy on Tuesday and a paseo with Kike on Wednesday. Like most Tuesdays, Christy and I had a bit of free time that we wanted to take advantage of to explore … Continue reading
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Tagged arco de la victoria, atleti, atlético, atlético de madrid, ayuntamiento, casa de campo, chipotle, ciudad universitaria, faro, faro de moncloa, francisco franco, franco, icade, kike, la latina, legazpi, m-30, m30, manzanares, manzanares river, matadero, moncloa, mudéjar, museo de américa, neo-mudéjar, ópera, palacio de moncloa, palacio real, park, paseo, paseos por madrid, pirámides, príncipe pío, puente de segovia, puerta de la moncloa, river, royal palace, sol, tierra, tierra burrito, universidad complutense, vicente calderón, walk, walkable
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Madrid’s Prado Museum
The Museo del Prado is Spain’s largest art museum. It’s located right in the middle of Madrid, about a 10 minute walk to the east of Puerta del Sol and right off of Plaza de Cibeles, the night bus hub that’s also … Continue reading
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Tagged arqueological museum, art, art changes, bank of spain, christ washing the disciple's feet, class, dalí, disrobing of christ, el greco, elites, elitism, european art, goya, greco, hierarchy, kings, las meninas, monarchs, museo arueológico, museo del prado, museum, paco, patricia, picasso, plaza de cibeles, portraits, prado, puerta del sol, queens, reina sofía, retiro, royalty, royalty of spain, sol, spain seminar, spanish monarchs, thyssen-bornemisza, tintoretto, titian, velázquez
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