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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

One day in Madrid

I stayed in an excellent hostel very close to the Prado museum and another one I had never heard of, the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. The Botanical Gardens were in the same neighborhood. Short story- I visited all three and liked the Thyssen-Bornemisza best.

Everything from Henri VIII

to Georgia O’Keefe

Of course, the Prada is Madrid’s shining jewel but it is very focussed on Spanish art. The other one had more variety and I loved the spirit of it.

Peonies … in April’
Iris and other spring flowers were almost finished

It was too lovely to stay inside so the garden was a lovely break. I flopped into bed and rose at the crack of dawn to catch my bus to Ponferrada. Today was my first day of initiation into my tasks as hospitalera … more on that tomorrow but a glimpse of the journey below.

From the bus
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3 responses to “One day in Madrid”

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    georgeshebert

    Hi My belle. A very short note I am afraid but I am running late to get supper made. Can you please tell us what the weather is like in Madrid. Hot, Cold? Sweater at night? We’re on our way Thursday and you will be gone by then. I would have loved to catch up. I’m loving your blogs and hope you are having fun. Love me

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      isobel cunningham

      It was and, according to my weather app, will be sunny and warm for many days. The sun is hot and I walked

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      isobel cunningham

      See email ? Hon

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