On our fourth day, we went to the Plaza de
España. In the Plaza de España, we took a picture with a statue of Don Quixote, who is a character in a book who think he is a knight. Don Quixote was written by Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes gravely injured his arm in a war with the Ottoman fleet.
After we left la Plaza de España, we went to an Egyptian temple. It was built in the 2nd century. Spain got the temple because the Egpytians were building a dam in the Nile River. The temple was going to flood, so they gave it to the Spanish.
After we left the Temple, we met Abuela, got on a skylift, and went to a park called Casa de Campo. We walked for a little bit, and then we got back on the skylift.
When we got back to Madrid, we got ice cream at an awesome place called Palazzo. I got blackberry flavored ice cream and orange flavored ice cream. It was good!
Then we went back to Abuelo's and Abuela's house and stayed there for a little bit. After that, we went to a famous museum called El Prado. My favorite paintings were "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Garden of Earthly Delights." They are both by Hieronymus Bosch. I like these paintings because there were big and weird things are happening in them. For example, in the image below from "The Garden of Earthly Delights," you can see: a witch with an open butt and trees for legs; two giant ears with a knife in between them and an arrow going through both of them; and a knife in midair with a pink disc on top of it and a knight lying down on it and being eaten by six creatures.
"The Seven Deadly Sins" (below) is in a big room with other Bosch paintings. There is a glass case that is covering it and you look down at it. We met Tia Gimena in that room.
After we left la Plaza de España, we went to an Egyptian temple. It was built in the 2nd century. Spain got the temple because the Egpytians were building a dam in the Nile River. The temple was going to flood, so they gave it to the Spanish.
After we left the Temple, we met Abuela, got on a skylift, and went to a park called Casa de Campo. We walked for a little bit, and then we got back on the skylift.
When we got back to Madrid, we got ice cream at an awesome place called Palazzo. I got blackberry flavored ice cream and orange flavored ice cream. It was good!
Then we went back to Abuelo's and Abuela's house and stayed there for a little bit. After that, we went to a famous museum called El Prado. My favorite paintings were "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Garden of Earthly Delights." They are both by Hieronymus Bosch. I like these paintings because there were big and weird things are happening in them. For example, in the image below from "The Garden of Earthly Delights," you can see: a witch with an open butt and trees for legs; two giant ears with a knife in between them and an arrow going through both of them; and a knife in midair with a pink disc on top of it and a knight lying down on it and being eaten by six creatures.
"The Seven Deadly Sins" (below) is in a big room with other Bosch paintings. There is a glass case that is covering it and you look down at it. We met Tia Gimena in that room.
The image above shows gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins.
Here are my favorite things from this day:
1. Eating blackberry and orange ice cream (by the way, I am not a glutton for eating too much ice cream)
2. Seeing the paintings in El Prado
3. Riding on the Skylift
4. Walking around la Plaza de España
5. Seeing the Egyptian Temple
Here are my favorite things from this day:
1. Eating blackberry and orange ice cream (by the way, I am not a glutton for eating too much ice cream)
2. Seeing the paintings in El Prado
3. Riding on the Skylift
4. Walking around la Plaza de España
5. Seeing the Egyptian Temple
1 comment:
I love that view of the 7 Deadlies. And I love ice cream.
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