I have to find a theatre in Madrid showing Harry Potter in english.
My feelings towards the Prado are a bit like my feelings towards shopping. Its a good thing to do alone because if I were with anyone they would judge how long I take on every painting and every store.
6 hours in the Prado! But I saw everything and loved every minute. Heres a tip, always get the audio guide. They're only a few bucks and always give more interesting information than the little panels. I will always regret not getting one at the Colloseum in Rome, I know I missed so much because of it.
My favorite? Hippomenes and Atalanta by Guido Reni. Atlanta had many suitors and said she would marry the one who could beat her in a race (the losers she would kill, ha!). Hippomenes loved her and during the race, he dropped golden apples which Atlanta stopped to pick up. He won! This may be my favorite peice of all time, beating out The Kiss by Klimt.
Last night I accidentally took the train to the last stop when I was supposed to get off at María Tudor. I saw lots of painting of María Tudor yesterday. Did you know she is who bloody marys
are named after? She killed a bunch of Protestants.
The security gaurds yell at me in Spanish. That MUST mean I look local. Finally! I try so hard.
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Wait, Maria Tudor being Mary Tudor, sister to Elizabeth, the bastard princess who overthrew her half-sister Mary Tudor? All this Spanish has my poor 'Merican brain all ripe in confusion.
I admit, I have no idea.
Well, it would make sense... Spain supported the rightful heir to England's throne, Mary (Maria) Tudor, because her mother, Katherine, was the legitimate wife to King Henry the somethingth, who had a philandering problem and I'm aamazed he didn't have the clap by the time he met Anne Boelyn, Elizabeth's mother. Before Elizabeth became the most amazing queen ever, though, she and her sister Mary fought like cats and dogs. Mary was Catholic (the "true faith") and killed protestant heretics that followed her bastard half sister.
So, I guess it makes sense that the Spanish are all about a woman named Maria Tudor.
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