Today we went to the Prado Museum, and we saw some of the major sights of Madrid. We had a half day tour with a guide and we spent about 2.5 hours looking at the paintings of Goya, Valaques, El Greco and the Flemish Painters. Some of the paintings were so realistic while others were as our guide said "pornographic" The work in the Prado is only from one period of Spanish history, the rest of the arts collected by the royal family are in other museos around the city.
The youth weren't so thrilled with the tour, but they were very good about being patient through the museum. We then went to the Plaza Mayor for Lunch followed by shopping for regalos ( souveniers) and chocolate con churros. After that afternoon snack we came back to the hotel, where Kyndra, Fr Cal, Kim and Thomas planned a group eucharist, which will start in about 10 minutes. After the Holy Meal we will be going to our final dinner in Espana, coming back to pack then having compline before heading back to the States tomorrow.
I will try to post the reflections about the week collected during the eucharist with the youth's permission and post these upon our return. This will be my last post from Spain. We will be leaving at 6 am local time tomorrow - 12 midnight EST from the Hotel, catching a flight to Frankfurt, then going to Philadelphia where we will arrive approximately 3 hours after we left. The longest 3 hours of our lives.
We are anxiously waiting to see all of you at the Church when we return.
Muchas Gracias por su ayuda planiado este pelegrino
Thank you so much for your help planning this pilgrimage.
Los Pelegrinos
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