#turnupinthePrado

It was a beautiful, sexy morning when we made our way to the Prado Museum in Madrid, España. We saw many paintings even one where Saturn was eating his child. Not to mention we saw naked ladies. No really, many naked ladies. In all seriousness, we learned about significant Spanish artists such as El Greco, Velazquez, and Goya. The artist we found most interesting was Goya because we were able to see the contrast between the early stages of his artist career and the dark end of his life. At the end of his life, Goya, through sickness, became deaf which caused him to spiral into a deep depression. Goya had many nightmares which he even painted on the walls of his home. One of the most interesting paintings of his was Saturno comiendo a su hijo, which translates into Saturn eats his child. This painting was one of his darkest and emulated how deep his depression truly was. 

As seniors who have taken Spanish, we appreciated seeing the paintings that we had learned about in previous years. After the Prado Museum, many brave souls ventured into the monsoon rains and tsunami like conditions to experience Madrid. 

The Puerta del Sol lacked sol(sun) but everyone had fun regardless! 

RIP to the many brave umbrellas that were lost today in battle. 

Hayley, Katie, Katy, Joey, Eric, Jacquelyn, and Timmy