May 9, 2023 Rest Day #2 in Madrid

After cleaning up the bike and giving it a tune up we took the bus into downtown and walked to the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. We arrived just in time for the 12:45pm showing of the works of Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud. “Lucian Freud was a British artist, famous for his portraits and self-portraits painted in an expressive neo-figurative style.” He often did portraits of people and their pets. Here’s an example of one of them.

The museum “holds a vast collection that traces the history of European painting from the Middle Ages right through to the late 20th century. Here are a few pieces from other collections in the museum. From one extreme to the other.

Tonight we begin Part 2 of our trip. Six people left after Part 1 and seven new people are joining us for Part 2. Happy hour is at 6:30 and dinner at 7:30 where we’ll all get acquainted. There 30 of us on this trip.

Here’s dinner – tapas style.

Back on the road tomorrow.