After a breakfast at Starbucks, much cheaper than our hotel buffet of $18 euros we prepared for our assault on El Prado. A fifteen minute walk along Arenal Avenue to Madrid's largest collection of art in a fabulous modern building. Lots of Gregos, Goyas, and Velazquez's. The museum is now open M-Sunday. The restaurant is fabulous at reasonable prices. After covering as much as we could take we took a walk through the huge Retiro Park built by Charles III and turned over to the public in the late 18th century. The 300 acre park is next door to the Prado. We enjoyed a cool drink while listening to a street musician playing a saxaphone and looking over the ornately decorated lake. A short ride on the Metro took us back to our hotel for a nap and then off to dinner along the PlazaMayor. It is Myrna's birthday so we went to a dinner and flamenco performance. The venue is more intimate with other dancers, musicians, and guitar players coming to the stage to perform along with the regular cast at the conclusion.
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