Saturday, February 20, 2010

Museum of Artes Bellas

Today was Successful, I would say. I went shopping in the morning to take advantage of the sales some more. Katherine went on a day trip, so it was just me and Isabel for lunch. She is so sweet, she made the dish Katherine doesn't like on the day she was gone. She also remembered that I don't like runny eggs and made me a hard boiled egg.
This afternoon I went to the Museum of Fine Art with Ricardo, my intercambio. He is very helpful with speaking Spanish because he knows a lot of English, and is able to explain words I don't know. The museum had an exhibition of Murillo, a painter from Sevilla. Most of the paintings were religious, and a lot of the virgin [which is a popular theme here in Espana]. The museum itself is a former convent and everything was really grand and beautiful. Some of the paintings were enormous. The museum is supposedly 1.5 Euros for non-citizens, but no one was checking so I went in for free. That's a big check mark on the "See Sevilla" list.
Tonight we went out with some friends and sat by the river until some rain came. The city is extremely lively at night, with people walking all over. The river side is quite bright at nighttime.
Today was a good day.

2 comments:

  1. this does sound like a fun day. The river sounds like a really nice place. I will pray blessings on Isabel and Ricardo for taking care of you. I know you are being a blessing to them.

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  2. You are bringing back lots of memories for me! We loved being in Seville at nighttime - it is so much fun! I'm impressed with how much you are doing - you're really doing a lot of exploring. What fun adventures! I remember lots of rain and we were there in summer. "The rain in Spain...." lyrics ring true!

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