25 November 2011
We found out who the architect is: Alvaro Sans, who specializes in hotels. This whole glass-and-slab thing must be the new architectural black. Twenty years from now we'll be saying, "That's sooooo turn-of-the-century."
Meanwhile, we went to another museum today (Collecciones Thyssen-Bornemisza), which is from a private collection. There's a floor of modern art, a few rooms of Impressionists, and, yes, loads more of Jesus-and-Marys. Can I get a Flying Spaghetti Monster up in this joint?
Jack finally got his two bottles of Spanish wine to carry home. I bought a bunch of packets of high-end chocolates to use for Christmas presents.
We still think that, for the most part, Madrid's streets aren't that interesting. The best we could do was compare one or two of them to Islington, London.
I had some success with the old camera, but I don't want to pull the memory card out to upload just yet, for fear of never getting that tissue shoved back in quite the right way. I'll upload tomorrow night, as our trip comes to an end.
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The architect's name is Alvaro Sans? Are you sure that's not a typeface?
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