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    2Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho Panza.
    Monument to Miguel Cervantes.The gang with Andrea.Royal Palace side.Royal Palace front.1Lunch at a tapas bar.Guernica, by Picasso. By far the most famous painting at Reina Sophia, done about the town's bombing

    Madrid - Day 3

    October 11, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Today we took another walking tour, and who should show up as our tour guide but Andrea, from yesterday. There were more people today, so no private tour today. We saw the monument to Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, Spain’s Shakespeare. Then we walked by the Royal Palace. We saw several more fountains today. The Spanish seem to love their fountains.
    After the tour, we went to the Reina Sophia Museum of Modern Art and saw works by Picasso, Dali, and other Spanish artists.
    Later we took the bus tour of parts of Madrid we hadn’t seen.    Read more