A much needed day off

Yesterday, I finished with all of my Reunidas classes for the semester by taking two exams and tuening in a final paper! Feeling quite satisfied with myself, and with some convincing from my Mom, I decided to have a day without schoolwork. Outrageous, I know.

This morning I got up, ate breakfast, and took myself to the Museo del Prado. Using my "in the middle-ish of 5 metro stations" location to my advantage, I wakled to Quevedo and hopped right on the 2 to Banco de España and the Paseo del Prado. On the walk towards the museum, there was a man playing the saxophone for money and his dog was howling along; it was a really sad sight. I wandered the museum, plano in hand for probably about two hours. I did the usual round through the most famous works, being surprised by the size of Las meninas (Diego Velazquez) and El 2 de mayo and El 3 de mayo (Francisco de Goya). I was plesaently surprised by all the paintings I recognized and was able to identify. While looking around the museum shop, an image in a book in the childrens seciton caught my eye. The book? La pequeña oruga glotona. In english: The very hungry caterpillar. !!! It is very likely that I will end up purchasing it at a later date :)

After walking arouns so much, I was getting really warm so the cool outsode air was very welcoming. Sort of looking for la Calle de las Huertas, I went up the first street I would and ended up up by the metro station Anton Martín and not exactly knowing where I was. All that I had to do though, was find a street map and pull out my trusty compass to find I could find my way up to La puerta del sol quite easily. When I got back to my apartment, it was definitely time for a siesta that ended up being two hours! I probably needed it. I have been feeling a little iffy all day but hot water with lemon and honey have helpes with that *knock on wood*.

Tomorrow after the práctica section of my Spanish Lit class, it will be back to studying for my exam for that class. It isn't until the 11th of February, but the new semester of Reunidas courses starts on Monday and I'd like to have some work done before then.