Madrid/San Sebastian

[tzarine]

Any good eats in either?
Any new must dos?
Anyone gone to the new pintxos places in San Sebastian?
In San Gines still good for churros?

Haven't been to either city in 10 years.
Am taking tzarevich to see Guernica

[lillielangtry]

Ooh, I was in Madrid in October, had a fantastic time.

For food: Mercado de San Miguel for all sorts of delicacies; the set menus for lunch can be very good value; and I went to a really nice traditional tapas bar, but I'll have to see if I still have the card, I can't remember the name.

I saw Guernica and it was impressive, but I didn't love the rest of that museum, I have to say. I preferred the Prado (even though generally, I'm more into contemporary stuff).

[tzarine]

would love the name of that one, lillie

we'll take him to the prado, though he keeps telling us he only like modern art

[lillielangtry]

Unfortunately I can't find it and I can't remember the name of the street either, which is frustrating because I would like to have known for myself too.

As far as the art is concerned, I found the Prado very well laid-out and easy to get around, whereas the Reina Sofia attempts to make you go through every room even if you want to head straight to Guernica! One thing you could do is look at reproductions of some of the versions of Las Meninas, for example by Botero or Picasso, and then go and see the original in the Prado.

[tzarine]

funny
we were in donostia after dropping tzarevich off @ uni
went to the cafe @ the modern art museum
took the funicular to monte igueldo - where young tzarevich loved the rollercoaster
got some most excellent toogoodtogo tortilla y jamon sandwiches
stayed @ our usual pension. roberto's mum baked a delicious orange cake
went to a new art space in a former factory

[tzarine]

when tzar taught in burgos, we took the students to madrid one weekend.
i ended up w a group of them, discussing guernica
i first saw guernica @ moma bc picasso refused to have his work in franco's spain

[rikita]

i once woke up in the morning after a night of partying, and was surprised to learn i was in guernica. that was a long time ago though.