Spain
Part 4 1/4
Finally, Some More Pictures I Needed to Put Before Part 4 1/2...Damn.

NOTE: These are some final pics during our last days in Madrid before heading to Barcelona. I apologize for the confusion but there are so many to keep track of. Friggin' Euro internet connection. Aaargh!!!

Terry's fresh new noggin, and the scab from where he hit his head before he left for Spain. Kids, don't drink and shave - this could happen to you...

So, just how short are the Spaniards you ask? Well, this is Terry in a metro tunnel and he has about 2 inches before he scrapes his head on the ceiling (Terry's about 6' tall). No short jokes to any family members. You know who you are. LOL!

Inside of Atocha train station, the site of a 2004 terrorist bombing. Still rebuilding.

Self portrait while waiting for our number to be called to get tickets to Barcelona.

Still waiting for our number to be called...annnnytime now...

Our outdoor cafe where the owner/host spoke no English but was very, very nice.

Slammin' some local brew.

Some cheese pizza and the boy is giddy!

Spain's version of a house salad - lettuce, tuna, marinated asparagus, tomatoes, green olives and a hard boiled egg. Top it with some olive oil and vinegar and you have yourself and meal. Very tasty, but where IS the pepper?!?

And may I present the very manly policia scooters. About as manly as a guy drivin' a minivan. Yes, folks, you too can be chased down by a guy on a scooter. A SCOOTER, DUDE! But it does have that cool blue light... (Atocha train station in background on your left, construction wall in blue and white.)

We finally got to the Prado Museum. Very large, very beautiful and very full of Parisian high schoolers. This is where we saw Bizarro French Rebecca. Remember Bizarro World on Superman? Think about it. Rebecca, she was TOTALLY you but spoke French. Weird. No, bizarro.

It was filled with some very religious art work...

...that was really, REALLY old. It shows the birth and death date of the painter, but you get the point.

The paintings were very beautiful and quite large.

I mean they really were huge!

Just a cool looking painting.

Okay, so this one required a hit of acid in order to understand its, uh, complexity.

Okay everyone, put down your acid strips and find the guy with the butt flowers...no joke.

An awesome statue of Neptune, but where IS his penis? Anyone?!?

A personal favorite, don't ask me why. Could it be the voluptuous figure?

Another personal fave.

And another one.

Is this a painting of the first lobotomy? What the hell?!?

I am soooo going to hell for this one, but dude, a painting of a midget? Could this not BE any funnier?!? We had a grand chuckle over this one. Sorry, but you KNOW you wanna laugh!

Jack was COMPLETELY enthralled with the whole scene.

Just one more pic. These are hanging legs of cured pork meat, HOOVES STILL ATTACHED! The guy behind the counter sliced to order. Um, ya, I'll take the bone to gnaw on. Thanks.