So, I've narrowed down my Madrid hostel choices to three. Depending on if Julie can meet up with me, I'll book it now or maybe just wait till I get there to do it. I figure worse comes to worse, I can stay here at the Royal Palace right? I'm sure they won't mind if I just crash in one of the 2800 rooms there.
I also just found out that the Museo de Prado (Prado Museum) is having a huge exhibit with Picasso while I'm there. It's celebrating the 25th anniversary of his Guernica painting being brought back to Madrid from NYC in 1981. Picasso had given it to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC in the 1930s while Spain was at war. His last wish was that it would be returned to Spain once democracy rights were restored to the country. In 1981, it made that transition, marking the before and after in Spain's political history. I'm not a huge Picasso fan, but it will still be great to see Spain's best artist's work while in Spain.
So, I've narrowed down my Madrid hostel choices to three. Depending on if Julie can meet up with me, I'll book it now or maybe just wait till I get there to do it. I figure worse comes to worse, I can stay here at the Royal Palace right? I'm sure they won't mind if I just crash in one of the 2800 rooms there. 
I also just found out that the Museo de Prado (Prado Museum) is having a huge exhibit with Picasso while I'm there. It's celebrating the 25th anniversary of his Guernica painting being brought back to Madrid from NYC in 1981. Picasso had given it to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC in the 1930s while Spain was at war. His last wish was that it would be returned to Spain once democracy rights were restored to the country. In 1981, it made that transition, marking the before and after in Spain's political history. I'm not a huge Picasso fan, but it will still be great to see Spain's best artist's work while in Spain.
