William C. Bunce's journal

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Damasquinados

A picture of a man making Damasquinados in Toledo Spain. Damasquinados is a type of jewelry popular in Spain especially in Toledo, where we watched this man make some jewelry.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

William at the Palacio Real

Today we left for Madrid so we could go to the Palacio Real and Museo Del Prado. Neither place allowed photos to be taken inside. (Why did I bring my camera?). The palace was nice and my favorite part was the armory (swords and armor; boy stuff). There were a couple of paintings by GOYA there and the rooms were very ornate. After I was good and chafed we walked several blocks to a plaza near the museum that we were to visit next. (Museo Del Prado). We ate lunch in the plaza around 1400 hrs and I kept a blue glass water bottle. After lunch we went to the museum were we walked a lot more and I saw paintings by famous artist like: Rapheal, Titian, El Greco, Goya and Velazquez. This was a mind blowing experience, to be standing next to all the paintings that I had to memorize in art history classes. I got caught taking pictures in the museum and thankfully I didn't get kicked out. The paintings were a lot better in real life and a lot bigger. We are back in Toledo and getting ready for dinner.

12 May 2008 Journal entry

We arrived in Spain today. (this morning) Since I didn't sleep on the plane my roommate (Brandon Terry) and I had a puick bite and then took a siesta (nap). We woke up and tried to find an internet cafe. We found one but they wanted us to use their computers. Brandon went with a strange guy on his own and later decided that he made a bad decision. We had dinner as a group at 2030 hrs in the hotel restaurant. (Carlos V) Tomorrow we are going to Palacio Real (the Royal Palace) and Museo Del Prado (a museum). I took a few digital pics of some of the people in our group and some night pictures of the old city of Toledo. Tomorrow I plan on taking several travel type photos and lots of color based photos.