Picasso

 We started off our last day in Barcelona at the Pablo Picasso Museum. We needed a slow down after the last two days of go-go-go! It was really interesting. I had no idea he did jewelry and pottery. Hattie thought some of his work was very inappropriate…the ladies needed clothes! 

We learned some interesting facts about growing up In Barcelona and studying in Madrid and Paris. In the 1970’s he had his nephew photograph much of his work so he could decide what to donate to the city of Barcelona. It was interesting to see how many pencil/ink sketches that were saved. His oil paintings were beautiful and so different than the Picasso that we think of when we hear his name. I liked that some of his pieces had a QR code that linked them to music pieces on YouTube. https://youtu.be/S-nouGVybM8

As we continued through the museum we bagan to see more color. We learned about his “blue period” following the suicide of a friend. We saw very detailed pieces he competed as a teenager. One of the exhibits we enjoyed the most was “pigeons”, it consisted of several paintings he created from Sept. 6-14, 1957 while taking a break from another project. The girls each got a print to take home as a souvenir.

After we left the museum we wakes the streets of Barvelina back towards our Airbnb. We stopped at a cafe for some amazing little pastries and fresh squeezed orange juice. When we arrived back at the parking garage the machine for payment had a note on it that it wasn’t working. After ten minutes of trying to figure out how to get out a resident arrived. He was so kind…he went to his car and had us follow him out. At least we got free parking!!! Trying to get out of the city was a bit problematic. It’s a Spanish holiday so many streets were blocked off by police for what we are guessing was a parade. We didn’t stick around to see. We’re ready to get home to our pups who were well taken care of!