December 7th Just another December day

Yesterday was National Constitution day in Spain, 34 years since the document that led to democracy (and bureaucracy) in Spain.  We started the day with a little shopping at a store called Icono which is managed by Marilo, Norm’s wife.  Deb needed some gloves so we bought her some in blue, red, and terracotta.  We got a couple little gifts as well; this is a very cute little shop.   After that we walked around the old part of town just south of Puerta del Sol and stopped at a little place for a couple canas and bit of Tortilla (the egg and potato pie available all over Spain).  We made our 10^th visit to the Prado and viewed paintings by Van Dyke, Rembrandt, Adolf Mengs (Goya’s teacher), Tiepolo,  and the last (we think) of the Goya’s in the Prado.  We’ve got the per visit cost down to around $3.50 and we’re laughing that at some point they will confiscate our card for over use.