Last Free Museum Day for Awhile

On Sunday, we took advantage of free museum day on the first Sunday of the month and headed to the Museum Nacional d'art de Catalunya, a palacial art center sitting at one end of Plaza Espanya.

It was a very warm day, and the pains of pregnancy were at their peak. Luckily for me, there are escalators leading up to the museum.

Although my face doesn't show it, tired and hot pregnant woman = grumpy woman.

Heading northbound, we found these cool steps where Fernando could play.

We reached the top! The view is always amazing.

By chance, it was the last day of the exhibition of Joaquin Sorolla. My God, look at this line! Can you find Fernando? He waited 45 minutes under the hot sun while I cooled down under any shade I could find.
Sorolla's most typical works are characterized by representation of Spanish people and the landscape. 

No, Sorolla didn't support the KKK. This is a typical image of penitents during Holy Week processions in their traditional vestments.

Traditional images of matadors in their exquisite garments. Ole!
This one's my favorite. The Feria of Sevilla.

The foyer of the museum.

The Sala Oval is a rental space available for grand events. Organ pipes and all.

Ooh! We found a cool room where the kiddies do arts and crafts.

Me and the citrus-themed paintings by kids.
These represented natural environments. 
We walked back to our metro stop at Plaza Espanya. The two towers have some presence in this plaza. See the museum in the distant background on the left?

Here, the Plaza de Toros is being renovated into a shopping center. Although word has it that construction has stopped due to "the crisis".
In doing research for this blog entry, I found there's an upcoming free museum day in two weeks. Yay! Hopefully my hips will be nice and flexible that day. We're trying to take advantage of our last few weeks before we focus all our attention on the babe.