Every photographer knows that sunrise and sunset are the ¨Golden Hour,¨ when photos magically look soft and true-to-life. Ever since my one photography class a couple of weeks ago, panic sets in at sunset that one more of the 1,500 sunsets that I have left in life has passed by.
So here´s the first of many more to come! El Escorial is a monastery and museum and royal hunting lodge. We didn´t go in this time, because I was on an ill-informed quest to find ¨The Seat of King Philip II,¨ from which he liked to watch the construction of the building. ¨Go South 2.5 kilometers,¨ was all I had to go on. But when you hear the same thing from 3 separate people, you know you are onto something worthwhile.
I will not describe to you the complaining. You all have kids and could remember if you chose to.
After going down through nice garden paths, we went up a steep hill. The fact that we were on a paved, well-traveled road did not stop the nay-sayers.
And sure enough, there is an actual seat!
And rocks to climb, so the trip was unanimously declared to be worth it.
Here´s a nice picture of scrub brush and a bad picture of the building. The next class will have to be ¨Landscape.¨
Back at the monastery, you head up these footpaths to the town proper for snacks.
We had bacon and eggs and cheese toast, which might have been filet mignon and cheese soufflé, to hear Tristan in raptures about the perfect toast and melted cheese. Unless they are hiking uphill, kids are so easy to please.
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