A cultural trip for STD2A students with a program related to their studies. We took 26 seniors and 27 juniors on this Spanish journey, from Madrid to Barcelona, via Zaragoza.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Let's go! Departure from Aurillac and en route to Madrid.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
A comforting breakfast with enormous croissants, and we can set off to tour Madrid. Here we are at the Reina Sofía Museum of Contemporary Art to admire Picasso and his very famous Guernica, but also Miró, Dalí, Tàpies. A stop at Atocha Station... before finally going to rest at the youth hostel.
Friday, May 17, 2024
Golden Age Spain and its Kings: We visit the Escorial, the palace-monastery of the Spanish kings, then return to Madrid to admire the treasures of the Prado, Velázquez and his Las Meninas, Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, Goya, El Greco, before ending the evening at Retiro Park.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
On the way to Barcelona, a short visit to Zaragoza…
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Barcelona in the footsteps of Gaudí: Park Güell, then Gaudí in 4D and immersive. We then head to the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, a fine example of Bauhaus, followed by the Design Museum: fashion, graphic art, and upcycling.
Monday, May 20
A stroll through Gaudí's Barcelona and Modernism (Catalan Art Nouveau), the houses and the Sagrada Família, before ending the trip with a tapas dinner. Then we get back on the bus for Aurillac, where we arrive the next morning to find the rain...
