Saturday night was La Noche en Blanco and we didn’t make it til the sun came up but we made it til 5 am. Nora and I started at the Real Madrid stadium at 9:00 to see the White Dancers. Then we trekked down to the Botanical Gardens where there were two events. The first was a sound and light show with random words and sounds being emitted from around the garden. But the second was incredible. It was an exhibit called Hard Rain and Bob Dylan’s song played over and over. There were photographs from around the world that perfectly illustrated each verse and each problem in the world. The exhibit ended asking you how you were going to fix the world and you had to write your answer on a little satin ribbon and tie it to an olive tree. It was beautiful.
From the Botanical Garden, we walked up Paseo de Prado and passed some interested things on our way to Cibeles where we saw the light show on the Banco de Espana. On the other side of Sol, we reached the exhibit from the Pompeii Archeology Museum of Naples. It was small but impactful to see the casts left of the people who died so suddenly and you can see the emotion in their faces and body position. In the courtyard outside this exhibit was a huge screen showing black and white animation with strange sound effects. Thankfully, we saw an entrance to an inner courtyard where the real fun was taking place. I have never before appreciated performance art but I just couldn’t find a single complaint with this. In this courtyard there were clothes flying in the air. It was like a massive party game. When you enter you put on an item of clothing. Then when an item of clothing lands on you, you have to take off the first piece of clothing, throw it in the air to someone else, and put on the new piece of clothing. At 3 am, this seemed like the best game for 1000 people anyone had ever made. After throwing clothes, we made our way to the Edificio de Espana and watched from Plaza de Espana as children’s drawing were represented in colored lights in each window. At that point we decided we had accomplished enough culture and for the final stage of the evening head to San Gines for their famous chocolate con churros. The perfect way to end an unforgettable evening.
From the Botanical Garden, we walked up Paseo de Prado and passed some interested things on our way to Cibeles where we saw the light show on the Banco de Espana. On the other side of Sol, we reached the exhibit from the Pompeii Archeology Museum of Naples. It was small but impactful to see the casts left of the people who died so suddenly and you can see the emotion in their faces and body position. In the courtyard outside this exhibit was a huge screen showing black and white animation with strange sound effects. Thankfully, we saw an entrance to an inner courtyard where the real fun was taking place. I have never before appreciated performance art but I just couldn’t find a single complaint with this. In this courtyard there were clothes flying in the air. It was like a massive party game. When you enter you put on an item of clothing. Then when an item of clothing lands on you, you have to take off the first piece of clothing, throw it in the air to someone else, and put on the new piece of clothing. At 3 am, this seemed like the best game for 1000 people anyone had ever made. After throwing clothes, we made our way to the Edificio de Espana and watched from Plaza de Espana as children’s drawing were represented in colored lights in each window. At that point we decided we had accomplished enough culture and for the final stage of the evening head to San Gines for their famous chocolate con churros. The perfect way to end an unforgettable evening.
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