Spain #5

Spain-the Quick Unpack

Summarizing the Unsummarizable

Bjorn Sorensen
5 min readJul 2, 2022

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In the incredible Sorolla museum, Madrid, which not only is the site of Sorolla’s most famous works, but also his estate and art studio. NOTE! This is one of the rare times I wore my backpack in front of me while in Spain. In this case, to avoid spinning and hitting something behind me.

I lived in Madrid for seven months last year. Since COVID shut down travel to other provinces for about four of those months, I had time on my hands. I went from feeling a bit stuck to making huge historical and relational journeys, all infused by museums, copious public transport, good safety and ubiquitous health care. Even though…

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Bjorn Sorensen

Bicycles/bookstores/teaching/travels/truth to power. Living an authentic life. Featured in Illumination, MuddyUm and Globetrotters.