Picasso was a rockstar

Last weekend, we headed over to the Picasso museum. On the first Sunday of every month, a lot of Barcelona's museums offer free admission, so we thought we'd try to get some culture into ourselves.

The museum opened at 10, so we got in line at 9:30 to wait. That's right: we waited in line to go into a museum. I felt like we were at a rock concert. I sort of wished we were at a concert.

Here is what eventually piled up behind us:They don't let you take pictures in most museums, but I took this one when none of the security guards were watching:
This is not a painting by Picasso, but it does reference a painting by Velázquez, Las Meninas, which has fascinated numerous painters, including Picasso, who re-imagined the painting in 52 of his own works.

Can you imagine Eddy Vedder doing 52 different versions of someone else's song? Picasso was one wacky dude.