…and on the 5^th day, Cedric rested…and had German food for lunch…and watched the Rams win the Super Bowl…and saw that it was good.

I set aside the entirety of Day Six for the Salvador Dali museum, not really knowing what to expect. Dali had a wider variety of work than I had anticipated. While he is widely known for his surreal paintings, his early works were largely impressionist, and he did some sculpting, as well. Late in his career, he did some HUGE paintings – like 12 feet high, and loaded with the activity and detail one would expect from Dali. But most of the paintings they have on display are quite small. My favorite, if only for the title, was “Atmospheric Skull Sodomizing a Grand Piano”. Do a Google image search…it’s out there.

The Dali collection was quite broad and very enjoyable (though the place was crowded), yet I was done within a couple of hours. The museum also had a temporary exhibit on Picasso’s sources of influence. Not on his actual art, so much as his home land and life experiences. There were more photos of Picasso than there were paintings by Picasso. It was interesting, but I didn’t spend a lot of time on this exhibit.

So now it was only lunch time, and I had nothing else planned for the day. So I hopped into the car and wandered blindly around the greater Tampa Bay area, doing some random shopping along the way. BTW, my rental car is tiny (a Chevy Spark). I shouldn’t have tried to ‘hop into’ it. Ouch.