SPAIN | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [126]
Even before the trip started I had been telling myself and others that I expected the Alhamabra in Granada to be the highlight of the trip. It did not disappoint, but I would put the Alcazaba in Seville and the Mezquita in Cordoba right up there with ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [117] | Comments [1]
Hemingway spent a number of years here and Rainier Maria Rilke called it something along the lines of 'Heaven here on earth.' (Not to be confused with Belinda Carlile's chart-topping song of 1987.) One of the best things about Seville was the ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 21 Mar 2008 | Views [89] | Comments [1]
2 in the
morning and there’s still 250,000 people in the street. Some of the processions don’t even start
until 3 or 4 and they can go for up to 12 hours. It’s hard to know how to describe it all, but
basically each church in town has their ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [93]
85,000 square foot mosque turned cathedral is the reason
we’re in Cordoba. And take a look at the
photos – this place was amazing!
Candy-cane striped arches – over 400 of them – with the first portion
built in AD 750. It was actually ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [75]
Madrid lacked the personality and vivaciousness of
Barcelona. The stay there was also
impacted by the fact that I still had the econ test to take, and so while Kim
waited in line at the museums I whipped out my Quantum Micro and did some last
minute ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [108] | Comments [1]
It just wouldn’t be a European vacation without a mad rush
to meet a departing train. Or at least
that’s what I’ve been led to believe, thanks to the Griswold’s and others like
them – or their creators.
After more than a week in exceptionally ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [94] | Comments [1]
Kim provided some pithy commentary on a number of the photos from Barcelona - not present in the icon view but if you select the first picture and then view as a slideshow there is a narrated tour of our photos.
SPAIN | Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [94]
It's not surprising that we can't seem to find the time in the day to get to a locutoria (it's hard to find free wi-fi) to keep this sight current. We're in Madrid now and, yes, taking lots of pictures - ones that we'll probably wait to upload until ... Read more >
