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Sunday, 12 May 2013 | Views [1372]
I could write about his background, how Domenikos Theotokopoulos was born in Crete, trained as a painter in Italy and developed his unique style in his adopted city of Toledo where he became known as El Greco, "the Greek." About how his elongated ... Read more >
Saturday, 11 May 2013 | Views [639]
Toledo, Spain's leading Catholic city, is dominated by a wonderful cathedral. Streets are named for saints and museums are chock-a-block with religious paintings. So you can imagine my surprise when I read that the expression "Holy Toledo" ... Read more >
Friday, 10 May 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 10 May 2013 | Views [434]
El Greco's "View of Toledo" has haunted me ever since I first saw it in 1971 on a college art assignment to NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art. With a few days of Madrid under our belts we're back in the vagabonding groove and it's time to see Toledo ... Read more >
Thursday, 9 May 2013 | Views [888]
Madrid is a paradise for Art lovers with all the greats on display. The private collection at the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, valued at €2 billion, has been described as major works by minor artists and minor works by great masters. If ... Read more >
Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | Views [1068]
Madrid is a young city by European standards and is a pleasure to visit on foot. From the tree shaded Prado and Gran Via to the pedestrian only Calle de Arenal and all the narrow lanes, everything is marked with illustrated tile signs and pictures ... Read more >
Monday, 6 May 2013 | Views [395]
The port of Barcelona was hopping this morning. While we were eating breakfast four other cruise ships were queued up to enter the harbor. Most of the people getting off boarded buses to whisk them off to the airport . . . and home. ... Read more >
Sunday, 5 May 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 5 May 2013 | Views [705]
Maybe it was the Fiesta de Santa Cruz that brought out the beauties. Or maybe it was just a normal Sunday. In any event these fair Spanish ladies were the highlight of our few hours in Alicante. When they vanished into one of the hidden ... Read more >
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