Category: Spain

Happy New Year Everyone

English: The Magic Fountain (Font Magica), a s...
English: The Magic Fountain (Font Magica), a sound-and-light show; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

Couldn’t find anything truly representative of the season, so I chose this.  The Magic Fountain in Barcelona.  Very cool.  A must see thing in Barcelona, Spain…and festive all the time.  To set this up, we got off the train from a day trip to Montserrat and came up to the Plaza de España.  We knew we were close to the fountain, and sure enough, bigger than life was the fountain.  Spectacular.  The fountain runs in 30 minute computerized sequences.  On this occasion, we were fortunate enough to be here during a Jazz Festival, so the program was all jazz.

 

 

Our Memoriam to Dale Rempel

On our arrival in Lisbon. Portugal, we were saddened to be informed that my cousin Lynn’s husband Dale had succumbed to cancer.

Keeping in mind that we are not Catholic, and neither are Dale and Lynn, we decided on an appropriate tribute (we think) in that we were in Spain and Portugal, both of which have a multitude of beautiful cathedrals.  We decided we would light a candle in remembrance in each cathedral we visited.  Our first candle was lit in Lisbon and we now moved into Spain.

Our travels took us to Toledo.

Toledo, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Toledo's cathedral - the interior
Toledo’s cathedral – the interior

From Toledo, we moved on to Seville

Seville Cathedral interior
Seville Cathedral interior

Our next stop was a day trip to Cordoba and the world-famous Mezquita de Cordoba.

Mezquita de Cordoba
Mezquita de Cordoba
Interior of Mezquita
Interior of Mezquita

 

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Burgos and Castile-Leon, Spain – Through My Favourite Travel Blog’s Eyes

View of Burgos Cathedral (Spain)
View of Burgos Cathedral (Spain) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dean and Laynni say hi from Burgos, Spain.  They did Spain in a bit different way, on foot.  Check it out.

http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dinojay2/29/1350236989/tpod.html

 

Camino de Santiago, Spain Through My Favourite Travel Blog’s Eyes

English: camino de santiago
English: camino de santiago (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

A new post from my favourite travel blog.  They are hiking the 800 km Camino de Santiago Trail in Spain, an ancient pilgrimage route.  Enjoy, it is good stuff.

 

A Podiatrist’s Dream

 

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Good Morning From Barcelona

Just a quick update for you all. Arrived in Barcelona yesterday evening after a week of little Internet access. Spent a beautiful week in Seville then cruised to Madeira islands then to the Canary Islands. I can hardly wait to get home and put fingers to keyboard. This is a photo of the bull ring in Malaga, Spain.

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Antoni Gaudi’s Barcelona

Houses in Park Güell designed by Antoni Gaudi,...
Houses in Park Güell designed by Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain Français : Maisons à l’entrée du Parc Güell, réalisées par Antoni Gaudi, Barcelone, Espagne (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As the countdown clock hits 4 months to Lisbon, I am starting to get really pumped for this trip.  Lori has put together one heck of an itinerary for us.  Having said that, I ran across this article in Fotopedia and it has added to my excitement.  Barcelona appears to be a beautiful place.

Fotopedia Magazine — Antoni Gaudi’s Barcelona.

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