a coruna
lighthouse in background
The core of this lighthouse is 2000 years old. The exterior is apparently fairly new.
light split by window shown in next pic.
this window acted like a prism.
wind was blowing about 100 mph up here on top of lighthouse.
cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, the destination of pilgrims trekiking across northern spain.
scenes from a beautiful park in Santiago
eucalyptus tree was gigantic
shuttered window in Ana's B&B
on the trail in the Picos de Europa
rocks hold the shingles in place for these sheep/cattleherders huts
clouds and rain arrived, so this was our high point.
climber's cabin below peaks.
pup was there to greet us
tadpoles
what the tadpoles were growing into
Ana's B&B -- Casa La Xerra
view from yard at La Xerra (one of my favorite pics from the trip)
beehives
platform at a viewpoint
mountains to the south.
cows in and near a parking lot.
north of viewpoint, a town down in the distance on the coast
anita, the Bilbao (Frank Gehry) Guggenheim, and the famous flower dog.
the Gug.
Gaudi museum in Barcelona
La Rambla (famous main street in Barcelona)
i had no idea what about 90% of the signs in Spain meant.
ping pong in front of Gaudi's Sagreda Familia cathedral, anyone?
more signs and grafittied walls.
at Gaudi's Parc Guell
famed Barcelona lizard.
Barcelona waterfront
carp
olympics-related artwork
beach in Barcelona
Gehry's Barcelona fish.
at the Barcelona Open!
Juan Monaco
Ramos
the famous little bitch Lleyton Hewitt
this is how he hurt his hip.
his turkish opponent was a good player!
quite a forehand windup.
on way up to castle at montjuic (mountain of the jews) we saw parrots!
It was smelly as we neared the top of the hill. What we saw on the other side explained the stench -- heavy industry.
yuk
Anita + Barcelona
the guy who took these pics for us was hilarious.
At the Prado in Madrid now ... this facsimile was not quite as good as the original .. close but no cigar!
false beauty spot
main park in Madrid