Valencia
Valencia cathedral
The mercados (farmers markets) are usually quite fancy. This is the mercado in Valencia.
A partial view of Valencia's City of Arts and Science - a futuristic city within the city, containing the "Hemesferic", Planetarium, Science Museum, Oceanarium and the Reina Sofia Arts Palace.
Botanic Garden at the City of Arts and Science
Jellies in the Oceanografic at the City of Arts and Science
Valencia's bull ring. (Nope -- didn't see a bull fight.)
Granada gardens and Lani (our daughter)
Ceiling detail in Charles V Palace in The Alhambra (Granada)
The Nasrid Palaces of The Alhambra in Granada was layer after layer of incredible details
The Alhambra summer palace
My girls... PJ and Lani in the summer palace of The Alhambra
The Albaicin (arab quarter) viewed from The Alhambra
Granada cathedral
Wedding party in the chapel of the Granada cathedral
Hiking in Las Alpuljarras -- a national park east of Granada
We heard the sheep coming around the bend. We saw the car coming up the hill. We got the camera ready.
Cool castle. We got a tour from a guy who was born there and lived in it until 1980.
The mercado in Ubeda
Church in Baeza
The clock tower of the Mesquita in Cordoba. Like many in this part of Spain, this was originally a minaret.
The Mesquita in Cordoba -- an incredible mosque that has been converted to a church and then had a cathedral built in the center of it (which tells you how large it is.)
The Mesquita
Adam and Eve in Osuna
Entrance to the Parador in Ronda
Grazalema -- a beautiful mountain town in another national park
Tile detail in La Reconcilla -- the oldest bar in Seville -- where we hung out for tapas
The Giralda tower, which was the minaret of the 12th century Moslem mosque. before the top 1/3 was added and the mosque was incorporated into the cathedral.
Seville is a city full of tile work. This is the city's crest, commemorating when they stood by the king during an insurrection ("You did not abandon me")
Following are a number of details from The Alcazar in Seville
View from the courtyard of The Alcazar looking at a steeple of the Giralda (bell tower) of the cathedral.
Door detail from a Seville church
Place d"Espagne in Seville
Ceramics at the Place d'Espagne in Seville
Our final stop in Spain was in the mountains of Sierra de Morena, north of Seville, near the border with Portugal. This was an area of cork trees and chestnut groves -- like this one where the chestnut harvest is underway.
Cork tree after the harvest, which is done once every nine years.
We saw lots of wild mushrooms and found a great restaurant that specialized in them. This is one that probably was not on the menu.
We ended our trip in London. A view of St. Paul's across the Millenium Bridge.
Borough St. market in London
Neals Yard Dairy... a mecca for great cheese
City of London
