Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Gaudi - Casa Battlo & Sagrada Familia Barcelona












Grenada to Barcelona

Steep roads, small safety barriers

Rest stop for Skip
Another old walled city

Pensicola, walled city

LaMora, stopped for lunch stayed 3 days

Campground pool La Mora

Cafe on the beach La Mora

Truck stop!

Rice paddies in Spain!

Truck Fire out 1 hour later.

Grenada & The Alhambra


View from Ahlambra


Snow on the mountains




Ceiling  

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Sunday, 5 June 2011

Cordoba Spain


Roman bridge to old city

Mezquite

Cathedral altar inside Mezquite

Old Entry doors to Mezquite
Julia, our appropriately named satnav, took us of the main street into the old city of narrow one way lanes and cobbled streets. Eventually found the camp ground, 1 km from the old town. Rode our bikes back in to explore the area. The Mezquita is a magnificent cathedral built inside the Muslem Mosque.

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Seville


Visited the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world in Seville. Too big to take a photo. Aslo the Alcazae, Royal Palace. Very impressive. Had Carols birthday lunch & dinner there, and took a horse & buggy road around town.

Monsuraz, another walled city.


Stayed overnight at a free motor home camp at the base of the old city, perched high on a hill with magnificent views over the lakes and river, into Spain.

Medieval walled towns Portugal




Explored the towns of Obidos & Evora, two old walled cities.   In Evora they had dug up thousands of skeletons of monks that had died over hundreds of years and built a chapel whose interior walls were completely constructed of bones. The inscription over the entrance translated roughly to " You who look at us now will soon be joining us", to show how short our lives are.