El Grecos in Toledo
“The Disrobing of Christ” El Greco is among the most recognizable and famous Spanish renaissance painters. Which is totally ironic because he was Greek: “El [Read More…]
Europe
Madrid’s 20th Century Cathedral
X There is no shortage of cathedrals in Europe. They seem to be a dime a dozen. We’ve heard even the most seasoned of European [Read More…]
Weird Dali’s = Sorta Normal
“Gypsy Figure” When people think of Salvador Dali, they think of melting clocks, grotesque nightmarish stick figures, wild collections of seemingly random images on a [Read More…]
Madrid’s Royal Palace: Better Than Versailles?
It seems a bold statement to make: how could Madrid’s Royal Palace possibly be better than France’s Versailles? We were struck by all the clocks [Read More…]
Madrid Is…
Madrid’s Royal Palace By the time you read this, we’ll have moved on to Valencia, Spain where we’ll be until early August. There are a [Read More…]
We Love Portugal!
Porto, Portugal and the River Duoro Now that we’ve moved on to Spain, a retrospective on our first visit to Portugal is in order. It [Read More…]
A River Cruise, Fado, and Port in Porto
Port hauling boat on the River Douro It was an incredibly “touristy” thing to do, a shameless moment when we let one of those usually [Read More…]
The Tomb of Portugal’s First King
This is the tomb of Afonso Henriques, who lived from 1095 to 1185. Dubbed “The Conqueror”, he was Portugal’s first king and is buried at [Read More…]
The Duoro Valley, Portugal
We’ve been staying in the Dão valley of Portugal, which is not as well known as its neighbor to the north, the Douro valley. The [Read More…]
Conimbriga: Roman Ruins in Portugal
The Fountain House, Conimbriga Just a few minutes south of Coimbra, Portugal are the Roman ruins of Conimbriga. Not ones to pass up seeing Roman [Read More…]