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…]
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…]
“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…]
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’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’re off to a new city today (Valencia, Spain1), and while it’s great to wander a city and find new places to discover, it’s also [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]