Spain_ 001 Sao Jorge Castle, originally built in 8th century by the Moors; restored by the Portugese dictator Salazar in 1960s. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 002 Trolley (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 003 Praca dos Restauradores, obelisk celebrating the restoration of Portuguese independnce from Spain in 1640. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 004 Facade of the train station. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 005 Street performer. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 006 Rossio, historic center. The column is honoring Pedro IV, King of Portugal & Emperor of Brazil. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 007 Demonstration at historic center - a friendly demonstration, they were just singing. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 008 Looks like fun. As the writing on the scooters say, you could take a GPS guided tour of Lisbon. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 009 A rainy day in the historic center (taken through the bus window). (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 010 Belem Tower, Manueline architecture, built to protect the harbor in early 16th Century. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 011 Detail of Belem Tower. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 012 Belem Tower (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 013 Monument to Unknown Soldier. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 014 Still raining (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 015 Monument to the Discoveries, Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama with sword, Magellan with circle representing the round earth. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 016 Ron taking a picture in the rain. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 017 Monastery of Jeronimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 018 Monastery of Jeronimos, detail of gate. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 019 Monastery of Jeronimos, church interior. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 020 Memorial to Luis de Camoes. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 021 Monastery of Jeronimos, interior (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 022 Tomb of Vasco da Gama. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 023 Tomb of Vasco da Gama, detail. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 024 Monastery of Jeronimos, Cloisters' dining room. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 025 (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 026 (Portugal, Lisbon)
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Spain_ 027 Monastery of Jeronimos, Cloisters. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 028 National Palace of Queluz (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 029 National Palace of Queluz (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 030 National palace. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 031 National Palace of Queluz. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 032 National Palace of Queluz. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 033 This chair was used by women when they were wearing large formal dresses. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 034 National Palace of Queluz. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 035 National Palace of Queluz. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 036 National Palace of Queluz. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 037 National Palace of Queluz. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 038 Lynne & Steve Malley our travel companions. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 039 Downtown Lisbon with the ubiquitous "Hard Rock Cafe". (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 040 Elevador de Santa Justa used to take people from the lower town to the upper old town, now you can ride it just for the view. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 041 Typical tile siding with wrought iron balconies. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 042 View from the castle. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 043 Another view from the castle. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 044 Yet another view from the castle. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 045 Peacock. (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Spain_ 046 Portugal, local hero on the way to Evora
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Spain_ 047 Cork tree, major crop. Notice that at the bottom, the cork has already been harvested. (Enroute to Evora)
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Spain_ 048 Small town specializing in pottery (Portugal)
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Spain_ 049 Portugal
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Spain_ 050 Small town specializing in pottery (Portugal)
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Spain_ 051 Monsaraz, a walled town on the hill.
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Spain_ 052 Monsaraz, Portugal
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Spain_ 053 Outside the city walls of Monsaraz.
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Spain_ 054 Monsaraz, village below
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Spain_ 055 City entry gate (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 056 Local products for sale.(Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 057 Local products for sale. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 058 Our guide, Jesus, and some of the group. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 059 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 060 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 061 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 062 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 063 Bull ring. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 064 Bull ring. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 065 Only two streets run the length of the ridge on which the town was built. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 066 View from the bull ring. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 067 Lunch in a local restaurant. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 068 Lunch in a local restaurant, Lynne. (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 069 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 070 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 071 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 072 (Monsaraz, Portugal)
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Spain_ 073 Our Pousada, a former monastery. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 074 Our "cell" in the Pousada. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 075 Glenda, in our cell. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 076 Our Pousada. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 077 Pousada dining room. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 078 (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 079 Roman Temple of Diana (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 080 (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 081 Cathedral (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 082 Cathedral (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 083 Cathedral (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 084 (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 085 University of Evora. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 086 The University of Evora has around 5760 students enrolled in graduate courses, 1588 in Master's courses and 277 in PhD courses. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 087 (Portugal: Evora) The University dates back to 1559.
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Spain_ 088 (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 089 University (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 090 Tile on walls reflects subject taught in room, this is astronomy. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 091 University art students at work. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 092 (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 093 Super highway. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 094 (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 095 City center. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 096 Church of St. Francis. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 097 Chapel of Bones "We bones in here wait for you to join us." You are looking at bones and skulls. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 098 A rainy day. (Evora, Portugal)
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Spain_ 099 Portugal: olive trees - enroute to Merida, Spain.
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Spain_ 100 Merida was founded by Augustus in 25 BC. This is the Amphitheatre. (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 101 Amphitheatre (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 102 Amphitheatre, members of our group: Ernie,
Trudy, Barbara, Gail, Rosa (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 103 Roman theater. (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 104 Ron & Glenda (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 105 (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 106 Theater Gardens (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 107 (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 108 Temple of Diana, 1st century, AD (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 109 (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 110 (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 111 Iberian ham for sale (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 112 (Merida, Spain)
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Spain_ 113 View of our paradore on the hill to the left, once a palace of Pedro I (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 114 Our paradore for 3 nights (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 115 Shield shows Castille and Leon. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 116 (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 117 Our paradore. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 118 View from the parador. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 119 Plaza de Espana built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 120 Plaza de Espana. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 121 Plaza de Espana, Ron (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 122 Plaza de Espana, Glenda. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 123 Plaza de Espana (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 124 Plaza de Espana (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 125 Plaza de Espana The buildings now contain government offices. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 126 Plaza de Espana, Ron & Glenda (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 127 Jardines de Murillo. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 128 Restaurant interior in Santa Cruz area. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 129 Cathdral (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 130 (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 131 Seville, Cathdral, Bell tower was built by the Moors (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 132 Seville Cathdral. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 133 Seville, Cathdral, Tomb of Christopher Columbus. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 134 Alcazar of Seville was originally a Moorish fortification. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 135 Alcazar. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 136 Alcazar (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 137 (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 138 Alcazar tapestry showing all participants of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. This, of course, is the USA. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 139 Alcazar, Glenda looking over the garden. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 140 Alcazar garden. (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 141 Sangria for lunch (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 142 (Seville, Spain)
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Spain_ 143 Parador interior. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 144 Carmona at night in the rain. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 145 Carmona at night in the rain. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 146 (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 147 Entrance to our Paradore. (Carmona, Spain)
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Spain_ 148 The Roman bridge crossing into the old town. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 149 The Cathedral rising out of the center of the old Mosque. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 150 Detail of the mosque walls with a Spainish coat of arms laid over the original decoration. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 151 The bell tower of the cathedral seen over the walls of the mosque. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 152 The bell tower from the inner courtyard. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 153 (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 154 (Spain: Cordoba) The famous mosque.
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Spain_ 155 (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 156 (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 157 This is an odd scene - a crucifix in the interior of what appears to be a mosque. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 158 Interior of the great mosque.(Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 159 The Mezquita, originally built in 8th Century, Cathedral was built in the heart of the mosque during the 16th Century. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 160 (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 161 This church was built within the mosque. When King Ferdinad and Queen Isabella took Spain from the Moors, they ordered the destruction of all mosques and synagogues. The local priest liked the architecture of this mosque so much that he had a church built within the interior of the mosque - saving it from destruction. Of course in the process of doing this, he destroyed part of the architecture of the mosque. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 162 View of the organ of the Cathedral. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 163 Street of flowers (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 164 Street of flowers. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 165 Street of flowers. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 166 14th Century Synagogue interior. This was converted into a church when Ferdinad and Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 167 Maimonides, 12th century philosopher. He was the preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages. He was born in Cordoba, Spain on Passover Eve, 1135, and died in Egypt in 1204. He was a rabbi, physician and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 168 Spanish restaurant. Well, it IS in Spain, isn't it? (Cordoba, Spain)
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Spain_ 169 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 170 Sangria for lunch made with a local sherry, Glenda. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 171 Ron enjoys the sangria also. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 172 Ronda's Plaza de Toros is the spiritual home of bullfighting. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 173 The Plaza de Toros was inaugurated in 1785. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 174 This little barricade is where the bullfighter hides if the bull is a bit too wild. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 175 Museum in the Plaza de Toros. These bulls are all currently dead. We also see three toreadors with their heads removed. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 176 Our Ronda parador. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 177 Looking into the other side of the gorge from our paradore. This is a really spectacular city. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 178 18th century bridge across the gorge. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 179 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 180 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 181 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 182 Looking down onto the ruins of the Moorish baths. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 183 Ron & Glenda. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 184 A Japanese tourist & artist. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 185 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 186 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 187 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 189 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 190 Diego, our guide for the morning. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 191 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 192 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 193 A painting of the Last Supper, but with women instead of men (in the church Santa Maria la Mayor). (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 194 Inside Santa Maria la Mayor. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 195 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 196 Palacio Mondragon (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 197 View of the lower city. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 198 Garden of a private residence. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 199 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 200 Another view of the bridge. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 201 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 202 (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 203 Shopping street. (Ronda, Spain)
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Spain_ 204 Convento de Santa Catalina. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 205 (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 206 Painted tower. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 207 13th century Alhambra(Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 208 Over the entrance gate, again the mixture of Moorish & Christian architecture. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 209 (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 210 16th-century palace of Charles V. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 211 Detail showing the painting of the plaster of the walls. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 212 Carving inside the Alhambra. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 213 Windows with wooden grids to hid the women when they looked out. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 214 Detail of the plaster inside the Alhambra and the way it was painted. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 215 Alhambra's Salon de Embajadores. This is the waiting room for the ambassadors. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 216 Spain: Granada, carving of Arabic phrase. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 217 Looking back at the Salon de Embajadores. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 218 Washington Irving rented rooms here for a while and wrote stories set here. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 219 (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 220 The pomegranite is a symbol of Granada. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 221 The gardens of the Alhambra. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 222 Looking at the Alhambra from the gardens (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 223 Generalife or summer palace for the Sultan during the Moorish era. (Granada, Spain)
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Spain_ 224 Summer palace for the Sultan (It's good to be king!)
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Spain_ 225 Our parador. (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 226 Capilla del Salvador, 16th Century, one of Spain's finest Renaissance churches (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 227 Crest over a family residence. (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 228 Building on the Plaza de Analucia. (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 229 (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 230 (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 231 (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 232 Santa Maria de los Reales Alcazares. (Ubeda, Spain)
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Spain_ 233 Man of La Mancha territory.
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Spain_ 234 Man of La Mancha territory.
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Spain_ 235 Originally settled in Roman times. (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 236 In 1936 Nationalists survived a 70-day seige by the Repubicans in the Spanish Civil War. (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 237 A sample menu - see the last entry...(Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 238 Pear stuffed with Marzipan & covered in chocolate - YUM. (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 239 Steve & Ron after lunch. (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 240 Toledo, Spain is a sister city to Toledo, Ohio
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Spain_ 241 Cathedral (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 242 (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 243 (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 244 Imagine our surprise when we ran into our neighbors.
Patty & Glenda (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 245 Ron, Chuck, and Patty. (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 246 Historic synagogue, Sinagoga del Transito (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 247 Carving inside the synagogue (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 248 This is the interior of a synagogue built during the era of the Moors. After the Moors were defeated, the new Catholic rulers ordered the destruction of all Mosques and Synagogues. This survived because it was converted into a Catholic Church. (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 249 Spain: Toledo, inside the Sinagoga del Transito
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Spain_ 250 Santa Maria la Blanca Synagogue. Hmmm, catchy name for a Synagogue.
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Spain_ 251 (Toledo, Spain)
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Spain_ 252 Plaza de la Independencia, Puerta de Alcala. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 253 Calle de Alcala. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 254 Bronze bear & strawberry tree in Plaza del Sol, the symbol of Madrid. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 255 (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 256 Plaza Mayor at night. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 257 Bull Ring. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 258 Town Hall. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 259 Royal Palace used for state occasions. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 260 Church procession. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 261 Mushrooms in the market. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 262 Fresh fish in the market. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 263 Oldest restaurant in Spain. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 264 Plaza Mayor during the day. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 265 National Center of Art, Reina Sofia. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 266 Reina Sofia, one of the art displays. There was a sign on the wall that said, "Art has the right to be ugly." (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 267 Street musicians. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 268 Parque del Retiro. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 269 Parque del Retiro. (Madrid, Spain)
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Spain_ 270 1992 Olympic stadium (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 271 Communications tower (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 272 View of the city from Montjuic. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 273 (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 274 Statue of popular Spainish folk dance. It will be left as an exercise to the reader to determine which two of the human statues are alive. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 275 The building as well as the building roof on the right was created by Antoni Gaudi - one of Spain's great architects. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 276 Glenda & Ron (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 277 Roof of Gaudi building. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 278 Detail on the interior of a Gaudi building. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 279 Park Guell created by Antoni Gaudi. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 280 Casa Batllo by Gaudi in 1906. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 281 Casa Batllo by Gaudi in 1906. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 282 Casa Batllo by Gaudi in 1906. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 283 Casa Batllo. Seat by the fireplace. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 284 Casa Batllo, front room facing main avenue. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 285 Casa Batllo. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 286 Casa Batllo, the Dragon's Back covering the water storage area. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 287 Casa Batllo, chimneys. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 288 Casa Batllo. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 289 Casa Batllo, facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 290 Another Modernista house next door to Casa Batllo. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 291 Casa Mila, an apartment building by Gaudi. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 292 The Sagrada Familia, designed by Gaudi in 1883. The church is not yet finished but Mr. Gaudi is buried in the church. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 293 Sagrada Familia, the Passion Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 294 Sagrada Familia, the Passion Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 295 Sagrada Familia, the Passion Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 296 Sagrada Familia, the Passion Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 297 The Sagrada Familia. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 298 The Sagrada Familia interior. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 299 The Sagrada Familia interior. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 300 The Sagrada Familia interior. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 301 The Sagrada Familia, door
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Spain_ 302 The Sagrada Familia. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 303 The Sagrada Familia, the Nativity Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 304 The Sagrada Familia, the Nativity Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 305 The Sagrada Familia, the Nativity Facade. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 306 Colorful little girl. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 307 Spain Barcelona
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Spain_ 308 The Face of Barcelona by Joan Miro. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 309 Christopher Columbus pointing the way to India. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 310 Barcelona harbor. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 311 Street performer on La Rambla. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 312 We took a day-tour to Girona.
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Spain_ 313 Bridge across the Riu Onyar leading into the Old Town. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 314 Esglesia de Sant Feliu. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 315 The lion is the symbol of Girona. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 316 A view of Saint Nicolau. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 317 Bell tower of the cathedral. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 318 (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 320 Casket on the outside of the church. The occupant has a great view! (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 321 The Cathedral. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 322 Narrow street of the old town. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 323 In the old Jewish quarter. (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 324 (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 325 (Girona, Spain)
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Spain_ 326 Figueres, the Teatre-Museu Dali (The Salvadore Dali Museum) (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 327 The Teatre-Museu Dali. (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 328 The Teatre-Museu Dali. (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 329 Dali Museum. (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 330 Dali Museum. (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 331 Teatre-Museu Dali. (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 332 The side of a bus. (Figueres, Spain)
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Spain_ 333 On the way back from Figueres to Barcelona
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Spain_ 334 La Rambla. This is the famous walking street of Barcelona. No cars are allowed. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 335 Barcelona harbor. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 336 Barcelona harbor. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 337 Barcelona harbor.
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Spain_ 338 Barcelona harbor.
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Spain_ 339 Barcelona harbor. Tour group.
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Spain_ 340 Palau de la Musica Catalana (Palace of Music).
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Spain_ 341 Palau de la Musica Catalana. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 342 Palau de la Musica Catalana. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 343 Palau de la Musica Catalana. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 344 Palau de la Musica Catalana. (Barcelona, Spain)
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Spain_ 350 Our favorite restaurant in Barcelona. (Barcelona, Spain)
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