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| THE FIRST THREE PHOTOS ABOVE
WERE OF GIBRALTAR ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SPAIN. THE NEXT TWO WERE TAKEN
ON A VERY BEAUTIFUL SCENIC DRIVE FROM GIBRALTAR TO RONDA. |
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| THE FIRST TWO PHOTOS ABOVE WERE
TAKEN OF A VERY CUTE LITTLE TOWN WE DROVE THROUGH ON OUR WAY TO RONDA.
THE TOWN IS CALLED ATAJATE. WE TOOK A QUICK PHOTO OF RONDA BEFORE REACHING
IT AND THEN TOOK A PHOTO OF THE COBBLE STONE ROADS WE DROVE THROUGH ON
OUR DRIVE TO RONDA. THE LAST PICTURE IN THIS SERIES WAS TAKEN ON ONE OF
OUR OUTINGS IN GRANADA. THE PICTURE IS OF A CASTLE AND FORTRESS COMPLETED
BY THE MOORS AS WELL AS THE CHRISTIANS ("ALHAMBRA").. |
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| THE FIRST TWO PHOTOS ARE OF
FERNANDO AND MYSELF WITH A VIEW OF "ALHAMBRA" IN THE BACKGROUND.
THE FOURTH PHOTO IS OF A SHOP WHERE YOU CAN GO AND DRESS UP IN COSTUME(S)
OF AGES PAST AND GET PHOTOS TAKEN. THE LAST PHOTO IS OF FERNANDO EXPRESSING
OUR TIRED DRIVE TO "ALHAMBRA." THE CARS ARE QUITE SMALL AND
ECONOMICAL OVER THERE. I WILL SAY THAT THEY HAVE LEGROOM THOUGH!!! |
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| THE FIRST PHOTO IS OF A BUILDING
AT "ALHAMBRA" AND THE NEXT PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THAT MOORISH
FORTRESS THAT YOU SAW IN PREVIOUS PHOTOS. THIS SHOT OVERLOOKED THE CITY
OF GRANADA. THE THIRD PHOTO IS OF A SCIENCE BUILDING FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF GRANADA WHICH WAS NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE STAYED. THE LAST TWO PHOTOS
WERE TAKEN AT THE PORT OF BARCELONA. WHERE DID MADRID GO YOU ASK? WELL,
WE TAILED IT ON OVER (IN OUR SPEEDY RENAULT CLIO) TO SEVILLE FROM GRANADA
SO WE COULD PICK UP A HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO MADRID. UPON OUR ARRIVAL IN
MADRID, OUR FIRST TASK WAS TO FIND A PLACE TO STAY. YES, WE DID THE UNBELIEVABLE
AND HAD NOT BOOKED ANY HOTELS BEFORE WE LEFT FOR SPAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE HOTEL WE HAD FOR OUR SOCCER TOURNAMENT. WHAT A CHALLENGE. ANYWAY,
WE HAD SOME EXTREME BAD LUCK FINDING A PLACE TO STAY IN MADRID. WE BOTH
WANTED TO WATCH A "REAL MADRID" SOCCER MATCH AT MADRID'S STADIUM
AND EXPERIENCE THE ADRENALINE RUSH. WE DECIDED TO BASICALLY PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER
IN MADRID AND CATCH THE FIRST TRAIN TO BARCELONA THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
I THINK I PRETTY MUCH SNORED ALL THE WAY TO BARCELONA. HEHEHE. |
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| THE FIRST PICTURE IS OF A "TOWN
SQUARE" WE VISITED A COUPLE TIMES NEAR THE POPULAR "LAS RAMBLAS"
SECTION OF BARCELONA. THE NEXT PHOTO WAS A FAIRLY TYPICAL STREET WE WALKED
DOWN NEAR "LAS RAMBLAS." THE THIRD PHOTO IS A RANDOM CITY BUILDING.
THE LAST TWO PHOTOS ARE OF THE MAJOR CATHEDRAL IN BARCELONA. VERY GOTHIC
IN REPRESENTATION. WE WERE UNABLE TO GO INSIDE. |
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| THE FIRST PHOTO ABOVE IS NEAR
THE NORTH-MOST END OF "LAS RAMBLAS." THESE NEXT FOUR PHOTOS
WERE TAKEN AT A MUSEUM WE WENT TO NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA. |
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| THIS FIRST PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT
THE MUSEUM WE VISITED. THE SECOND PHOTO IS OF BARCELONA'S STADIUM. OKAY,
HERE WE ARE BEING A BIT GOOFY WITH SOME HATS WE FOUND IN A SHOP NEAR THE
STADIUM. THE LAST PHOTO IS OF US WITH OUR COOL JERSEYS! COOL! HEHEHE. |