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Trip Start May 27, 2007

Trip End Sep 01, 2007

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Friday, October 5, 2007

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Castilo de Sao Jorge	Lee and I at Pena Palace	Me in front of Monument to the Discoveries	Casa dos Bicos
Me from the top of Monument of the Discoveries	Smart Car	Us at Belem Tower	Me in front of Mosterio de Jeronimos
Tree Parade	Bobby at Cabo da Roca	Me in front of Lagos Promenade	Lee from Fortaleza de Sagres
Castle and church overlooking Tavira	River at high tide	Amazing tile work at Plaza de Espana	Lee in the gorgeous Plaza de Espana
One facade of cathedral	Plaza del Triunfo	Pedestrian-only Avenida de la Constitucion	Elaborate carved wood ceilings
Different doors for big and small guests	The craftsmanship is just amazing (and in 1400´s!)	Famous Moorish arches	Gorgeous painted dome
Fountains with Columbus, Ferdinand and Isabella	me in the Gardens	Lee with Columbus, Ferdinand and Isabella	Lee with fountains and Alcazar
Loved the cactus decor!	Lee on promenade in Tarifa	Audience participation time for Lee	For only 1 euro I couldn´t resist
I must have lost my mind!	A typical, colorful Tangier market	Entering Gibraltar was a breeze	The Rock is even bigger than it appears
I don´t think this is going anywhere...Next!	That´s some bulge in Lee´s pocket :-)	Loving the sunshine and amazing views	Actually walking across an active airport runway
Ronda - premier white hill town in Spain	Lee captures good shot of Nuevo Puente	Fortunately you can´t smell this ¨river¨	¨New¨Bridge was built in 1751
White hill towns sit atop Sierra Nevada peaks	The Alcazar is the oldest part of the complex	Alhambra called most exciting European monument	Part of the stunning Alhambra complex
Alhambra is candidate for new wonder of the world	My attempt at being more like a photographer	The Alhambra rises above all of Granada	This pool reflects light into surrounding halls
Finally a photo of us together	The Generalife was the sultan´s summer palace	The birds of prey show featured these LIVE birds	Einstein discusses relative physics theory
From the Balcon de Europa	1 Room was 100m long x 50m wide x 35m high	I love the mosaic sidewalks throughout Iberia	Magnificent bougainvilleas abound in Spain
Frigiliana is perched above avocado orchards	19th century aquaduct for Mora sugar factory	SF-Neat to see construction in progress	Sagrada Familia-under construction for 100+ years
Gaudi,Casa Mila-Famous melting ice cream building	Park Guell founded 1900 as residential development	Detail looks simple but total effect is beautiful	Gaudi credited with starting modernism in Spain
I just loved designs for color and uniqueness	Gaudi used wave as this area supports walkway	Park Guell is a beautiful oasis	Barcelona was first European port to get cacao
Don Quixote and his windmills in chocolate	Chocolate Museum had amazing chocolate sculptures	Chicken Little; museum had no free samples :-(	Bambi and co. make learning about chocolate fun
Amazing complex blends perfectly with nature	Europe´s oldest music school is here	Montserrat is 50km NW of Barcelona	17th century church most famous landmark in Sitges
Where did everyone come from?	Pristine promenade goes a couple of miles	Ibiza was founded in the 7th century BC	Where is the handrail?? Grade must've been 40%
I was getting up a little earlier than others	Beaches are small pebbles; few have sand	Even the beaches have no vacancies here	Favorite son - Christopher Columbus
Bogart and Bacall	Even Napoleon and the Nazis valued this harbor	Even the weather was perfect	Building facade detail - real or painted?
I can see how Portofino inspired Walt Disney	Typical Italian parking lot	Beginning the toughest leg of the hike	Peasant farmers began these trails 1000+ years ago
The trail seemed to only go up	All of Cinqueterre is UNESCO World Heritage Site	Uphill trails-like biking w/wind in your face	Leaving Manarola looking for my thesaurus
Vernazza-jewel of the Cinqueterre	In rough seas boats use the town as a shelter	Corniglia - only one of the towns not at sealevel	David has relatives in Manarola too?
Now I know! Pace is Peace in Italian!	Portovenere is not on the usual Cinqueterre hike	The most gorgeous town in Italy-Portovenere	I could admire view of Portovenere forever
Bikes were the most popular way to travel	The canal added some atmosphere to town	Endless private beach clubs in town	More than 6km of peaceful seafront forest
There's another creative Pace out there	Perfect weather packs the beaches	Market days provide sensory overload	What a yummy and creative idea!
I was glad to see the clapper after 400 steps	Crayola created Burnt Sienna after Siena	It's always a beautiful day in Siena	Piccolomini Library rivals the Sistine Chapel
One of many tempting gelaterias	My 4 star "hotel"(I have right half only)	Huge lemons compared to apples and peaches	The best view of Sorrento was from the sea
Typical pedestrian street in old Sorrento	Sorrento was beautiful at sunset	Faraglioni Rocks are noted feature of island	Buildings were often built right on the edge
Mt. Vesuvius was never far enough away	The water was so clear and a gorgeous color	I always thought Italian coast looked liked this	Italian queue trying to get into Blue Grotto
Water in Blue Grotto was this amazing blue	Amalfi had a tiny but popular beach	The entire coast was just magnificent!	Villa Cimbrone was hosting a wedding later (who??)
Many buildings are 5th and 6th century	City claim to fame are ancient mosaics	Imagine 5th century mosaics before Super Glue!	President´s Palace was on busy street in front
Wedding photos being taken with bored bystander	Across Danube is bulk of city apartments	Parliament(1902)-buildings newer than other cities	Margaret Island-2.5km long jewel right in town
PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!	It is easy to fall in love with Budapest	You seldom see the Chain Bridge without traffic	Millenary Monument in middle of Heroes Square
All too common sight throughout country	Little Beach-only beach from town w/o a car	The heart of town is Little Beach and promenade	Old town is smaller than Dubrovnik but very nice
Upscale bars, clubs&cafes were packed at night	Budva's idea of Rodeo Houston-less fried Twinkies	Very sad that the government chose to sell this	This beach next to old town was full of Italians
It's much easier to get food at the grocery store	King Njegos (1813-1851)is most popular ruler	The prettiest town in the world!	Dubrovnik-"Pearl of the Adriatic"
Buildings all share a common look&Croatian flag	Stradun is THE street in Dubrovnik	Stradun at night is center of activity	Old harbor has ferry to Lokrum every 30 minutes
Anxious to visit Lokrum and resident peacocks	Swimming around Lokrum is like an aquarium	Maximlian(Holy Roman Emperor)loved Lokrum	Visibility in water is incredible!
Rare medieval bastion w/3m thick walls	Wawel Castle home to Polish kings for 500 years	Tram network was efficient w/no graffiti	Rynek Glowny-center of tourist life in Krakow
Common scene all over town;sad to see	St. Kings Chapel(1927)took 30 years to build	Salt Mine in operation for 700+ years	Wieliczka Salt Mine-UNESCO Heritage Site 1978
Carts w/obwarzanki were everywhere(round pretzel)	Pope John Paul II was Krakow Archbishop 64-79	Galleria was full of kids & expensive merchandise	"Work sets you free" at entrance to Auschwitz
1000+ prisoners were housed in each building	1.5 million people were murdered at Auschwitz	Mass bathroom was only open at set times	Atrocities at Auschwitz will forever be remembered
Memorial is in 12+ languages at Birkenau	1897 bridge with typical unpronounceable name	Not all is pretty; lots of Communist-era housing	Cute little gnomes are fun idea and appealling
Island is attractively lit up at night	13th c. St. Adalbert's church reflection	More than 50% of buildings were ruins after WW2	City made a Top 10 list for Budget Traveller mag
Square is 2nd largest in Poland behind Krakow	Much of old town has seen recent upgrades	August II helped Dresden become region power	Cathedral w/78 statues over 3 meters tall
Biggest stone dome north of the Alps	Zwinger is gorgeous;museums now	Dresden is less than 2 hours from Prague or Poland	Wagner&Strauss debuted many operas here
102m Procession of Dukes has 25,000 tiles	Lots of young people keep Dresden edgy	Neustadt has eccentric bars&trendy cafes