Dali Dolly and The Map. Dali Dolly was adopted in Burlington, Vermont, has been to B…

Dali Dolly packing for the trip.

The flight was from NYC to Toront to Barcelona. Wait staff replaced with pads to orde…

Advanced uses of technology.

Reading the Journey on the journey.

Anomalous Duo in the sky.

Manhattan below – home is right at the bottom-right end of Central Park.

So Westjet (Canadian airline) gave away these sunglasses. Because the world needs mor…

At the airport.

Hallway of our AIrB&B in Barcelona.

Terrace of our AIrB&B in Barcelona.

Room at our AIrB&B in Barcelona.

Kitchen at our AIrB&B in Barcelona (which Tammy thinks looks like something out o…

Terrace.

Barcelona street art just around the corner from where we stayed.

Barcelona street art.

Barcelona.

Sculpture by Fernando Botero, Rambla del Raval. This is another cast from the same mo…

Actor Bud Spencer ("They Call Me Trinity") on cafe poster, Barcelona.

Barcelona.

Hotel Oriente on The Ramblas (as seen in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The Pas…

Barcelona.

Barcelona.

Barcelona glories in her street art.

Barcelona.

Religious procession. Barcelona.

Barcelona. Bound for Burning Man?

Barcelona. Hard to believe but we actually passed this place repeatedly and never got…

Barcelona.

Barcelona.

Barcelona.

Barcelona.

Barcelona. The local Romanesque monastery.

Barcelona.

Sidewalk bike paths.

Sidewalk bike paths.

Plaça d’Espanya, Barcelona.

Plaça d’Espanya, Barcelona.

One of Tammy’s favorite places in Barcelona.

Barcelona.

More Barcelona street art.

Reflection of clouds.

Joan Miro park.

Joan Miro park.

The view of Plaça d’Espanya from the top of a nearby building.

Just before the rain.

Plaça d’Espanya.

Such beautiful architecture.

We missed the Magic Fountain in all its famous glory in the evening.

Outdoor escalators!

Mingling with the other tourists in Barcelona.

Amazing work but such an awkward pose.

AleXander surveying our day ahead in Barcelona.

Nice view.

Tammy in the Barcelona subway.

Word to the wise…

Park Guell…the first time around.

The hounds heads are a nice touch.

Because what would a view of the city be without yet another building crane?

Our first trip to Park Guell involved some 45 minutes of climbing up steep streets an…

AleXander just before entering Park Guell.

La Sagrada Familia dominating the view.

Unmistakable.

More breathtaking views from the top of Park Guell.

And MORE!

Winding our way down through the park.

Tammy in Park Guell, stopping to hold things up.

The photo can’t possibly do this plant justice; it was gorgeous.

The nice thing about entering the park at the top was that it was all downhill after …

Again, the photo can’t really capture how lovely that wall of yellow flowers was but …

Gigantic aloe plants. And Tammy.

Magical, mystical Park Guell.

Like something out of a dream.

Or a fairy tale.

More wonders of Park Guell.

Just amazing structures in Park Guell.

Park Guell.

How did they DO that?

Another giant aloe.

Beautiful flowers in Park Guell.

The top of the park was a bit emptier but by the time we’d worked our way down this f…

One of the most famous parts of the park.

Amazing mosaic work.

Park Guell.

There’s AleXander under the palm in Park Guell.

This has to be the most popular door knocker in all of the Iberian peninsula. We saw …

Near Park Guell.

You climbing those stairs? We came down them but didn’t even consider climbing them.

Looking down a street in Barcelona.

Because we couldn’t get enough sky and architecture.

Such elegance.

Barcelona.

Barcelona apartment buildings are amazing.

Walking Barcelona…..5 to 10 miles a day!

Just beyond where we had one of our most delicious dinners in Barcelona.

Baby squid in ink. Looks iffy but tasted amazing.

If a city has a subway, we have to check it out.

Calling David Lynch!

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Dali Dolly at Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

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Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Dali Dolly liked the light.

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Giant scallop shell in Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

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Stained glass artist Joan Vila-Grau at Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Stained glass art by Joan Vila-Grau at Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Selfie-time at Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia

Tin Tin in comic shop window.

Parc de la Ciutadella

Parc de la Ciutadella

Umbracle, Parc de la Ciutadella (as seen in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The …

Umbracle, Parc de la Ciutadella (as seen in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The …

Umbracle, Parc de la Ciutadella (as seen in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The …

Obviously ART.

Wonders at every turn.

Yes, those are gigantic googly eyes stuck all over that building. No, we never found …

Which is more dramatic; the sky or that sculpture?

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà

Nice sidewalks.

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

View from Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone …

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The Passenger", starring Jack Nicholson and…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Being serious on the roof of Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà.

Not being serious on the roof of Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà.

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Dali Dolly at Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the st…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Tammy with all of Barcelona behind her.

The attic in Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà

Model – Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone qu…

Model – Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone qu…

Amazing brick work in the attic of Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà

Suspended chains over a mirror show how Gaudí fashioned his towers at La Sagrada Fami…

Before and after Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí designed chair

Antoni Gaudí designed chair

Balcony – Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone …

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera or "the stone quarry&quo…

Barcelona.

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batllo

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batllo

Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batllo

Building next to Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batllo

Barcelona

Tapas night

Iberian jamon.

It was as delicious as it was photogenic.

Look! Isn’t that the Anomalous Duo?!

Some things in Europe are very different.

Dali Dolly rides the Barcelona subway.

Candy from one of the many Super Mercats that dotted our neighborhood.

Las Rambla.

Train to Figueras.

Figueras – birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador …

Figueras – birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador …

Figueras – birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador …

Figueras – birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador …

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Inside the car. Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Inside the car. Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Abraham Lincoln. Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Dali Dolly and the Hallucinogenic Toreador.

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Gala. Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Mae West. Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Abraham Lincoln Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí and she

Salvador Dalí and he

Salvador Dalí and she

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Salvador Dalí

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Figueras

Dinner in Figueras. Yes, MORE paella!

Burning Man logo on a street in Figueras.

Figueras

Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, designed by Dalí himself

Dali Dolly and Dalí

Washed clothes drying on terrace in Barcelona.

Barcelona street art.

Googly eyes at night.

It’s a subway, of course we’re going to take photos!

Meanwhile back in Barcelona!

Made it almost all the way to the beach in Barcelona.

Barcelona Harbor Cable Car (as seen in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The Passe…

Jack Nicholson on the Barcelona Harbor Cable Car in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film &q…

Dali Dolly is not afraid of heights.

Return to Parc de la Ciutadella

Return to Umbracle, Parc de la Ciutadella (as seen in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film …

Jack Nicholson at the Umbracle, Parc de la Ciutadella, in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s f…

Dali Dolly plays Jack Nicholson in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The Passenger…

Jack Nicholson at the Umbracle, Parc de la Ciutadella, in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s f…

Anomalous Duo reenact the old man scene in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film "The P…

AleXander tucked into the greenery.

Orange trees everywhere!

The winding walk back to our room.

Hard to believe we didn’t buy it on the spot!

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona.

Barcelona

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Dali Dolly at Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell

Off Tammy goes on the subway in Barcelona.

Look it up.

I AM A PIG (Russian/Ukrainian)

Slyly sliding some original Anomalous Duo writing into the bookshelves at Blue Ruby’s…

Slyly sliding some original Anomalous Duo writing into the bookshelves at Blue Ruby’s…

And MORE paella!

Street art.

Last photo in Barcelona before heading to the train station.

On the high speed train to Madrid.

300 km per hour.

We made it to Madrid in two and a half hours and found ourselves in a train station q…

The train we’d hoped to take to Toledo was sold out so we had to wait here for 3 hour…

Dali Dolly approved of our digs in Toledo.

Our apartment was right behind the famed Toledo Cathedral.

Even with this landmark to get us back to the apartment we’d wander for blocks trying…

The courtyard at our building in Toledo.

Not sure why there were all these pots and pans hanging there but had to get a pictur…

Toledo is all about: Cervantes, marzipan and swords.

View from our tourist bus at the Toledo train station.

Marzipan!

Such a great idea having these sheets hung to shade the street below.

MORE marzipan!

Because of course there’s a MacDonalds in Toledo.

AleXander keeps distinguished company or maybe it’s Cervantes keeping such illustriou…

Toledo elephants.

Toledo’s Alcazar which we found and decided we didn’t need to go into.

Train station in Toledo.

Views from the one tourist bus we took.

Toledo!

In addition to Cervantes, marzipan and swords, Toledo prides itself on having been th…

Swords. Lots of swords.

And, yes, more marzipan!

Street art in Toledo.

Oh, the light!

Unbelievable watching cars zip up these narrow old streets and pedestrians flatten th…

This major reconstruction of the building right next to where we stayed was a little …

AleXander photographing parades of ants up and down that tree.

Whatever it might look like, it’s licorice ice cream and it was delicious! (And why d…

Not your traditional Spanish breakfast but it got us out the door.

Yes…more swords!

Church festival.

Now to get over there to the Cathedral and find our street!

One bar’s flat screen tv was showing a bull fight but we didn’t linger nor did we go …

Picturesque but tricky to walk the streets of Toledo.

Don Quixote is a cottage industry in Toledo.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Exploring the Jewish Quarter at sunset.

Food that deserves to be photographed!

Inside the Cathedral at last.

Clearly to the designers and builders of this baby MORE is MORE!

We are not talking La Sagrada Familia here.

Take it slow!

After climbing all those stairs into the bell tower, we find a dead pigeon. And a 17 …

There’s the 17 ton bell.

And of course the 17 ton bell is cracked.

Religious art is so inspiring.

Amazing expression carved into wood.

The swallows of Toledo.

The Cathedral, of course, boasted a large collection of art.

The Cathedral’s El Greco.

The Cathedral’s other El Greco.

Good bye Cathedral of Toledo.

Dali Golly needs some sustenance on the train trip to Madrid to see the Prado. Marzip…

In Madrid where Tottenham was playing Liverpool in some World Cup final meaning the c…

The walk to the Prado, very lush.

Sternly worded signs and eagle eyed guards tried to keep us from taking photographs.

AleXander got a number of illicit photographs throughout the Prado.

Dali Dolly taking a little cafe con leche break at the Prado.

Prado cafe.

Ah and here’s the famed Velasquez that both Dali and Picasso swooned over.

Two artists, one very favorite topic: the Fall.

The Garden of Earthly Delights – painted by Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510….

Quentin Massys (1466–1530)

Rogier van der Weyden

The Descent from the Cross (c. 1435) – Rogier van der Weyden

Callipygian!

Leaving the Prado on a very hot day in Madrid.

Must have been a bad day in Eden.

Street art in Madrid.

The train station in Madrid for our half hour trip back to Toledo.

Back in Toledo where the hams hang heavy from the ceiling of a local eatery.

Our neighbor, the construction site.

Feral cats at the neighboring construction site.

Feral cat.

The courtyard of our building.

The Big Match. Liverpool won.

Another non-traditional breakfast.

Our curiously laid out apartment in Toledo.

The kitchen.

Did we mention swords in Toledo?

Amazingly delicious cafe con leche.

La Boveda (the Vault) turns out to be owned by Pablo, our host’s father, and he was k…

Our last morning in Toledo.

Closing up the apartment for the last time.

Waiting for Pablo who arrived exactly when he said he would.

Leaving our mark.

All during the drive to the bus station, Pablo wanted to tell us about the sights but…

Pablo would take AleXander’s phone and speak into Google Translate so we’d know the w…

Arriving at the Toledo bus station to take the bus to Granada. 6 hours away.

That’s our bus.

It was a very scenic ride with thousands of acres of olive groves.

A little something for the tourists.

Our hotel in Granada was absolutely delightful.

Entrance to the courtyard at our hotel.

Courtyard.

Custom made sinks!

Our first dinner out in Granada.

Our cool, comfortable room in Granada where it was in the mid-90’s outside and we nev…

Because of course there’s Coke everywhere.

Dali Dolly dug Granada!

Spices in Granada.

When in Granada….

Tammy journaling in the courtyard.

The first steep hill into the Alhambra.

The cats of the Alhambra.

The cat colony in the Alhambra is a Catch/Spay-Neuter/Release colony. Strays get to l…

More cats.

Granada spread out before us.

The view from the Alcazaba, the oldest part of the Alhambra.

Claude DeBussy wuz here.

Even the views from the bathrooms at the Alhambra are worth photographing!

And more orange trees.

Exploring the Alhambra except where we were barred from going.

AleXander wowed by the view.

Us and a billion other tourists on a hot day at the Alhambra.

Stunning detail.

Dali Dolly is impressed.

Dali Dolly and Tammy

Dali Dolly and AleXander

The sun was so bright in that open courtyard on the brilliant white marble that it hu…

Just a little something tucked in by the Christians after they took over.

The Alhambra is crawling with famous ghosts.

Noisy little buggers!

Even though photos couldn’t possibly do them justice, we had to keep taking pictures.

The easy downhill walk back out to the city.

And now we leave the Alhambra.

The Duo dug Granada!

Tammy in the new 12 euro dress bought in Granada.

Cities built into hills have many, many, many stairs.

The view from Sacromonte, the supposed birthplace of true flamenco.

The row of zambras that line the road up into Sacromonte.

The zambra, flamenco club carved into the hillside, where we saw the best flamenco in…

AleXander in Sacromonte.

Fantastic dinner in a cave in Sacromonte.

We had seen a wonderful documentary about the caves and flamenco of Sacromonte before…

The beginning of the show.

Really powerful and energetic dancers.

The Alhambra at night.

Large twin beds pushed together seem to be a thing in Spain.

We WANT this shower in our apartment!

An apricot in Granada.

Back on the bus.

Dali Dolly having some nougat as we make our way to Seville.

Tami Trips indeed!

Arriving in "our" neighborhood in Seville.

Diva!

Incarnation’s Mushrooms took us by surprise as we set out to explore our neighborhood…

Stunning and seemingly impossible to have been built (for a mere 100 million euros an…

Like stumbling across Burning Man art in the south of Spain.

Dali Dolly says YASSSSS!

Blooming jacaranda trees everywhere.

Even the modern architecture draws upon the culture and the palette.

The view from our bedroom window in Seville.

Just a snail climbing a building.

No. Idea.

Travelled all that way for some Authentic New York Pizza which turned out to be prett…

The light. Ah, the light of Spain. Just defies description or even photography.

Seems like a lot of work but the effect is pretty impressive.

Sunset in Seville.

Up on the roof.

On top of the Mushrooms.

When they started excavating to build the Mushrooms, they ran into some very old Roma…

Lots of dogs running off leashes behind owners in Spain.

Gifts of the "New World": massive and very old rubber trees.

The tree sends down vines that grip the ground and become new trunks of the original …

Las Duenas, a welcome nearly tourist-less destination for a sunny, hot afternoon in S…

The stables.

After days and days of walking four, six, ten miles in a day up and down steep stone …

Guarding the restroom.

More rubber tree magic.

The people of Las Duenas lived very different lives than we do.

We kept seeing blind people at Las Duenas and around the area and then, there she was…

Like this is going to slow any real smoker down!

A local checking for hand outs at the cafe.

Placa d’Espanya’s koi.

We’d gone rowing in Central Park so of course we were going rowing here!

If any of this looks familiar and you’re of the Game of Thrones persuasion; it served…

Taking a well deserved rest.

Bike lane!

Back to the Mushroom.

Laugh or cry but this is what some kids play with in Seville.

Now this is more like it!

Such a clever design!

Trees on a truck.

Adios Seville; you were stunning and we loved you but now it’s time for Lisboa!

Windmills and not the kind Don Quixote would recognize.

On the way to Lisboa we had to stop at Evora.

“We bones, are here, waiting for yours.”

The Chapel of the Bones. Not to be missed!

Hard to imagine they were once as we are and that we will be what they are.

Dali Dolly is without words.

The Museum of the Chapel of the Bones.

From the roof.

Yes, another stunning church.

The very famous ruins of an ancient Roman temple in Evora.

Famous but NOT a temple of Diana as many suggest.

The very very very old and the merely very old just behind it.

The viaduct, also Roman and also incredibly impressive.

Our driver warned us that the roads out to these ancient stones were bad and he was n…

The Almendres Cromlech near Evora. The entire monument was constructed over a very lo…

And we thought the Roman ruins were old!

The entire monument was constructed over a very long period, with the first stones la…

The entire monument was constructed over a very long period, with the first stones la…

The entire monument was constructed over a very long period, with the first stones la…

The drive wound through acres and acres of cork forests; very fairy tale-like.

Stork nests on the power lines.

The approach into Lisboa.

There was graffiti pretty much everywhere but Lisboa has a LOT.

Our first foray out into the city on a cold, rainy afternoon and evening.

Still magical.

Art!

How did the Duo manage to not get tattoos here?

It wasn’t Joe’s but it was damned good pizza. And the name . . . !

Steepest streets yet!

Fernando Pessoa, was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publishe…

A place for men to bathe. 🙂

Grilled sardines everywhere!

The teahouse I found and texted AleXander to join me at; delicious food and a most de…

Interestingly placed mirror.

Decor in the teahouse.

Every other bar on our street had signs about the genuine fado performed there….exc…

Duo’s feet on cobbled streets.

This dog walker would excel in New York!

JJ’s long lost cousin!

Wandering the streets of Lisboa.

Great street art.

Delicious lunch before another day up and down the steep streets of Lisboa.

Yeah, right.

The fado joint across the street.

The view from our apartment in Alfama.

Pink Street!

Fiesta!

Our positively medieval front hallway.

Sinister looking.

Dali Dolly thinks this is hysterical. (Actually an Italian manufacturer of domestic …

Lisboa felt a wee bit more subversive than the Spanish cities we visited.

Fox.

AleXander showing his true feelings for a palm tree.

A bit more food porn.

To our surprise we had found Belem Tower although we’d thought it was further than we…

Belém Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belém_Tower

Belém Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belém_Tower

Belém Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belém_Tower

Belém Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belém_Tower

Belém Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belém_Tower

See? Subversive.

Our hosts left a bottle of wine that AleXander was hard pressed to finish.

Check out that moon.

Handy landmark to tell cab drivers.

1am and this rather Eurovision-ish procession came singing and drumming up the street…

Tammy loves Lisboa!

As does AleXander.

Our quirky little apartment: The Crooked House.

The Duo seen around town.

Unbelievable seeing traffic on these tiny streets.

Dancing and drinking in the square by our apartment.

Praça do Comércio

Praça do Comércio

Praça do Comércio

That’s our apartment!

Happening upon a street food festival to have our first grilled sardines of the trip.

Sardines and octopus; delicious!

Ginja – a sour cherry liquor – served in a chocolate cup you can eat!

Ginja – a sour cherry liquor – served in a chocolate cup you can eat!

Ginja – a sour cherry liquor – served in a chocolate cup you can eat!

Tammy’s paparazza catching her resting after that delicious lunch.

Sadly the Pessoa museum was closed for renovation. Fernando Pessoa, was a Portuguese …

Sadly the Pessoa museum was closed for renovation. Fernando Pessoa, was a Portuguese …

Sadly the Pessoa museum was closed for renovation. Fernando Pessoa, was a Portuguese …

Something you don’t see much of in New York anymore.

Booths set up for the night’s festivities.

Discuss.

The "good" fado place. Video, at the end of which, is a bit of this perfor…

Dali doesn’t want to leave Lisboa and neither did the Duo.

Those are spiced, sweetened poppy seeds – perfect for sprinkling on top of yogurt!

The train station where there was no room to store our luggage until time to go to th…

Looking out from the train station.

Argue with that!

Adios Lisboa; so hard to only have four days there.

Lisboa subway.

Off the subway and into the airport.

Last chance for sardines!

On the plane and settled in for the long flight home.

Sounds like a place we should visit sometime.

Sketchy looking couple.

iPhone identifies the three passengers of this journey.

First glimpse of home from the cab.