Saturday, May 11, 2024

Peratallada, Catalonia, April 2024

 A pleasant morning in the unretouched medieval village of Peratallada.




Ghost ivy



Peculiar window display

The town moat



Monday, May 06, 2024

Madrid, April 2024


A few nights in the huge city of Madrid.

View from our hotel window







 



Girona, Catalonia, April 2024


Spent several nights in bustling, medieval Girona (the G is silent).




Exhibit at the Jewish Museum

 
The legend of the flies... who saved the town in the 14th century from the French army



Longest intact city wall in Europe

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Stairs used in a scene in "Game of Thrones"

And more GOT stairs

Begur, Catalonia, April 2024

One night at the Hotel Convent near the town of Begur.

Hotel el Convent

Side street with reflection

Playa sa Riera

 

Convent Hotel lobby

Painters


Diorama of the legendary founding of the convent by shipwrecked sailors

Barcelona, April 2024

A few nights in Barcelona in the heart of Catalonia.


The Catalonian flag much in evidence


Unfinished portion of the San Pau moderniste complex

Buskers a-go-go

 
Subterranean restrooms at Sant Pau




Random still life

One of the Sagrada Familia facades

San Pau moderniste museum, complex
San Pau historical sickroom


Wild parrot outside our hotel

Peratallada, Catalonia, April 2024

 A pleasant morning in the unretouched medieval village of Peratallada. Ghost ivy Peculiar window display The town moat