Most Spanish cities are supplied with both a castle and a cathedral, and Málaga is no exception. While I realize that cathedrals are frequently the most outstanding architectural feature of the region where they stand, I have a hard time enjoying them. For some reason, I don’t have the same problem with castles even though [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Malaga: The Castillo de Gibralfaro
Posted in Travel sights, tagged castles, photography, Spain, travel sights on December 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Esoteric imagery
Posted in cats, Food, Photography, tagged cats, crescent moon, food, moon, photography on December 26, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday evening as we were driving home from Christmas dinner at my folks house, we saw one of the youngest crescent moons we’ve ever witnessed. New moon was shortly after noon on the 24th, this was at 5 p.m. on the 25th, a young waxing crescent moon that was only hours old. A couple [...]
First stop: Madrid
Posted in Flowers, Travel sights, Wildlife, tagged high speed trains, Madrid, travel sights, wildlife on December 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Our vacation began with our attendance at a yearly bash thrown by one of our friends who is a blues musician. We went to the party/blues jam at his place in the country and ate, drank, danced and made merry. The very next morning, our niece Alex drove us to the airport in St. [...]
Were we gone?
Posted in Travel sights, tagged fun, Malaga, The Yachts of Seabourn, travel sights on December 12, 2011 | 15 Comments »
We got home from our protracted vacation on Saturday. Air travel home from Florida was absolutely seamless. No delays, no problems, no screaming children on the plane, our luggage was not lost. The only casualty was one of the crystal on-the-rocks glasses we bought on the ship as a souvenir of the wonderful times [...]
