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This picture captures just about everything you need to know about everything in Rome. *giant Roman building, plundered by the Vatican *too many columns *too many sarcophagi *too many heads and/or...
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St. Peter's on Good Friday, just before the arrival of the Pope. Got to love test patterns. St. Peter's on Good Friday, just before the arrival of the Pope. Got to love test patterns.
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Vernazza, one of the five towns of the Cinque Terre in north-western Italy. There's not much to Vernazza outside of this picture, and that was fine with us. A very tiny slice of heaven on earth....
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This is mostly what the cathedral looks like- blue sky. The two smaller facades are finished, and basically nothing else, though they expect it to be finished in the next 20 years or so. This is...
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Spires. Not typical cathedral spires. :) Spires. Not typical cathedral spires. :)
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Very Gaudi-esque dove from the previous facade- the only facade actually completed by Gaudi. Very Gaudi-esque dove from the previous facade- the only facade actually completed by Gaudi.
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The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, by the architect Gaudi. We spent 23 hours and 59 minutes, basically all sleeping, eating, or looking at Gaudi. Time well spent. :) The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona,...
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Cordoba was at one time the world's richest city, and had the world's second largest mosque. This is just a small corner of it- the Church dropped a cathedral smack dab in the middle when the Moors...
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This is a beautiful example of the kind of woodwork (the so-called Mudejar style) present all over Andalusia on doors, windows, and ceilings. This is a beautiful example of the kind of woodwork (the...
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Entering the Alcazar- these are the oldest walls, but the rest of the palace has been continously rebuilt and reconstructed around it for 1000 years. Entering the Alcazar- these are the oldest walls,...
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Bones. Wrapped in gold. This is eerily common all over old European cathedrals, or at least in Spain and Italy. France probably just hides theirs better. Bones. Wrapped in gold. This is eerily common...
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The Giralda in Sevilla, through orange trees. Krissa fell in love with the city, mostly on the strength of doses of fresh, daily orange juice and the sun that (oddly) can't be seen in this picture....
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More Moorish plaster work- imagine rooms and rooms full of this, around pool or fountain-filled courtyards. More Moorish plaster work- imagine rooms and rooms full of this, around pool or...
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From the palace inside the Alhambra- note the detail of the plaster work on the walls. And the rain- some of the only bad weather on the trip. From the palace inside the Alhambra- note the detail of...
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The last fortress of the Moors in Spain, the Alhambra. The last fortress of the Moors in Spain, the Alhambra.
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The cellar at Arche-Pugneau, where they turn out a very nice sweet wine. The cellar at Arche-Pugneau, where they turn out a very nice sweet wine.
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We went to Bordeaux for wines, and got to see them. :) The vinyards are gorgeous- the picture doesn't do them justice. We went to Bordeaux for wines, and got to see them. :) The vinyards are gorgeous-...
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This gargoyle, from the Cathedral of St. Andre in Bordeaux, is incredibly nifty. The dark side is gargoyle, post-500 years of dirt and pollution. The light side is gargoyle, post-500 years of dirt and...
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A truly incredible interior- walls of basically sheer stained glass. A truly incredible interior- walls of basically sheer stained glass.
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The outside of St. Chappelle, on the Ile de La Cite in Paris, our first stop. Fairly dull outside, leading to... The outside of St. Chappelle, on the Ile de La Cite in Paris, our first stop. Fairly...
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