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Are there Gators in Iberia? Sure! Here's two.
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C5 Galaxy
We traveled by C5 to and from Rota, Spain where we started our trip. The Air...
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Rota, Spain beachfront
Rota lies on the Atlantic Ocean along the Costa de Luz. It's just...
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Seville Cathedral
The Santa Maria de la Sede cathedral of Seville is reputed to be the largest...
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Cathedral Choir
The Choir faces the high altar. Not shown is the 7000 pipe organ. The silver...
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Seville Cathedral, High Altar
The high altar is 65 foot tall, carved in walnut and chestnut, and covered in...
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Seville Cathedral, Tomb of Columbus
Tomb of Columbus carried by four kings. (Remains are being, or have...
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Seville Cathedral, detail
Detail of the outside of the Cathedral. That's an orange tree in...
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Cathedral Square
Wet day carriage ride.
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Souvenir shop
Jerry checks out some colorful Spanish handiwork for sale in central Seville.
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Seville, Jewish Quarter
Rainy day walk thru Barrio Santa Cruz, formerly the Jewish Quarter....
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Seville, Alcazar
This a a courtyard within the Alcazar. The structure still functions...
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Alcazar, fountain
A fountain in the extensive gardens of the Alcazar.
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Alcazar gardens
The large ornamental garden of the Alcazar. This is just one corner since the...
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Flamenco troupe
Sevilla evening entertainment.
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Seville, Flamenco Show
One of the Flamenco dancers. The dancers are accompanied by singers,...
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Flamenco dancer
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Portugal landscape
This landscape is typical of that found on the plains between the...
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Lisbon, Theater
Theater at night on one of the main squares of the old town.
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Lisbon, Figueira Square (Praca Figueira)
Figueira Square at night overlooked by the the Sao Jorge (Saint...
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Belem Tower
Belem Tower sits on the Tejo River which runs by Lisbon. The tower was...
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Belem Tower, interior
Belem Tower was well fortified with numerous cannon ports on multiple levels....
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Belem Tower, view
Good views of the Tejo River, the suspension bridge over the river...
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Belem, Maritime Museum
Not a flattering picture, but anyone interested in nautical history...
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Monestary of San Jeronimos, courtyard
This monestary was built around 1500 in the Manueline style by King...
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Monestary of San Jeronimos
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Obidos, Portugal
Obidos is an ancient walled city lying not far from the Atlantic Coast. Now...
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Obidos, street scene
There are many photo opportunites at each turn in Obidos. Very quaint. These...
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Obidos, Church
Inside the church at Obidos. Note the hand painted and fired tiles on the...
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Obidos, Church Altar
The altar of the church.
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Obidos, Pousada
Pousadas are hotels maintained by Portugal in historic structures. They are...
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Nazare, Portugal
Seaside town that was formerly just a simple fishing village. Now it's a...
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Nazare widow
Portuguese widows wear black for the rest of their life. This lady...
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Batalha Monestary, Portugal
Batalha Monestary was built on the site of a great battle in 1385 where 7000...
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Batalha Monastery, Gargoyles
Interesting gargoyles on the monastery exterior.
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Batalha Monestary, stained glass
The interior of the monastary is very plain. The light patterns on the...
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Fatima, Portugal
Fatima Cathedral was built on the site where three small shepard...
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Fatima Cathedral
Interior of the Fatima Cathedral. The tombs of the three children are to the...
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Lisbon Trolley
Lisbon runs three seperate trolley lines for these old classic trolleys. They...
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Sintra, Portugal
Sintra is about 20 miles outside of Lisbon and is where the royalty got away...
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Sintra, Pena Palace
The Pena Palace is a few miles from the National Palace and at a higher...
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Evora, Portugal
We made an overnight stop in walled Evora, an ancient World Heritage...
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Evora, Main Square
If it had not been raining, we might have found the square very...
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Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
Arcos is one of the white villages of Andalusia. It sits high on a hill. The...
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Arcos, streets
In the old town, the streets are very narrow as shown in the picture. You can...
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Arcos, Santa Maria church
Santa Maria is the leading church of Arcos, and dates to the 13th...
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Cadiz, Spain
Cadiz stands on a peninsula jutting out into a bay, and is almost entirely...
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Cadiz, Sunset and Fort
At the extreme tip of the Cadiz peninsula is a long narrow causeway...
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Gibraltar
Gibraltar belongs to Great Britain, much to the displeasure of Spain....
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Gibraltar map
Gibraltar is on the south most tip of the Iberian peninsula and marks the...
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Gibraltar, Gun ports
Note the square ports along the face of the rock. These are firig ports for...
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Gibraltar, Cannon
When I first saw this display, I thought someone had turned the gun around on...
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Gibraltar, Sunday stroll
We were in Gibraltar on a Saturday afternoon. Lots of people were out walking...
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Gibraltar Pub
One can't visit a British city without stopping by a Pub for a beer.
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Gibraltar, Cemetery
Interesting headstone in the Gibraltar serviceman's cemetery....
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Gibraltar, Big gun
One of the more modern guns of Gibraltar.
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Costa del Sol, Wind generators
Between Cadiz and Gibraltar along the coast can be found numerous huge wind...
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Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
On the way back from Gibraltar, we stopped by Vejer, a white village of...
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Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
View of Vejer from below. There is a long balustrade along the edge of...
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Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
Puerto is a mid-sized city just a few miles from Rota. We got lost here one...
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