Bobbie and I recently spent 15 days–when you add in travel time–cruising the Iberian coastline from Barcelona south to Gibraltar then north ultimately to Lisbon. The trip was delightful. We were well cared for at every moment by Grand Circle Cruise Line’s program director and crew who genuinely seemed to enjoy their tasks and our presence. At each of a dozen stops we saw magnificent churches, picturesque old towns (with the occasional no-longer-Jewish Jewish Quarter,) Medieval and Roman and–perhaps most remarkably–Phoenician ruins. Sagrada Familia, the Gaudi church still being built in Barcelona, remains the high point of this trip for me. The only way I could make a poor photograph in this place was by accidentally shooting my feet or the back of some other tourist’s head as she passed between me and my intended target–and yes, I did both.
Along with documenting the trip to re-trigger our memories in whatever distant future might remain to us, I also found more than enough time and subject matter to do some of my more personal visuals. Here–and in no way intended to represent our trip–are a few of my current favorites.
Enjoy!
Leaving the Clio
Gaudi’s Casa Batllo at night, Barcelona
Sagrada Familia
Valencia
Reservatauro Rondo
Malaga’s Jewish Quarter
Malaga’s Jewish Quarter
Ray
Gibralter: Macaque monkey
Seville: Jewish Quarter
Seville: Plaza de Espana
Seville: Holy Week Parade float carrier
The road to Cordoba
Cordoba: Jewish quarter
Cordoba: Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba
Cordoba: Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba
Loule Portugal
Loule Portugal
Francisco Carrusca Cork Factory, Portugal
Alfama, Lisbon
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