Home again, home again

Last full day in Barcelona I went to the Picasso Museum which was fascinating. Lots of his student work, he was so good then! You couldn't take pictures which was a shame but a really interesting display. Trip home the usual endless limbo but it it is good to be here again.



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Gaudi house

Went to look at a famous house that Gaudi designed. A most amazing place and it actually looked comfortable to live in.











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Museums

The national gallery of Catalonia


Specialises in Romanesque Art



Archaeological museum



Iberians used skulls on the outside of some buildings



Roman glass
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Contrasting old and new

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The Alhambra Palace

The gardens are amazing with an incredible variety of roses











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Location:Granada

Alhambra Palace

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Genuine Granada boomerangs


Hungry cat





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Out and about

The pomegranate is a symbol of the city and the traffic bollards reflect this





The streets can be very narrow and they have some very small buses


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Travel to Granada

Passes literally hundreds of miles of olive trees. And a freeway in the making





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Gardens of the alcazar

Early morning visit to the palace








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In the mosque

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Cordoba

Some different ideas on decor


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Around

Roman bridge


Moorish influence








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On the road

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Rinds about

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Arab baths and bridge

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Walking by the walls

We walked around the remains of the older walls to the oldest bridge








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Roman and other stuff

We went to Baelo Claudia today a tiny Roman settlement that was into the fish trade. As they are close to the Straits of Gibraltar they were able to harvest tuna twice a year and salt them to trade. When the empire fell apart so did trade and the town slowly died and was buried in the dunes


This is the fish factory



We also passed Gibraltar



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About

Pigeons keeping clean and KitKat ice cream


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Archaeology museum

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