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At last I have managed to collate photos and blog posts of my incredible journeys over the past decade into published photo books. It has been rewarding. There are still countries and places which I have visited and for which a book is missing – New Zealand and Brazil for example. A cycle trip to
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In response to the many requests for “what is the food like in Spain” I attach without comment, the following: With the just announced iPhone XS, such photos will be of course of much better quality – colour saturation, depth of focus. I can hardly wait to order one.
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An extremely hot day but thankfully the drive to the National park and bird sanctuary was in a late model 4 wheel Toyota – air conditioned and with a careful driver, a vital criteria for me on all levels. First stop the marshes and bird sanctuary The town of El Rocío is quite something, it
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The Plaza de España (“Spain Square”, in English) is a plaza in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain, built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of the Regionalism Architecture, mixing elements of the Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudéjar) styles of Spanish architecture.
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My penultimate day in Seville and the outside temperature at noon is approaching 40 degrees, both reasons to meander through the museums including The Museo de Belles Artes It is indeed worthy of that name and has an overall atmosphere similar to the Art Gallery of SA, albeit on a much smaller scale. The most
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I signed up for a Skip the queue tour of the Seville Palace, Gardens and Cathedral. It seems that most towns in Andalucía have an understandable multicultural society going back over many centuries. Given that Africa, specifically Morocco, is but a few kilometres across the ocean from the southern most outpost of Spain, it is
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A few random shots of Seville. Day 1 Around the cathedral And a few street shots. Seville orange trees are as ubiquitous as eucalyptus trees in Adelaide. The oranges are inedible- much too bitter and used for jam. There are more taxis in Seville than pigeons! There are more pigeons than ice cream shops, but
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Being rushed off my feet by my 2 travel companions, my creative juices cope with a daily hour of Recorder practice at the expense of any creative writing. I humbly apologise for this lapse. Pictures must sadly suffice. Having arrived in Seville after a rapid 40 minute train ride from Cordoba, settled in, meandered in
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This is the Castle of the Christian Monarchs. It’s a castle built like a fortress, with gardens that are reminiscent of a miniature garden of Versailles. It was the home of Isabella 1 of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Here are a few pictures of the gardens.
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