granada cathedral

streetlight

toad

estatua

entrar

blue spanish skies

moorish arch

god is victorious

afternoon vase

la reina

leaves & agua

rather be happy or right?

There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.
- Norman Mailer

siesta

generalife

The Palacio de Generalife (Arabic: Jannat al-'Arif - Architect's Garden) was the summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid sultans of Granada.

The palace and gardens were built during the reign of Muhammad III (1302-1309) and redecorated shortly after by Abu I-Walid Isma'il (1313-1324).

The complex consists of the Patio de la Acequia (Court of the Water Channel or Water-Garden Courtyard), which has a long pool framed by flowerbeds, fountains, colonnades and pavilions, and the Jardín de la Sultana (Sultana's Garden or Courtyard of the Cypress). The former is thought to best preserve the style of the medieval garden in Al-Andalus. Originally the palace was linked to the Alhambra by a covered walkway across the ravine that now divides them. The Generalife is one of the oldest surviving Moorish gardens.^[1]

The present-day gardens were started in 1931 and completed by Francisco Prieto Moreno in 1951. The walkways are paved in traditional Granadian style with a mosaic of pebbles: white ones from the River Darro and black ones from the River Genil.^[2]

view from our room

parador

alhambra arrival

y el tiempo se acaba...y la do no espera

sike

giraffe

quien juega con nuestros hijos?

Irati taverna basque

Casa Batlló at night

Eto'o scores his second against Levante

Més que un club

‘Més que un club’ (more than a club) is the motto of FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona

tot el camp, és un clam!

magic fountain

happy but cansado

twilight tram ride

missed the last funicular

taking the stairs

maxfield parrish dreamscape

long way down

summit

The summit of Montserrat is called Sant Jeroni (Saint Jerome) and stands at 1,236 meters (4,055 feet) above sea-level. It is accessible by hiking trails which connect from the top entrance to the Sant Joan funicular, the monastery, or the base of the mountain. From the summit, one can see in all directions (360 degrees) for many miles.

weather station

resting on the tip

midway

in the light

cruz

long way to the top if you wanna rock'n'roll

The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock, popular with climbers.

jagged

"Montserrat" literally means "jagged (serrated) mountain" in Catalan. It describes the peculiar aspect of the rock formation, which is visible from a great distance.

benedictine abbey

montserrat

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia, in Spain. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa María de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some ^[1] with the location of the Holy Grail in Arthurian myth.

ethereal

bubblemakers