PHOTO ALBUM OF THE TRIP
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Day Ten - Fly Home
Day Nine - Madrid & Toledo
 The Puerta del Sol |
 The Plaza Mayor |
.JPG) Casa de la Panaderia (formerly housed the Baker's Guild) |
 Built by Philip III |
 These cloistered nuns will sell you sweets with a ring of the bell |
 The Palacio Real |
 The Royal Palace of Spain |
 Open to the public when the king is not at home |
 And apparently under construction |
Day Eight - Madrid & Valley of the Fallen (El Escorial)
 The Victory Arch |
 The drive out to the Valley of the Fallen |
 Closer to El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen |
 We continue up the hill |
 Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial |
 Built by Philip II |
 It is a monastery with a small palace inside |
 Philip II wanted a home for himself |
 And a palace for God |
 And Jacki was there |
 The Valley of the Fallen |
 The burial place of forty thousand victims of Spain's civil war |
 Commissioned by Franco and consecrated as a church |
 The Pieta over the door |
 Franco is buried here |
 The view of Madrid from the Valley of the Fallen |
 The Cross at the Valley of the Fallen |
 And Kaila was there too |
Day Seven - Madrid
 The Atocha train station in Madrid |
 The Prado Musuem in Madrid |
 Francisco Goya |
 Sunset in Madrid |
 The Gran Colon Hotel |
 Lobby |
 The dressing room |
 The seating area in the room |
 The sleeping part of the room |
Day Six - Seville (Shopping & Alcazar)
 The Plaza Nueva in Seville |
 Yummy Sweets |
 The Alcazar in Sevilla |
 Bottle Tree filled with water just in case |
.JPG) The royal residence is under restoration(big surprise) |
.JPG) The crest of Cristobal Colon (Columbus) |
 King Ferdinand overthrew the Moors |
 He took the Alcazar as his new Palace |
 The dome |
 The Royal Succession of Spain in portraits |
 The Mudejar stayed to rebuild the Alcazar |
 Paying their due rather than leaving Spain |
 Mudejar were Muslims working for Christians |
 The Courtyard |
 Homage to the Sevilla orange crop |
 Tapestries in the Alcazar |
 Gardens of the Alcazar |
 More Garden |
 The wall above the garden |
 Reflecting Pools |
 Jacki is the Ansel Adams of Moorish gardens |
 Ask us to show you the painting of this wall we bought from a local artist |
Day Five - Jerez de la Frontera
 On the train to Jerez |
 Watching Spain go by |
 Beautiful Train Station |
 Andulusian Equestrian Art Center |
 Traditional wardrobe |
 Bodega Sandeman |
 The bottom is the solera and the other rows are the criadera |
 Each year the wine moves down a row |
 Only one third of the solera is bottled annually |
 Tasting with tapas ends the tour |
 The hat is the sherry of Spain and the cape is the Port of Portugal |
 Jacki has a new friend |
 Awfully narrow for 50 MPH |
Day Four - Seville
 The Hotel Giralda in Seville |
 The hotel entrance |
 There is no elevator |
 Cozy Room |
 The Cathedral |
 The Giralda Tower |
 The largest and highest Cathedral in Spain |
 The largest gothic building in the world |
 Horno de San Buenaventura |
 Just about anything you could want to eat |
 Carving the Jamon Iberico |
 There is plenty more where that came from |
 And they even have dessert |
 A visit to the Cathedral |
 Apparently all of Spain is under construction |
 Or so it seems |
 This place is amazing |
 The Altar |
 Trying to get the full scope |
 The Choir Loft |
 The back of the choir loft |
 Where most regular services are held |
 One fourth of the pipe organ |
 The tomb of Christopher Columbus |
 The Cathedral garden |
 The Giralda Tower from the garden |
 The Plaza in front of the Cathedral |
 The Palace of Archbishop on the Plaza |
 The walk back to our hotel |
 The Tower at night |
 The Cathedral at night |
 The Plaza at night |
 Serving the finest tapas since 1934 |
Day Three - Barcelona
 The Temple of the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) |
 Jesus keeps an eye on construction |
 Started in 1882 |
 125 years and still under construction |
 The doors were designed to look like books |
 Detail on the doors |
 Gaudi was the architect until his death in 1941 |
 Beautiful stained glass all over the building |
 Expected to be completed by 2030 |
 Parts on the ground waiting to go up |
 Again, Jesus supervises construction |
 Mosaic is classic Gaudi style |
 Gold inlay on the ceiling |
 Kaila stops to rest |
 Jacki thinks the whole thing is fascinating |
 Kaila just thinks it's really gaudy (Gaudi) |
 Quite a difference between the older and newer construction |
 One of Gaudi's original models restored (see the little man at the bottom? Note the scale of this project) |
 Model workshop |
 Gaudi's studio on the grounds |
 Palau Guell (more of Gaudi's work in downtown Barcelona) |
 This lampost was Gaudi's first public work (quite a difference!) |
 Sweets since 1947 |
 Churros con chocolate |
 Don't bother me I'm eating |
Day Two - Barcelona
 El Corte Ingles Department Store |
 Fresh Fish at the Supermarket in the basement. |
 Cheese, Pleese! |
 I think I'll have Chicken. |
 Journey Down La Rambla |
 Kaila Thinks We Need A Bunny! |
 Yes, We took our own picture. It's pretty good too! |
 The Famous La Boqueria Market |
 The fish is fresh. |
 The most popular shellfish in the place. |
 The Most Amazing Produce! |
 Juan has been here every day for over 50 years. |
 One ham in front of another. |
.JPG) Taller de Tapas (Tapas Workshop) |
 Tapas at Taller de Tapas! |
.JPG) Liquid Gold (Olive Oil) |
 Kaila spends Jacki's 401K on Olive Oil. |
Day One - Barcelona
We departed 3 hours late due aircraft problems and arrived three hours late at about 10:30pm. There is a story we'll tell when we get home!
 Entrance of Hotel Amister, Barcelona |
 Another view of entrance |
 Lounge at Hotel Amister |
 View of Art Exhibit in inner core of Hotel |
.JPG) Our room at Hotel Amister |
 The room at Amister |
 Bedroom at Hotel Amister |
 Bedroom and office (see laptop and TV) |
 A lighter view |
.JPG) View from our window |
 View from our window |
 Placa de Catalunya |
 Placa de Catalunya (Reversed) |
 Please just let me shop! |
START TRIP to Spain - November 2007
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FLIGHT GOING AIR - WEDNESDAY - November 7 Air France  Flight: 67Leaving: Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Intl 9:15 PMArriving: Paris - Charles De Gaulle Intl 5:00 PM 08NOVSeat: 47A, 47B Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER |
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AIR - THURSDAY - November 8 Air France Flight: 2048Leaving: Paris - Charles De Gaulle Intl 5:55 PMArriving: Barcelona - Barcelona 7:35 PM
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Barcelona
Hotel November 8-11
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Sevilla Barcelona - Sevilla, Sunday, November 11, 2007 JK6606 (operated by Spanair S.A.) Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:05, Barcelona, Spain (Barcelona, Terminal B) Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:30, Sevilla, Spain (Seville)
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Hotel November 11-14 Hotel YH Giralda ADDRESS: Abades, 30 CITY: Sevilla TELEPHONE: +34-954228324 FAX: +34-954227019
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Train #9619 9am to Madrid
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Madrid Hotel Ayre Gran Hotel Colón ADDRESS: Pez Volador 1-11 CITY: Madrid TELEPHONE: +34-91-4009900 FAX: +34-91-5730809
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Flight - Returning
AIR - SATURDAY - November 17
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AIR - SATURDAY - November 17 Air France Flight: 62Leaving: Paris - Charles De Gaulle Intl 10:15 AMArriving: Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Intl 12:50 PMSeat: 41A, 41B Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
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