Marilee's Spain Odyssey |
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Madrid train station |
Hotel Melia (pink dot) NCM Conference |
Sevilla |
Sevilla |
Sevilla |
Sevilla |
Sevilla |
Decrepit ex-Expo site What a waste of land! Rocket for Rod. |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla Views from bus tour |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla Aerial view |
Cathedral & square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Cathedral square |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Stopped for a refreshing cerveza at the Bar Giraldo |
Stopped for a refreshing cerveza at the Bar Giraldo |
Stopped for cafe & chocolate pastry! |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Sevilla By bike |
Crowds accumulating for Semana Santa |
"Carmen" |
"Carmen" |
Flamenco show at conference banquet |
Andrea d'Avella, Me, & Mark Churchland (we met at the train stn) |
Goodbye Sevilla! View from hotel. |
Goodbye Sevilla! View from hotel. |
First leg of journey! Arrive in Cadiz soaking & cold. |
Restaurante Grimaldi Excellent seafood & hospitality. |
Juan Carlos - helped me park, dry out, warm up. |
In a better mood. |
Restaurante Grimaldi |
The Port of Cadiz |
Castillo de Santa Catalina |
Looking out for invaders from the sea. |
Castillo |
Onward, a little dryer (for a while). |
Stop for cafe & application of rain gear. |
Cafe stop |
Cafe stop |
First night: cute hote (oval is bull ring, angled rectangle above, my hotel. |
Much neede rest! Sleep aids not required. |
View from my balcony. |
Hotel Meson de Sancho Tarifa |
Much nicer than the Melia Sevilla. |
Bull ring (and rain). |
Hotel - cute decor & comfy. |
Day 1 complete |
Morning - sun! (Didn't last long) |
Morning leg: Tarifa-Gibraltar |
The Rock of Gibralter |
Hello Morocco |
Day 2 journey |
Lunch stop |
Finally! Some fun mountain riding. |
The trusty steed. |
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Really cute town. |
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Motril-Adra |
Oops - wrong turn heading out of Motril. Nice windy road. |
Road to Almeria - sunset along the ocean! |
Road to Almeria |
Almeria - nice town. Big cruise ship port. |
Day 2 complete |
Hotel Torreluz III funky retro decor |
The hotel cafe |
Day 3 1st leg: Almeria-Carboneras |
Chocolate stop |
Carboneras-Mojacar - fun windy moutain road. |
Pano 1 So windy I thought I'd drop the bike getting off. |
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Pano 2 |
Pano 3 |
Pano 4 |
The road I just rode. |
Carboneras-Vera Coastal roads scenic but slow (through towns). |
Lunch stop |
Reminds me of Mexico |
Vera-Aguilas |
Aguilas-Cartagena fighting the wind. Arrived tired and fed up. |
Catagena - see? Windy! |
Cartagena & wind |
Cartagena & wind |
Catagena |
Cartagena |
Hated Cartagena on to look for cheaper hotel in LosAlcazares |
Day 3 complete |
Another retro-decked hotel. |
Hotel Costa Narejos los Alcazares |
Hotel Costa Narejos los Alcazares |
Day 4 Morning leg: LosAlcazares-Alicante |
Beach at Alicante. Windy! |
Across from beach - note castle above. |
Across from beach - note castle above. |
Alicante - ah! warm! |
Alicante |
Alicante-Valencia Orange blossom smell all along the freeway. |
Fab meal in Oliva at beach |
We're closed! But I'm so tired & hungry. Ok we'll make you something. |
They just kept bringing all these yummy things! |
Oliva Nicely deserted beach |
Oliva |
Beach succulents |
Beach succulents |
Beach succulents |
Beach succulents |
Beach succulents |
Oliva beach |
Road between downtown Oliva & the restaurante at the beach - through orange groves. |
Oliva orange groves |
Onward |
El Saler-Albufera |
Albufera National Forest |
Albufera National Forest |
Albufera National Forest |
Day 4 Complete |
Valencia-L'Ampolla |
Lunch. Seawall obscured ocean view! |
L'Ampolla-Sitges Getting close to Barcelona, getting tired. |
Sitges - classy resort town popular with gay crowd. |
Very pretty! Must come back. |
Sitges |
Sitges |
Sitges |
Sitges |
Sitges |
One more cafe fo the road. |
Day 5 complete - made it to Barcelona! |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cathedral Barcelona |
Cafe! |
Street peformers on Las Ramblas |
Open air pet shopping on Las Ramblas |
Barcelona architecture |
Barcelona architecture |
Barcelona architecture |
Barcelona architecture |
Barcelona architecture |
Casa Batllo (Gaudi) |
Casa Batllo (Gaudi) |
Casa Batllo (Gaudi) |
Barcelona architecture |
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La Pedrera (Gaudi) |
La Pedrera (Gaudi) |
Barcelona architecture |
Barcelona architecture |
A little rumpled |
Casa Batllo (Gaudi) |
Casa Batllo (Gaudi) |
Barcelona architecture |
Barcelona architecture |
Casa Batllo (Gaudi) |
Barcelona architecture |
Sevilla to Barelona in 5 days |
