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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

La Granja

Beautiful sky!



La Granja, a French style palace



Fountain show 




The beautiful building! 

Segovia


 
The most impressive aqueduct in Spain

  
Stairs to the top of the aqueduct


  
El Alcazar, a castle in Segovia, which Walt Disney based his "Sleeping Beauty's Castle" off of

And again


The beautiful city of Segovia 

The Cathedral of Segovia, stunning!

Random building on the countryside

Moat around the Alcazar

Valle de los Caidos/El Escorial

Valle de Los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen), where Franco is buried

El Escorial, where more than 300 years of kings, their wives, and their children are buried

The Spanish flag

In the principal patio inside El Escorial 

Ceiling of the library at El Escorial

Toledo

Gates into the city

The beautiful city of Toledo

View from the top of the hill

Entrance to one of the most beautiful patios

Steeple of the cathedral

And again

Between buildings :) 


Us girls decided to pile on top of each other 

Just a palace in the distance...typical view of Toledo

Madrid

Gifts from the Queen of The Netherlands every year

El Prado, a museum of art

The old post offfice, one of the most incredible buildings I've seen


El Palacio Real (The Royal Palace) 

The Basilica on the ground of the Palacio Real 

The beautiful city of Madrid 

Street of the Princess

Arch on the way out of the city

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Slumming in Paradise













Another lighthouse for Grandpa, this time at Playa de Maspalomas

Playa de Maspalomas

The dry mountains in contrast with the green, tropical side

Ryan and Dan with the snake!!