Spain

Museo Reina Sofia Madrid

23 November 2010
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One of the main things Liv wanted to do in Madrid was visit the Reina Sofia museum. I’m not a great art lover, although I do appreciate some works and buy the occasional painting, but I really liked Reina Sofia. I really liked the Salvador Dali paintings but the main thing I liked was the [...]

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Madrid part two

21 November 2010
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On our final two days in Madrid we checked our Mercado de San Miguel which we had seen on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations show. We also saw some street performers, had a walk around Plaza Major, ate a gorgeous steak in the back of a butchers and took photos out of the plane window. I couldn’t [...]

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Madrid part one

19 November 2010
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On this day Liv and I had a wander around the centre of Madrid to check out the sights and sounds. We saw two different harp players which was a really pleasant surprise but I particularly liked the style and sound of the first player. A real surprise was seeing a military tattoo taking place [...]

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Granada Food

1 November 2010
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This post is dedicated entirely to the food that we ate in Granada. Of course we ate a lot more food than this and one of the highlights for us was eating Lorenzo’s food in his home (he is an Italian chef after all) but we ate loads of tasty jamon, drank lots of beer [...]

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Alhambra, Granada

30 October 2010
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One of the most stunning locations that we saw in Spain was Alhambra in Granada. It was absolutely packed out with tourists but it was incredibly beautiful. We spent a whole afternoon there and took loads of photos. There’s not a lot to say about these photos other than please have a look and enjoy [...]

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Granada part two

28 October 2010
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Here is the final batch of normal photos from Granada. We were really amused seeing loads of people using Segways and just when we walked out of the path at the bottom of the hill from Albaicin we saw the learning class below. Sadly I cut off the lady’s head at the front but they [...]

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Albaicin and El Baneulo Granada

26 October 2010
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Following on from my previous post, here are more photos of Granada. Everything apart from the Moorish baths was taken on Albaicin so I won’t put that many descriptions in here but I’m really just sharing photos. Hope you enjoy. Lorenzo, being an Italian, loves posing so often when I pointed my camera he would [...]

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Granada part one

24 October 2010
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Liv and I spent three days in total in Granada and we absolutely fell in love with the city. The weather is stunning, the people generally really nice, the architecture is stunning and the food is divine. Throughout this post are various photos I took around Granada each with their own comment. I took the [...]

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