tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148782972024-03-07T23:45:40.322+00:00BlogtrotterIt is not such a small world!GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-20533958448946619462010-01-14T08:48:00.003+00:002010-06-02T00:35:39.623+01:00A NEW BLOG HAS ARRIVED!THIS BLOG HAS COME TO AN END AND A NEW ONE HAS ARRIVED: <a href="http://blogtrotta2.blogspot.com/"><strong>BLOGTROTTER TWO</strong></a> (NOT MUCH IMAGINATION...)!<br /><br />The blog that now comes to an end was created to show some memories from the digital era travels around this not so small world. It shows what happened from November 2000 through January 2009: three hundred and forty flights, 515,719 miles flown and 1183 hours and 50 minutes in the air...<br /><br />Nowadays travelling has gone to an even much slower pace and the new Blogtrotter Two hasn't so much to show... Anyhow, hopefully there will be some interesting posts on some known or less unknown destinations. Look forward to see you <a href="http://blogtrotta2.blogspot.com/"><strong>THERE</strong></a>!!<br /><br />Of course, the <a href="http://www.blogtrotta80s.blogspot.com/"><strong>Revival 70s & 80s</strong></a> as well as the <a href="http://www.blogtrotta90s.blogspot.com/"><strong>Revival 90's</strong></a> will continue to be updated, though you don't pay any attention to them... There are, however, some true gems there... :-)<br /><br />Hope that you enjoy the new blog at least as much as this one!<br /><br />SEE YOU AT <a href="http://blogtrotta2.blogspot.com/"><strong>BLOGTROTTER TWO</strong></a>!<br /><br />PS: Sorry my Followers; you'll have to move to the new location... ;)GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-43678463655052556962010-01-02T00:35:00.006+00:002012-10-21T11:26:44.692+01:00LA PETITE FRANCE<strong>THIS IS MY POST NUMBER FIVE HUNDRED ON ALL BLOGS, AND MOST PROBABLY THE LAST TO BE PUBLISHED ON TRIPS HERE!! A NEW BLOG WILL BE CREATED SOON TO SHOW MORE RECENT TRIPS!!<br /><br />Meanwhile, a reminder:<br /><a href="http://www.blogtrotta80s.blogspot.com/">Blogtrotter Revival 70s & 80s</a> has wonderful posts of some beautiful people thirty years younger and at least twenty pounds thinner,<br />and<br /><a href="http://blogtrotta90s.blogspot.com/">Blogtrotter Revival 90s</a> has also some fabulous views.<br />Don’t miss!!</strong> :-)<br /><br />***<br /><br />STRASBOURG - JANUARY 2009<br /><br />The Pont St-Martin, near the restaurant seen on Smilebox in the last post, marks the beginning of the district known as La Petite France (Little France), where the city's millers, tanners and fishermen used to live. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gq-Vexvtz0FYceIClWXrDn8AJVbUpAMg3o0UeN44kw6aKopVhoOU7Q-UN1ZVVBu7NHu24MhaV-f5xpK-3cBcmae1SCy1_2Vzg9zt1GJzBoVXwcOFFkfa2U69LIaaSDs07fJ-KQ/s1600-h/105-PETITE+FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gq-Vexvtz0FYceIClWXrDn8AJVbUpAMg3o0UeN44kw6aKopVhoOU7Q-UN1ZVVBu7NHu24MhaV-f5xpK-3cBcmae1SCy1_2Vzg9zt1GJzBoVXwcOFFkfa2U69LIaaSDs07fJ-KQ/s640/105-PETITE+FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408470152932386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gV1AaUJfDRJaGwNboRIT85jhgIcLpm7AL_BVTS6ZO826zCL_wSY8pkwiSY1ZrOdjRRTDE6eJhGLyOAOmpBHZmJ8b_36jOfFQIVxrfpG_HVNXnkhmIjZzmM4SX9RbA4TfBahkhw/s1600-h/107-PETITE+FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gV1AaUJfDRJaGwNboRIT85jhgIcLpm7AL_BVTS6ZO826zCL_wSY8pkwiSY1ZrOdjRRTDE6eJhGLyOAOmpBHZmJ8b_36jOfFQIVxrfpG_HVNXnkhmIjZzmM4SX9RbA4TfBahkhw/s640/107-PETITE+FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408467672858514" /></a><br />"OLD & NEW - Mix of buildings at the entrance of Petite France"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFwxRLaZzZJB0IHZ6QPn8KUfHs6rBorHP5QJZAIKjQMyvr2GbFpduqzjRYvxbHVZrMrR8KMpL2A4UFzbuftD6MYrSXKzFIamBVhOk8_xLbdZIod8G-M7qUN6-10HHt67rMdrKAg/s1600-h/112-R%C3%89GENT.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFwxRLaZzZJB0IHZ6QPn8KUfHs6rBorHP5QJZAIKjQMyvr2GbFpduqzjRYvxbHVZrMrR8KMpL2A4UFzbuftD6MYrSXKzFIamBVhOk8_xLbdZIod8G-M7qUN6-10HHt67rMdrKAg/s640/112-R%C3%89GENT.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408463407433378" /></a><br />"<a href="http://www.regent-petite-france.com/uk/navigation.php">REGENT PETITE FRANCE</a> - My favourite hotel in Strasbourg..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7s3y6cbtmT2eo5_zc2-7uw8eXyQHDt-fweN4Luj61P4fcpoT0fgc-0etx0xbXG3Ym3fcPf_WWVUsh2ctcoOKgeq1N0L1ax82Ej4TQC4M-Xgl5s-ClUvIlmTYzjTX_ooo84Upyg/s1600-h/115-PETITE+FRANCE-TANNEURS-1572.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7s3y6cbtmT2eo5_zc2-7uw8eXyQHDt-fweN4Luj61P4fcpoT0fgc-0etx0xbXG3Ym3fcPf_WWVUsh2ctcoOKgeq1N0L1ax82Ej4TQC4M-Xgl5s-ClUvIlmTYzjTX_ooo84Upyg/s640/115-PETITE+FRANCE-TANNEURS-1572.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408260780838930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jFQA6fHvDaLvhDBkrjpo1rm_U1lL8rG9ts8P-c7EF6zlH0ZOzonZVpy26ICwulpfRTZ1aG5fSpLcCezL90wu6inLQgAiTSMDbNWs2MSlPy-jQteb915Gin96zY2OuUxXr2P6Lw/s1600-h/116-PETITE+FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jFQA6fHvDaLvhDBkrjpo1rm_U1lL8rG9ts8P-c7EF6zlH0ZOzonZVpy26ICwulpfRTZ1aG5fSpLcCezL90wu6inLQgAiTSMDbNWs2MSlPy-jQteb915Gin96zY2OuUxXr2P6Lw/s640/116-PETITE+FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408256030300290" /></a><br />"MAISON DES TANNEURS - Also known as «Gerwerstub», the Maison was built in 1572. Formerly a tannery, it became a restaurant in 1949 and was restored in 1972 for its fourth century anniversary"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaY1jVTHntVzsicEEq9lN4VmMe8o3Rim1VR0IHLQ6wLmM6fzisCU-aN9OGheqGvnU4-h-lulbf7-mSaHffcorBapDf2yvjf9-JHeCdUBRZqScxiupWENAoeuVTcuTZtkIJlZ1MQ/s1600-h/117-PET.FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaY1jVTHntVzsicEEq9lN4VmMe8o3Rim1VR0IHLQ6wLmM6fzisCU-aN9OGheqGvnU4-h-lulbf7-mSaHffcorBapDf2yvjf9-JHeCdUBRZqScxiupWENAoeuVTcuTZtkIJlZ1MQ/s640/117-PET.FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408254109752578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKF7HZsjs17U-4CCKZ9N4Sd-9AL9NScZHy-6RPLfDpoE5kWN8STVf4FYc4EYPolf3Fqn0hGde8LZrhB-ycnSXbfW5E_Ayqp4l3RVSuY_qmnFT98GlGG8sYQPZ4B9Y-Z8zSmgWdg/s1600-h/118-PET.FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKF7HZsjs17U-4CCKZ9N4Sd-9AL9NScZHy-6RPLfDpoE5kWN8STVf4FYc4EYPolf3Fqn0hGde8LZrhB-ycnSXbfW5E_Ayqp4l3RVSuY_qmnFT98GlGG8sYQPZ4B9Y-Z8zSmgWdg/s640/118-PET.FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408250508866514" /></a><br />"ILL RIVER CANAL - Near the Hotel Regent and the Maison des Tanneurs"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC1V-Wz_Nzd0RPuaycuWE5eBaNYSOf-uLBd9MKUyEXgR7xAYOWHNtR_2Z8lb7IV535pBDVZeOA5y9nn60mAeaKcZEZkkwgYbPjqBNPiNwhs8OBFi7qaAYztdOpwtNBSqbirIl7w/s1600-h/121-QUAI+DE+RUE+AUX+PLANTES.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC1V-Wz_Nzd0RPuaycuWE5eBaNYSOf-uLBd9MKUyEXgR7xAYOWHNtR_2Z8lb7IV535pBDVZeOA5y9nn60mAeaKcZEZkkwgYbPjqBNPiNwhs8OBFi7qaAYztdOpwtNBSqbirIl7w/s640/121-QUAI+DE+RUE+AUX+PLANTES.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414408243208348690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiaF18id_4S6zoEdVIQUiVq9pkGBhHisBoaC_7YigG_zmN0jBHSif0rJVoOODkZPKSwn3xrzOfJpAU4jucsbM0edxmVsHzmDoUzO_HwsIdxxAmlFFJSLm9zxc1hH4ZXssHtGxgA/s1600-h/131-PET.FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiaF18id_4S6zoEdVIQUiVq9pkGBhHisBoaC_7YigG_zmN0jBHSif0rJVoOODkZPKSwn3xrzOfJpAU4jucsbM0edxmVsHzmDoUzO_HwsIdxxAmlFFJSLm9zxc1hH4ZXssHtGxgA/s640/131-PET.FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407891213452914" /></a><br />"RUE DU BAIN AUX PLANTES - Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century houses with carved woodwork"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuK4kBZ-0u8Tz54zIg4nQ0XlEHzIBwPiA1q-EuIEDwjW1U5p1cKxFqeCQ0C7SxdmH8l84uF5_VAJICmfhP8F2tHUVcFEXfycyaZMkpMN_iUINMxwDPSTXS0wCz6fw_ZuYa4uesA/s1600-h/123-LA+PETITE+ALSACE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuK4kBZ-0u8Tz54zIg4nQ0XlEHzIBwPiA1q-EuIEDwjW1U5p1cKxFqeCQ0C7SxdmH8l84uF5_VAJICmfhP8F2tHUVcFEXfycyaZMkpMN_iUINMxwDPSTXS0wCz6fw_ZuYa4uesA/s640/123-LA+PETITE+ALSACE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407907130441090" /></a><br />"LA PETITE ALSACE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNUHHufn6dix69isr7OYfl7-EOsaIXBEEMTl7UwvZJrsmGh3xjb7pRe8j7Cmf2BUzix6o6Mjj3Oh0Zpz4YOFqEyGUWsI8uIWhJ-kpeh6sopvXjaQZkAxFIsBksFY9Dg-YZvRioQ/s1600-h/124-PET.FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNUHHufn6dix69isr7OYfl7-EOsaIXBEEMTl7UwvZJrsmGh3xjb7pRe8j7Cmf2BUzix6o6Mjj3Oh0Zpz4YOFqEyGUWsI8uIWhJ-kpeh6sopvXjaQZkAxFIsBksFY9Dg-YZvRioQ/s640/124-PET.FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407904418472642" /></a><br />"DORURE, RESTAURATION & PEINTURE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EBquIUIDypRKZa5gvoyv-Oy6HiW9yzmQc-uJd-IEO7bodt5jRXfDJYsmZMgJbEaP757fqdpC6OQoFIs2HfI1PBuhlqpT5p8eqJzPg9GnK7CizruRxRyaPsqtNqi1Bo-Bn2J9zg/s1600-h/128-QUAIS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EBquIUIDypRKZa5gvoyv-Oy6HiW9yzmQc-uJd-IEO7bodt5jRXfDJYsmZMgJbEaP757fqdpC6OQoFIs2HfI1PBuhlqpT5p8eqJzPg9GnK7CizruRxRyaPsqtNqi1Bo-Bn2J9zg/s640/128-QUAIS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407899651220274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbZ4oSMH-NQSaRZ9UyPBvEkT5bw2MQ4bRuhN023k11-08Y-038ERU3zzwbxrCqYf6_3UYBkKKy_Zim3n2TGZLqdmJg-1n_nmudzthsFN1hdyLZoz2l8zXQLlaN5-3LzxrBpSs_w/s1600-h/129-PONTES+COBERTAS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbZ4oSMH-NQSaRZ9UyPBvEkT5bw2MQ4bRuhN023k11-08Y-038ERU3zzwbxrCqYf6_3UYBkKKy_Zim3n2TGZLqdmJg-1n_nmudzthsFN1hdyLZoz2l8zXQLlaN5-3LzxrBpSs_w/s640/129-PONTES+COBERTAS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407894374521202" /></a><br />"PONTS COUVERTS - At the far end of a series of canals are the Covered Bridges, built as part of the fourteenth-century city fortifications and still punctuated by watchtowers. Just beyond is a dam built by Vauban to protect the city from waterborne assault"<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm3bA23P-eKWWDj-M4PcLk7iJX5EwRZAASgCsOC_qDrSYez4OMqeXV5JYMlMYxm4dZb7vL2f7cOdVIDybSMm0PcnElIgoSBt7i9-5fBvuph8NSivpdzfe5ZfrEr9DftLZJLlrwA/s1600-h/139-COMPORTA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm3bA23P-eKWWDj-M4PcLk7iJX5EwRZAASgCsOC_qDrSYez4OMqeXV5JYMlMYxm4dZb7vL2f7cOdVIDybSMm0PcnElIgoSBt7i9-5fBvuph8NSivpdzfe5ZfrEr9DftLZJLlrwA/s640/139-COMPORTA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407408398623522" /></a><br />"DAM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZn7EARIANchBa3P-8Ii7vT9mCB0I6QY-RVV29yzC78alTCOSljHn8ZwYz_tYTUbUoLg5AJ0u4Cw1bINDek8ioPpu_8AYIMe7Bv4qrqfAF4Jq_WTe7WVHro796y_1CVl0_9hnLA/s1600-h/132-PET.FRANCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZn7EARIANchBa3P-8Ii7vT9mCB0I6QY-RVV29yzC78alTCOSljHn8ZwYz_tYTUbUoLg5AJ0u4Cw1bINDek8ioPpu_8AYIMe7Bv4qrqfAF4Jq_WTe7WVHro796y_1CVl0_9hnLA/s640/132-PET.FRANCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407415672884914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDkhIsqQdlPsqpGiVrwJAuBNKwioZoWN6EHTjdVNKXNj9KFgMdULaKmjLkwtB80m9dexX1fYPEdogBIsMZpHJn7gAsKnzVcuvmP0pPSeOg1Z5eRX81AzIoF2I2vFEop0j_b69Nw/s1600-h/144-L'ILL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDkhIsqQdlPsqpGiVrwJAuBNKwioZoWN6EHTjdVNKXNj9KFgMdULaKmjLkwtB80m9dexX1fYPEdogBIsMZpHJn7gAsKnzVcuvmP0pPSeOg1Z5eRX81AzIoF2I2vFEop0j_b69Nw/s640/144-L'ILL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407400310396050" /></a><br />"ILL RIVER"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTz7vqgfUSl20pp7PjUNGXyq5Nb7Q22shX0xFGSDATxR30NZsXd3Tg4lLSi9jGda1z_nXBrOtq9k0-PcSJkc2OZQ5gYP7qavaKRvsWQ-JOHPoxLHfLyW8-InUlz-G7p9qr8R1yA/s1600-h/136-%C3%81RVORE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTz7vqgfUSl20pp7PjUNGXyq5Nb7Q22shX0xFGSDATxR30NZsXd3Tg4lLSi9jGda1z_nXBrOtq9k0-PcSJkc2OZQ5gYP7qavaKRvsWQ-JOHPoxLHfLyW8-InUlz-G7p9qr8R1yA/s640/136-%C3%81RVORE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407410408296322" /></a><br />"TREE"<br /><br /><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449344d4441334e7a553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="640" height="480" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: BOOKS & CHURCHES" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449344d4441334e7a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><br />"BOOKS, TREE AND CHURCHES - Counter-clockwise: Au coin Litéraire, Petite France Tree, St. Thomas, St. Jean and St. Pierre le Neuf"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2q-H_udo4NRDcWi7W12WlsDwV9_lGjXN4x039BBPoXEeVRNKenjCS6PDqz14211NXrKyTbC0cTdapaD4h_xDbxhZn2GeMqEqjQ0uGHcpMEcncEEZ5LNXg3JWG-708x89pNrblw/s1600-h/147-PAL%C3%81CIO+DA+JUSTI%C3%87A.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2q-H_udo4NRDcWi7W12WlsDwV9_lGjXN4x039BBPoXEeVRNKenjCS6PDqz14211NXrKyTbC0cTdapaD4h_xDbxhZn2GeMqEqjQ0uGHcpMEcncEEZ5LNXg3JWG-708x89pNrblw/s640/147-PAL%C3%81CIO+DA+JUSTI%C3%87A.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414407397341921922" /></a><br />"PALAIS DE JUSTICE - Professional deformation"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com85tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-33609088252771751612009-12-27T11:36:00.003+00:002011-01-11T12:39:25.552+00:00STRASBOURG IN WINTERSTRASBOURG - JANUARY 2009<br /><br />(EDITED: Just removed the YouTube video that was no longer working...)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uuEncx_rgLL75F5dbiF4ResmToyCdcFCNDStpFw8a9WmYBj8cihIXXHmHt7AxNWI5t_H9idD52Fx-eER02OyX7T5v6Z_dngMc4aJ6AFe-zvd73sEnGlp67vYLI5158t6sy1qcw/s1600-h/014-ALPES.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uuEncx_rgLL75F5dbiF4ResmToyCdcFCNDStpFw8a9WmYBj8cihIXXHmHt7AxNWI5t_H9idD52Fx-eER02OyX7T5v6Z_dngMc4aJ6AFe-zvd73sEnGlp67vYLI5158t6sy1qcw/s640/014-ALPES.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151550613390370" /></a><br />"ALPS - View from the airplane on the way to Frankfurt"<br /><br /><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449334f446b354e6a593d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="640" height="480" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: ALPS" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449334f446b354e6a593d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><br />"MORE ALPS - The views came out quite well on this sunny winter day... Don't miss them and turn the speakers on"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewbrhY6GGxpkYR0EENNENHMEULjqtzG6Cfq8j54y-6DyYFC-bvv3vXob14vz5HL9Rb-H7mWwgOdCxjwFSD50MhS8L6T7eCGd9dgOzLYxS2Qc_n4JATL6zhMwauoGMN6hhy0Ep7w/s1600-h/037-S.PIERRE+LE+JEUNE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewbrhY6GGxpkYR0EENNENHMEULjqtzG6Cfq8j54y-6DyYFC-bvv3vXob14vz5HL9Rb-H7mWwgOdCxjwFSD50MhS8L6T7eCGd9dgOzLYxS2Qc_n4JATL6zhMwauoGMN6hhy0Ep7w/s640/037-S.PIERRE+LE+JEUNE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151548172621442" /></a><br />"SAINT PIERRE LE JEUNE - One of the most important church buildings of the city, it has been Protestant since 1524"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzOSh55pDmAk_selFwvGZf1ZVRCqwEcMtG2Yjj-VmIsc_VOQtYwMbFUwa7ZIRr9H5JQHKeFSJBOMlT7N5HrugsbXy15fVtK0obd4LT-WYLD5l5z5kiX22bd6SwFHdEbHwSpIeqQ/s1600-h/040-PLACE+KL%C3%89BER.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzOSh55pDmAk_selFwvGZf1ZVRCqwEcMtG2Yjj-VmIsc_VOQtYwMbFUwa7ZIRr9H5JQHKeFSJBOMlT7N5HrugsbXy15fVtK0obd4LT-WYLD5l5z5kiX22bd6SwFHdEbHwSpIeqQ/s640/040-PLACE+KL%C3%89BER.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151537646435026" /></a><br />"PLACE KLÉBER - 9:00 A.M."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHQ5Sl8fJPWmz0scAqCpWHm4rVJyefvw3QOWV-FL0ZtMWe2z5PmmTOl2FF59CpyGn0X14w_GWuBrwwB0QW-lG6-nX4QNTAZVdjDnNuyuzjPhhntaTkjKLhxcqg2C2x5jyek6PWw/s1600-h/045-TEMPLE+NEUF.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHQ5Sl8fJPWmz0scAqCpWHm4rVJyefvw3QOWV-FL0ZtMWe2z5PmmTOl2FF59CpyGn0X14w_GWuBrwwB0QW-lG6-nX4QNTAZVdjDnNuyuzjPhhntaTkjKLhxcqg2C2x5jyek6PWw/s640/045-TEMPLE+NEUF.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151534087500306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxAVE0gAlQZlGl73LQG2tcfHu1j49OfKXUBDLawIuzLwTNiWSeL5Zp66MeT05GO0YEsQumeVbev32inzyc_TqOjnm73AI8hpCO13-AfmJI6OvsFTEZfoUuFmG3CsUJCkCWzvguA/s1600-h/049-TORRE+IGREJA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxAVE0gAlQZlGl73LQG2tcfHu1j49OfKXUBDLawIuzLwTNiWSeL5Zp66MeT05GO0YEsQumeVbev32inzyc_TqOjnm73AI8hpCO13-AfmJI6OvsFTEZfoUuFmG3CsUJCkCWzvguA/s640/049-TORRE+IGREJA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151529993851570" /></a><br />"TEMPLE NEUF - Another Protestant temple"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCqmFe-6iOCR9fcLgpYzge9vRFBTrwvCgtqWoFpGXdx062F2hyphenhyphenbQ82ZDkU4ib4SqQx7kw0WvrM3YL8Rrbc-p3TVppfdCcieQEhvtvI7GCcd04uDXAsrANMu-0bTnKNeoT6hEyOg/s1600-h/056-PR.CATEDRAL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCqmFe-6iOCR9fcLgpYzge9vRFBTrwvCgtqWoFpGXdx062F2hyphenhyphenbQ82ZDkU4ib4SqQx7kw0WvrM3YL8Rrbc-p3TVppfdCcieQEhvtvI7GCcd04uDXAsrANMu-0bTnKNeoT6hEyOg/s640/056-PR.CATEDRAL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151211970077410" /></a><br />"PLACE DE LA CATHÉDRALE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DdMFbe8-66u5zJf2ZI7pNgM3J-waZFtRXKwXSZmDVIjdCMOde2sEgsDt6qQpzkr7HNUROFvofGoVx-mejqOTOxz1H844JLzr71hil9aRYafIe7YQp0-_DAnMMxVTE8YkQIvsyA/s1600-h/057-CATEDRAL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DdMFbe8-66u5zJf2ZI7pNgM3J-waZFtRXKwXSZmDVIjdCMOde2sEgsDt6qQpzkr7HNUROFvofGoVx-mejqOTOxz1H844JLzr71hil9aRYafIe7YQp0-_DAnMMxVTE8YkQIvsyA/s640/057-CATEDRAL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151208319793490" /></a><br />"CATHEDRAL - Its construction started in 1176 and lasted for centuries. According to Wikipedia, the North Tower, «at 142 metres, it was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874, when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world»"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XCQVohk5lz6C1rOAIv2sl_87Cwo327OaHzwbopTE5OBo9FJpMgqT4gZ7uUjT_3jVRSQ_rYHjoKmcXw9Bi8MA_KdfzjIYjT7dJV_R7ZNV4zbtpYfI6QPuaKCXRiNiF5WwsPgJvA/s1600-h/059-CATEDRAL-FACHADA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XCQVohk5lz6C1rOAIv2sl_87Cwo327OaHzwbopTE5OBo9FJpMgqT4gZ7uUjT_3jVRSQ_rYHjoKmcXw9Bi8MA_KdfzjIYjT7dJV_R7ZNV4zbtpYfI6QPuaKCXRiNiF5WwsPgJvA/s640/059-CATEDRAL-FACHADA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151206052878882" /></a><br />"CATHEDRAL'S FAÇADE - The famous west front, decorated with thousands of figures, is a masterpiece of the Gothic era" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPuwTPZoN44sSeR4PwZEavjJ-fgoXbpr6gBVQRyQbpyziHNn4_XQ5JFGos8cqIrrpEBuoQFN3epcdQZK0Vhjm3X9f0VhJKWFXcHTi2d-w9qW94urYVQIY5_QgPDRqmHSASqNGbA/s1600-h/063-VITRAIS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPuwTPZoN44sSeR4PwZEavjJ-fgoXbpr6gBVQRyQbpyziHNn4_XQ5JFGos8cqIrrpEBuoQFN3epcdQZK0Vhjm3X9f0VhJKWFXcHTi2d-w9qW94urYVQIY5_QgPDRqmHSASqNGbA/s640/063-VITRAIS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151199289617522" /></a><br />"STAINED GLASS - Exterior"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogYzXHO9zFA9cCMYeCDQoOTDmnOoPOvYepB-Jg1QcdGPvVQ5r2kzqDSrdtsZhrexeJSEYjN9voMHNLkCCARER3SBAghXx1bWoSwiEGW4tSHrHTN0S2cyTXg49xdkRM_J3yf2I9Q/s1600-h/066-CATEDRAL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogYzXHO9zFA9cCMYeCDQoOTDmnOoPOvYepB-Jg1QcdGPvVQ5r2kzqDSrdtsZhrexeJSEYjN9voMHNLkCCARER3SBAghXx1bWoSwiEGW4tSHrHTN0S2cyTXg49xdkRM_J3yf2I9Q/s640/066-CATEDRAL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412151195742274434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VzxhcuPsc0MH_QBJ4eBqyk4xeCWhqYz2GskAuly_h5HlC_rggqUv2uieJn6HSRnGP84du1v4CvePvHe8q6ElvKU8zFfATioUDXUjc5xE0NEo94K6txQzmj-9oYHykl-xuSwxLA/s1600-h/067-CATEDRAL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VzxhcuPsc0MH_QBJ4eBqyk4xeCWhqYz2GskAuly_h5HlC_rggqUv2uieJn6HSRnGP84du1v4CvePvHe8q6ElvKU8zFfATioUDXUjc5xE0NEo94K6txQzmj-9oYHykl-xuSwxLA/s640/067-CATEDRAL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150373661223010" /></a><br />"CATHEDRAL - Seen from South"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilygqOZNyI5_LNoYbap1lkgeLKzmWwRQS-VrX3hldLC9nMOHUvPK-NCfarSnkUP9FqvsmRphKbPI_ee54kQ-vEQOCIf_OsWszSHYWzOkZq2amhoJiRUZbBEn2-BqqQMoIGF-tFlQ/s1600-h/082-ROHAN.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilygqOZNyI5_LNoYbap1lkgeLKzmWwRQS-VrX3hldLC9nMOHUvPK-NCfarSnkUP9FqvsmRphKbPI_ee54kQ-vEQOCIf_OsWszSHYWzOkZq2amhoJiRUZbBEn2-BqqQMoIGF-tFlQ/s640/082-ROHAN.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150366765644114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3sULU10lPG9MvEYelEWJ5ohtcinUrj7QFbfx-3-jRYzp283CQ6qoJdOjQtixHnabp5bjc-PBshByJ3vwBhuWtYoTU_cBZ7BJpdJ2uDE1Wy1Uf-yxJQVRBSTagHgojoQ-pp7yyA/s1600-h/088-CHATEAU+DES+ROHAN.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3sULU10lPG9MvEYelEWJ5ohtcinUrj7QFbfx-3-jRYzp283CQ6qoJdOjQtixHnabp5bjc-PBshByJ3vwBhuWtYoTU_cBZ7BJpdJ2uDE1Wy1Uf-yxJQVRBSTagHgojoQ-pp7yyA/s640/088-CHATEAU+DES+ROHAN.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150357208500946" /></a><br />"ROHAN PALACE - Façade facing the Ill River. Built between 1731 and 1732, it represents the high point of local baroque architecture. It houses three of the most important museums in the city since the end of the 19th century: the Archaeological Museum, the Museum of Decorative Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts, as well as the Gallery Robert Heitz" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSofpqzh-GAIWt5ewVmYRrwm2dXOZ1l2n0dPEahJmM2ALmXNCBXAWIrcMJEVCpphzxXt_b_8YIF1G9p5O2U9cG5CSvHhhfrQ5NCfX-JJDpai62O_OWEmBK9CI-_C_yyS8wWu5pQ/s1600-h/078-PL.M.C.DE+LAIT.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSofpqzh-GAIWt5ewVmYRrwm2dXOZ1l2n0dPEahJmM2ALmXNCBXAWIrcMJEVCpphzxXt_b_8YIF1G9p5O2U9cG5CSvHhhfrQ5NCfX-JJDpai62O_OWEmBK9CI-_C_yyS8wWu5pQ/s640/078-PL.M.C.DE+LAIT.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150372763101938" /></a><br />"PLACE COCHONS DE LAIT"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfx_rD8vgEUWLRjwkL01xxMBLv-_v38llvF7zNoT5lsNM9lLxE1WHu8sqDAn48blkz1MemgMt8Umvb9M4sCs_tlE5XtqiQ-cj6JGe7alrBA0J5eTITmEgqkI2OIGZo8RFJTm4Hg/s1600-h/091-L'ILL-PL.COCHONS+DE+LAIT.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfx_rD8vgEUWLRjwkL01xxMBLv-_v38llvF7zNoT5lsNM9lLxE1WHu8sqDAn48blkz1MemgMt8Umvb9M4sCs_tlE5XtqiQ-cj6JGe7alrBA0J5eTITmEgqkI2OIGZo8RFJTm4Hg/s640/091-L'ILL-PL.COCHONS+DE+LAIT.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412149853158715746" /></a><br />"ILL RIVER AND PLACE DES COCHONS DE LAIT"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gYP812Th2bOFgS_lYSgVSOMKuskIRagizjbww77PvmAvwuSK8q9nBEUgeoOGE9AYRUN2ClEoZqfnnKhTeUD7JXMWWD3x5o1S0sx5hVcUESxEfWUUpIZRolT4cRg-SP4ERk04fQ/s1600-h/086-L'ILL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gYP812Th2bOFgS_lYSgVSOMKuskIRagizjbww77PvmAvwuSK8q9nBEUgeoOGE9AYRUN2ClEoZqfnnKhTeUD7JXMWWD3x5o1S0sx5hVcUESxEfWUUpIZRolT4cRg-SP4ERk04fQ/s640/086-L'ILL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150361239601842" /></a><br />"ILL RIVER AND BRIDGE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiydftOZCn6MVKGrsLuiNXh_QuZnbFqg0ureH8CobmhXeZLCIEbNI5815OSdSxbk0KTarnC2MO3z56AiwSyOUDlWqZjhIVJAG5FJRSNTTDkbqFe2CoSbYQPFztKssOrv6ETA3RQ/s1600-h/094-CATEDRAL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiydftOZCn6MVKGrsLuiNXh_QuZnbFqg0ureH8CobmhXeZLCIEbNI5815OSdSxbk0KTarnC2MO3z56AiwSyOUDlWqZjhIVJAG5FJRSNTTDkbqFe2CoSbYQPFztKssOrv6ETA3RQ/s640/094-CATEDRAL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412149848761578370" /></a><br />"CATHEDRAL - From the River"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AKCsmG1WmEiB3F_7SI5ytJ3pqWKoonFRsnP85TlJLMlfimU8xsyGselBCrzFIf-1ineqYbT3aiXW86sgPeJgvF7q8uxF-mvxtRVZsT7YE2UDJxeqP1XHavwLZm5Zo2gaSPAiaQ/s1600-h/096-IGREJA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AKCsmG1WmEiB3F_7SI5ytJ3pqWKoonFRsnP85TlJLMlfimU8xsyGselBCrzFIf-1ineqYbT3aiXW86sgPeJgvF7q8uxF-mvxtRVZsT7YE2UDJxeqP1XHavwLZm5Zo2gaSPAiaQ/s640/096-IGREJA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412149840526334386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJx0cs-vOD0egIPPh4XD9acf9fnR6_LK7aP9V4osDY5tc1a4MXerJDthONhq1sc0XkvZD2M9FgyxWh3INbmWkWVc-1k7LYLY1Fv0cL0uLwNxuzZYW1APQ-748_uSzA2fcndGKRQ/s1600-h/099-FACHADA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJx0cs-vOD0egIPPh4XD9acf9fnR6_LK7aP9V4osDY5tc1a4MXerJDthONhq1sc0XkvZD2M9FgyxWh3INbmWkWVc-1k7LYLY1Fv0cL0uLwNxuzZYW1APQ-748_uSzA2fcndGKRQ/s640/099-FACHADA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412149835684228466" /></a><br />"FAÇADES - On a blue sky"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dHMWPpuNP5_izQdnS_uKAZTVFRrt6aYkBWFMit52CCC-1MLImmrk3ydPBLRqijebw-czYoV5iIhAlYfo0oYNi7rY3pYJ8__NaXwXyjimIR1s2bN5MBTT5bICdHnGFTyjWNN_nw/s1600-h/100-LAHK%C3%84S.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dHMWPpuNP5_izQdnS_uKAZTVFRrt6aYkBWFMit52CCC-1MLImmrk3ydPBLRqijebw-czYoV5iIhAlYfo0oYNi7rY3pYJ8__NaXwXyjimIR1s2bN5MBTT5bICdHnGFTyjWNN_nw/s640/100-LAHK%C3%84S.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412149834444893138" /></a><br />"LAHKÄS - Introduction to the Gourmet Section"<br /><br /><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449334f546b774f54633d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="640" height="480" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: STRASBOURG" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449334f546b774f54633d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><br />"GOURMET - <a href="http://www.au-crocodile.com/">Au Crocodile</a>: founded about 1790 as the Cafe Viennois, it had three Michelin stars but lost one some years ago. Legend is that the name was changed to Le Crocodile when Jean-Baptise Kleber, a general in Napoleon's army, brought a crocodile back from Egypt and offered it to the restaurant. <a href="http://www.christian.fr/">Pâtisserie Christian</a>: two different locations in buildings of the 16th and 18th centuries. <a href="http://www.jeff-de-bruges.com/index.php?lang=en">Jeff de Bruges</a>: chocolate also in Strasbourg. <a href="http://www.regent-petite-france.com/uk/navigation.php">Hotel Regent Petite France</a>: my favourite in Strasbourg. For the «À l'Oiseau de France» and the next page «Maison Kammerzell», «Au Pont Saint Martin», «Aux Bons Crus d'Alsace», «L'Ancienne Douane» et »La Maison des Tanneurs», there are lovely buildings and mixed feelings on the food... <a href="http://www.buerehiesel.fr/EN_index.asp">Buerehiesel</a> is missing on the photos, not in the memories... Less expensive, «Le Tire Bouchon» is nice"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-25914996217461389222009-12-23T11:00:00.005+00:002009-12-27T11:39:23.427+00:00ROUND AROUND LONDONLONDON - DECEMBER 2008<br /><br />The «pocket sun» was working and the weather was gorgeous for a winter day in London!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhzzyj3SPDu9QBjwQYbO_n9CU07DW3M7yU_rEQ-Y2J47tdrTGyKom_FWE5yhB2evDePP_-tmwnjEql8Yviy-Fp6_S9pQSshQLENr5v4-3-npVzD0VpbUQ74yTjFIHxAQSESfqoQ/s1600-h/230-LONDON+EYE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhzzyj3SPDu9QBjwQYbO_n9CU07DW3M7yU_rEQ-Y2J47tdrTGyKom_FWE5yhB2evDePP_-tmwnjEql8Yviy-Fp6_S9pQSshQLENr5v4-3-npVzD0VpbUQ74yTjFIHxAQSESfqoQ/s640/230-LONDON+EYE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327698271623410" /></a><br />"LONDON EYE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrVvW12B45ZlYmvsnNKNT-LvbNo4AG-CxAX-EGc7vNLwH4FUK6ajcX2_p5tJ1T_AMEpiIlalfc00gFMklgxEAdRhIvHehn20fCxFBgB9bu9iKssngd-XdYm4RfvDiXL60bApzOQ/s1600-h/241-ST.PAUL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrVvW12B45ZlYmvsnNKNT-LvbNo4AG-CxAX-EGc7vNLwH4FUK6ajcX2_p5tJ1T_AMEpiIlalfc00gFMklgxEAdRhIvHehn20fCxFBgB9bu9iKssngd-XdYm4RfvDiXL60bApzOQ/s640/241-ST.PAUL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327695738133714" /></a><br />"ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQinBR-qLZQxakmXpJCOeLYbrWLTs-DUco-b2VjEqahI01b6bdvv5XfmwG1LFadfjr9FTJSG_rOP0hT2qios1jx3OimSGKqKfr7lFxIQ4qhXY7myugTvBEaIdqgM_WKAxRAyvSNA/s1600-h/247-CITY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQinBR-qLZQxakmXpJCOeLYbrWLTs-DUco-b2VjEqahI01b6bdvv5XfmwG1LFadfjr9FTJSG_rOP0hT2qios1jx3OimSGKqKfr7lFxIQ4qhXY7myugTvBEaIdqgM_WKAxRAyvSNA/s640/247-CITY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327693490074706" /></a><br />"THE CITY OF LONDON"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPboG44RI_k4MA1TafLrbjH20KTUkS_NJiz3L3jckVnCUCpA2N6OGXuU6tPVbx0lLU5nwobQItVobxDow_0UjPyzBufYjpvQwDb7XH69R-Zgqpb65zPDyzAVnYHyL1-qZbvxMvjg/s1600-h/255-CHARING+CROSS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPboG44RI_k4MA1TafLrbjH20KTUkS_NJiz3L3jckVnCUCpA2N6OGXuU6tPVbx0lLU5nwobQItVobxDow_0UjPyzBufYjpvQwDb7XH69R-Zgqpb65zPDyzAVnYHyL1-qZbvxMvjg/s640/255-CHARING+CROSS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327687228132722" /></a><br />"CHARING CROSS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aQkw8mac1sJuPGPVdE9oOqM-u94ejm4XxTx-gv2L_1xJ9g_HtCy7jmthX6jr6Ejagbd_mlkBQLsn6Ad9AvAQ2tsK72HuqGaMIjZ3vjlBEueuzZKII9-3uW0tl3WadbuTEQKzYg/s1600-h/256-CANARY+WHARF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aQkw8mac1sJuPGPVdE9oOqM-u94ejm4XxTx-gv2L_1xJ9g_HtCy7jmthX6jr6Ejagbd_mlkBQLsn6Ad9AvAQ2tsK72HuqGaMIjZ3vjlBEueuzZKII9-3uW0tl3WadbuTEQKzYg/s640/256-CANARY+WHARF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327680829116114" /></a><br />"CANARY WHARF"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMTlrgeTV-0v2_3jx6wu6eNf4skogodICTmkP6Vfr1TcmKnFKFh3Sw7t7qtnUx53LkF1bJBD_rYBF5CckR_FRxbwu-LlOObR98PMYRBAKX_7VeOGioHzlz6D7OoXFRK1kjcw-Aw/s1600-h/263-ST.JAMES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMTlrgeTV-0v2_3jx6wu6eNf4skogodICTmkP6Vfr1TcmKnFKFh3Sw7t7qtnUx53LkF1bJBD_rYBF5CckR_FRxbwu-LlOObR98PMYRBAKX_7VeOGioHzlz6D7OoXFRK1kjcw-Aw/s640/263-ST.JAMES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327387588209042" /></a><br />"ST. JAMES PARK"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiYK0txdbMol4NzWpLcT5feVzL5S-h-Se1Y7w-Fb8XMFgd9LAPgaaLh99q-hljG1ssjQFQkYRKY4evLPsYR9NSUSSgwB8MmmgnFmhA_Y9KRoJhf1hLW9Sgjchyphenhyphenzh2X-gB_R7QLA/s1600-h/270-TAMISA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiYK0txdbMol4NzWpLcT5feVzL5S-h-Se1Y7w-Fb8XMFgd9LAPgaaLh99q-hljG1ssjQFQkYRKY4evLPsYR9NSUSSgwB8MmmgnFmhA_Y9KRoJhf1hLW9Sgjchyphenhyphenzh2X-gB_R7QLA/s640/270-TAMISA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327381922735186" /></a><br />"THAMES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44g3B8DWBWUiFuh8-w0fe4JEcfPI4ri7K7O1VKJpptpl8CSWU-OL5medHyBYp8HudAvEDqBL__wq1kY20T-9_lOmZizg_mpg9DmT5oWEG-orEwrKzhEjKfrpNnzs9VS0pMzlT_g/s1600-h/273-BARBICAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44g3B8DWBWUiFuh8-w0fe4JEcfPI4ri7K7O1VKJpptpl8CSWU-OL5medHyBYp8HudAvEDqBL__wq1kY20T-9_lOmZizg_mpg9DmT5oWEG-orEwrKzhEjKfrpNnzs9VS0pMzlT_g/s640/273-BARBICAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327379336608226" /></a><br />"BARBICAN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBBfCAkli7o8gJ777tlDC27mTZlbwz9sJr17NSVEVtE1Gupep8M4jdMnS5Uj5thOmtSuqp7mAuV7iyUd5uNxymeQxrFgjHnlfymn0BTZN5MYkS-sPUdJaOULk51hzA_8mVy2hTQ/s1600-h/280-DALI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBBfCAkli7o8gJ777tlDC27mTZlbwz9sJr17NSVEVtE1Gupep8M4jdMnS5Uj5thOmtSuqp7mAuV7iyUd5uNxymeQxrFgjHnlfymn0BTZN5MYkS-sPUdJaOULk51hzA_8mVy2hTQ/s640/280-DALI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327374719995058" /></a><br />"DALI"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AmTVtOCjJuTv-cyBTLXpvBNXtGI2RERDUZ9vVZ4-Y5-jSb3Mdc-SQMmlvLksrOcfxpYQNPLaieX-IsIirmQWXhUSs72uBcw8qPwAWq6IMsZo2xQWy8JKCfZ8tJMWOVY5-bV6jw/s1600-h/281-BIG+BEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AmTVtOCjJuTv-cyBTLXpvBNXtGI2RERDUZ9vVZ4-Y5-jSb3Mdc-SQMmlvLksrOcfxpYQNPLaieX-IsIirmQWXhUSs72uBcw8qPwAWq6IMsZo2xQWy8JKCfZ8tJMWOVY5-bV6jw/s640/281-BIG+BEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411327369917071266" /></a><br />"BIG BEN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XhJ3yj9XT7JmuMb8LUZ6mOoKcq2aQ-KQAAKv-R1hdDTRM2KdWVWU3SO-FeyYGqwXngNtNnOkrL7rLfn4PntoJFNqCbB8AKwua_V4ZW_wk8Y73wVTIUDR6hbupdjCRL7Ogb1AnA/s1600-h/289-FILME-RODA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XhJ3yj9XT7JmuMb8LUZ6mOoKcq2aQ-KQAAKv-R1hdDTRM2KdWVWU3SO-FeyYGqwXngNtNnOkrL7rLfn4PntoJFNqCbB8AKwua_V4ZW_wk8Y73wVTIUDR6hbupdjCRL7Ogb1AnA/s640/289-FILME-RODA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326955936983922" /></a><br />"CAUTION - FILMING IN PROGRESS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKio25suNBmuKAjoESq89l3nnR3Ft2Y3AJIyNJEKzJTR2Ps2QaxUypDHk4Z5AD4Ve1P6o37j_sfHLJXFN-S12JiDdvgH9aay87nCtGjuvEv-VhmzHeGNgyUO4qfvXutILuOSjR5g/s1600-h/296-CANOAS+NO+TAMISA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKio25suNBmuKAjoESq89l3nnR3Ft2Y3AJIyNJEKzJTR2Ps2QaxUypDHk4Z5AD4Ve1P6o37j_sfHLJXFN-S12JiDdvgH9aay87nCtGjuvEv-VhmzHeGNgyUO4qfvXutILuOSjR5g/s640/296-CANOAS+NO+TAMISA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326954507707522" /></a><br />"CANOEING"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKTHO2T0qyrAvZ3tP-LCn7eCqgK054N-hpvPdUIDXnHjsp6SV_TiaJ_dGPsgc39YI3UBw9ZNhaLLWL_OmIGwA_1y97WKOcnW85oynfJqksGrJGY79wzRxx2EEVTdOw7GOmnoXYw/s1600-h/297-WESTMINSTER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKTHO2T0qyrAvZ3tP-LCn7eCqgK054N-hpvPdUIDXnHjsp6SV_TiaJ_dGPsgc39YI3UBw9ZNhaLLWL_OmIGwA_1y97WKOcnW85oynfJqksGrJGY79wzRxx2EEVTdOw7GOmnoXYw/s640/297-WESTMINSTER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326947210819170" /></a><br />"WESTMINSTER PALACE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbwfI-o0ehaEjVHU_-HSxSnNHquZVyX53Xx0Ybdy0bHgfwGSpsj72nNEQOO0w76kIMVB4S3TcjfkQwCdkNGq7LGP0SGIVRzcH8XfrbnmiUWUrxg79rAZ413L8CH_KCk-xPi79wg/s1600-h/303-TORRE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbwfI-o0ehaEjVHU_-HSxSnNHquZVyX53Xx0Ybdy0bHgfwGSpsj72nNEQOO0w76kIMVB4S3TcjfkQwCdkNGq7LGP0SGIVRzcH8XfrbnmiUWUrxg79rAZ413L8CH_KCk-xPi79wg/s640/303-TORRE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326946752686834" /></a><br />"VICTORIA TOWER"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFSqabfg_8cGrEZayqasvSkrvbt3EJzPwSll5chRko67DkHd01ApwWKuT2Y_G9N07IBGJ9ApAoOXRLqgfOhj7-YUs3GBEfCasFehUnC0AlKe43c1Kx6go0oVZeMwtsURCQxJrTw/s1600-h/307-BURGUESES+DE+CALAIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFSqabfg_8cGrEZayqasvSkrvbt3EJzPwSll5chRko67DkHd01ApwWKuT2Y_G9N07IBGJ9ApAoOXRLqgfOhj7-YUs3GBEfCasFehUnC0AlKe43c1Kx6go0oVZeMwtsURCQxJrTw/s640/307-BURGUESES+DE+CALAIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326946486919410" /></a><br />"BURGHERS OF CALAIS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1rNMbbHKFLQ7cbezRsXSC4ZGuFlvYdpk1tH8T_ZxTMB30SfxXQjke50RGgytU3teVY83AES9JX3ZueoVVT_HsW33O6fASzl5IdYEvfcMaXSxeK3rX0ptILyi6DDISN3IgNrltg/s1600-h/312-BIG+BEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1rNMbbHKFLQ7cbezRsXSC4ZGuFlvYdpk1tH8T_ZxTMB30SfxXQjke50RGgytU3teVY83AES9JX3ZueoVVT_HsW33O6fASzl5IdYEvfcMaXSxeK3rX0ptILyi6DDISN3IgNrltg/s640/312-BIG+BEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326649822590354" /></a><br />"BIG BEN AND LONDON EYE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPyXTeAdMeubQ9bL-t4dp9xICEZGSQndhULcMTST6vnIZszKSHHC3asqH-zcFi31VT9aRkiNHk91Ny4V5Xr2wl3bEYowb8adGhWCxRFJcbyyjlYDZHkNLySVj62TSPKPoXfHEcQ/s1600-h/314-MANDELA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPyXTeAdMeubQ9bL-t4dp9xICEZGSQndhULcMTST6vnIZszKSHHC3asqH-zcFi31VT9aRkiNHk91Ny4V5Xr2wl3bEYowb8adGhWCxRFJcbyyjlYDZHkNLySVj62TSPKPoXfHEcQ/s640/314-MANDELA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326645489672418" /></a><br />"NELSON MANDELA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotzEU3vpoLFrzSMOXHu3jvbwsmShc73GBUedpH40JJTRYDgu68reOfCSmvzz_SNgAM3S7f5pGaQ9cWFcWfyS9fkop5W5sNZAppCcmjNrfPwpIFVi_3ZJwBGliEWKEfOnXjmLEtg/s1600-h/316-ABADIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 456px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotzEU3vpoLFrzSMOXHu3jvbwsmShc73GBUedpH40JJTRYDgu68reOfCSmvzz_SNgAM3S7f5pGaQ9cWFcWfyS9fkop5W5sNZAppCcmjNrfPwpIFVi_3ZJwBGliEWKEfOnXjmLEtg/s640/316-ABADIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326645421766002" /></a><br />"WESTMINSTER ABBEY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRd3qyZYKbRAgkk1P3XHXZdrviGZFmG9e093SaloN76HbJtxLCcwSrlPd88zzWZ3CSLjWdxCa78UWHqA2-MFfNX0qMDAZEXkYMiHmev3wM-midXpPtqsWhDTSByH2D0hiw6M03w/s1600-h/318-%C3%80+JANELA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRd3qyZYKbRAgkk1P3XHXZdrviGZFmG9e093SaloN76HbJtxLCcwSrlPd88zzWZ3CSLjWdxCa78UWHqA2-MFfNX0qMDAZEXkYMiHmev3wM-midXpPtqsWhDTSByH2D0hiw6M03w/s640/318-%C3%80+JANELA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326639585735058" /></a><br />"LIVING BY THE WINDOW"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikS6e4_EBkXQjECGS5k8l2JGBZhrlvWy11hVA7c41JdP6sG_8Zz6gmWl8pWXP88f6STgvZgBehJ8Pr3Pkau0-YnfD-pnM4i0K9jMuvXTeHLzJZCzn107km_9uSWh4hRdzTKEiWnQ/s1600-h/345-EVENING+SHOPPING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikS6e4_EBkXQjECGS5k8l2JGBZhrlvWy11hVA7c41JdP6sG_8Zz6gmWl8pWXP88f6STgvZgBehJ8Pr3Pkau0-YnfD-pnM4i0K9jMuvXTeHLzJZCzn107km_9uSWh4hRdzTKEiWnQ/s640/345-EVENING+SHOPPING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326633832744834" /></a><br />"EVENING SHOPPING"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-84930662252013434192009-12-19T22:19:00.002+00:002009-12-20T12:22:34.429+00:00MY BRITISH MUSEUMLONDON - DECEMBER 2008<br /><br />The British Museum is one of my favourite museums in the world. It's huge, its <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/">site </a> is fantastic and that's where all the information that accompanies the pictures below was found and borrowed.<br /><br />It's hard to choose a limited number of pictures to post from the hundreds of pictures I have. But the idea is just to raise your curiosity (for those who have never been there) or stimulate the appetite for a return (for those who are repeated guests...). The result, anyhow, is always rather poor compared with the sumptuousness of the place!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcWSs25kxFLWfyLyp3adAG7qnGV6sjHKH9mKfg6t7lzapkOot9y78pq2SIbOaZ7oYSPLfbGQU7RuyAaAdnK0wyzcuqa3jxOjSyh7nOzQPSL0KiQHAaxJTypsAWth3ttW0SwSL9Q/s1600/053-OBJECTO+%2B+ANTIGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcWSs25kxFLWfyLyp3adAG7qnGV6sjHKH9mKfg6t7lzapkOot9y78pq2SIbOaZ7oYSPLfbGQU7RuyAaAdnK0wyzcuqa3jxOjSyh7nOzQPSL0KiQHAaxJTypsAWth3ttW0SwSL9Q/s640/053-OBJECTO+%2B+ANTIGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072383575591938" /></a><br />"OLDEST ITEM DISPLAYED - A stone chopping tool from the Lower Palaeolithic, found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Made nearly two million years ago, stone tools such as this are the first known technological invention. Using another hard stone as a hammer, the maker has knocked flakes off both sides of a basalt (volcanic lava) pebble so that they intersect to form a sharp edge. This could be used to chop branches from trees, cut meat from large animals or smash bones for marrow fat - an essential part of the early human diet. The flakes could also have been used as small knives for light duty tasks. Chopping tools and flakes from the earliest African sites were referred to as Oldowan by the archaeologist Louis Leakey. He found this example on his first expedition to Olduvai in 1931, when he was sponsored by the British Museum"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0dvgcEFqA5xEZSdD-tlxordDgPyENoC1mPOT8iWFC3fREylYsJ0XcsmBG8tUq4xU1UWPV_xTpO7PHJb9Q-Ho2jAu07YLFB3aIyWQI5mlmn3mU_sTqK8wSy9XhNrZOaLpk2u1TA/s1600/059-AMENHOTEP+III.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0dvgcEFqA5xEZSdD-tlxordDgPyENoC1mPOT8iWFC3fREylYsJ0XcsmBG8tUq4xU1UWPV_xTpO7PHJb9Q-Ho2jAu07YLFB3aIyWQI5mlmn3mU_sTqK8wSy9XhNrZOaLpk2u1TA/s640/059-AMENHOTEP+III.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072019173643906" /></a><br />"KING AMENHOTEP III (1390-1352 BC) commissioned a large number of statues of himself, mostly for his mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile. This head (from around 1350 BC) was found in the Temple of Mut, south-east of Karnak. Royal statues in Egypt were sometimes usurped by later rulers. The normal procedure was simply to re-carve their name over the old one, but in some cases the physical features were also altered. Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC) seems to have altered a number of statues of Amenhotep III, namely changing the characteristic thick lips of the older statuary to thinner ones. The statue wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAQGj2nNo4ry3KgjCL1dLrd9DYLpXbXbmFlBWxgONNVeF3w0aMZ09Q0V9j_HISxYJY_jnmXRi34QKko1zX1eu6IYUIMmW0zg-u-U4spIN5Y-Kz2dn6PfLrhZsIs1cnoD0RQEXsw/s1600/060-RAMS%C3%89S+II.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAQGj2nNo4ry3KgjCL1dLrd9DYLpXbXbmFlBWxgONNVeF3w0aMZ09Q0V9j_HISxYJY_jnmXRi34QKko1zX1eu6IYUIMmW0zg-u-U4spIN5Y-Kz2dn6PfLrhZsIs1cnoD0RQEXsw/s640/060-RAMS%C3%89S+II.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072015072075698" /></a><br />"RAMESSES II - One of the largest pieces of Egyptian sculpture in the British Museum, weighing 7.25 tons, this fragment of his statue (dating from about 1250 BC) was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite. He is shown wearing the nemes head-dress surmounted by a cobra diadem. It was retrieved from the mortuary temple of Ramesses at Thebes (the 'Ramesseum') by Giovanni Belzoni in 1816"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCCAgkaxe_L7nM86ELctmdFWSgW8Dlz6SKqcbujLMxy65V8ZkJs03YFLr976KXZV0Hbxm5dyP1XyT4xrv0RSDBsoC8bOgWaFXHe0g85cErsW9K42CickhhtTn2mZao8ZEN4lGiQ/s1600/058-ROSETA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCCAgkaxe_L7nM86ELctmdFWSgW8Dlz6SKqcbujLMxy65V8ZkJs03YFLr976KXZV0Hbxm5dyP1XyT4xrv0RSDBsoC8bOgWaFXHe0g85cErsW9K42CickhhtTn2mZao8ZEN4lGiQ/s640/058-ROSETA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072365812999106" /></a><br />"THE ROSETTA STONE - The Rosetta Stone, dating from 196 BC, was discovered in 1799 in Egypt. It is one of the most important objects in the British Museum as it holds the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs. The front of the Rosetta stone is smooth and crammed with text, inscribed in three different scripts. The top consists of fourteen lines of hieroglyphs. The middle is made up of thirty-two lines of demotic, the everyday language used in ancient Egypt. At the bottom are over fifty lines of tightly compressed Greek writing. The inscriptions are three translations of the same decree, passed by a council of priests that affirms the royal cult of the thirteen-year-old Ptolemy V on the first anniversary of his coronation. In the early years of the nineteenth century, scholars were able to use the Greek inscription on this stone as the key to deciphering the others"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXA5NTv_Dg0-daEwC2E6d56wqMY8yeQ4WouvAPdd0T6J8FSr4HWtEfW2iqtpKXNcwA9yp8kM3TWrFq4xZaaGmS1tN1jZL2ACdmDxiOCMEV9q3dbJYcENnfoP9XhR6oKpc3Faqqw/s1600/055-NINIVE-LE%C3%83O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXA5NTv_Dg0-daEwC2E6d56wqMY8yeQ4WouvAPdd0T6J8FSr4HWtEfW2iqtpKXNcwA9yp8kM3TWrFq4xZaaGmS1tN1jZL2ACdmDxiOCMEV9q3dbJYcENnfoP9XhR6oKpc3Faqqw/s640/055-NINIVE-LE%C3%83O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072368459521234" /></a><br />"LION - Guardian figure from the entrance to the Temple of Ishtar, Nimrud, Northern Iraq, adjoining the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II (who reigned between 883 and 859 BC). This gigantic standing lion, roaring angrily, formed one of a pair. The placing of figures of lions beside the doors of temples or the gates of cities was an ancient custom in Mesopotamia. Actual lions were common in the region and survived there until the nineteenth century. The lion is covered with a dedication in cuneiform, consisting of a prayer by Ashurnasirpal to a version of Ishtar called Sharrat-niphi, followed by a record of some of his achievements"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQzaXtZLkVjTULMJSoACYWvX_Dfyd6nY1how2zmPlLpEn7C1H1FStsYKp3MQwwyp5HF3SfL2Zi_lGHTUZIEXvOmAgRdDAb31XVc_9mnTvh0_TBW16UVoBzzPXUg0G_sBwG20Cmw/s1600/054-NINIVE-KHORSABAD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQzaXtZLkVjTULMJSoACYWvX_Dfyd6nY1how2zmPlLpEn7C1H1FStsYKp3MQwwyp5HF3SfL2Zi_lGHTUZIEXvOmAgRdDAb31XVc_9mnTvh0_TBW16UVoBzzPXUg0G_sBwG20Cmw/s640/054-NINIVE-KHORSABAD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072374318387106" /></a><br />"WINGED BULL, KHORSABAD - This colossal human-headed winged bull magical figure, discovered by the French archaeologist Paul-Emile Botta between 1842 and 1844, is one of the heaviest objects in the Museum. It once guarded an entrance to the citadel of the Assyrian King Sargon II (721-705 BC) in Northern Iraq. The fifth leg is an artistic convention to enable the figure to be seen either from the side, walking, or from the front, standing. Between the legs of the winged bull there is a long cuneiform inscription listing Sargon's titles, ancestry and achievements"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaciLJMFSEjlHDyceknIFg6lcv0_AgDlPoWkVVgUsayOWGLYWuw3qQj47CwqC8wOIqw824x6411p81yGGA2amLnzBNDBJchpj9B-efRDwqBjhSoxKcdESLehC0luJiJ_Zbo9zq8Q/s1600/056-CA%C3%87ADA+LE%C3%95ES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaciLJMFSEjlHDyceknIFg6lcv0_AgDlPoWkVVgUsayOWGLYWuw3qQj47CwqC8wOIqw824x6411p81yGGA2amLnzBNDBJchpj9B-efRDwqBjhSoxKcdESLehC0luJiJ_Zbo9zq8Q/s640/056-CA%C3%87ADA+LE%C3%95ES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072368075700562" /></a><br />"DYING LION - A stone panel of around 645 BC, from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Northern Iraq, symbolizing the triumph of the Assyrian King over nature.<br />This panel was part of a series of wall panels that showed a royal hunt. There was a very long tradition of royal lion hunts in Mesopotamia, with similar scenes known from the late fourth millennium BC. The connection between kingship and lions was probably brought to western Europe as a result of the crusades in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries AD, when lions begin to decorate royal coats of arms"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAozljI4ciprOHXKTGCcGo6HOfL9KTUjVrhwN7c0r1WJogyxwtgbpMLUVwZfc-Z01oWCUS9ABgf15vW2UaDubL_cYAZsaC0ALviCfwnY8Zem0SlXhWlsuYRZruTO_UWFKLlVftEw/s1600/063-NEREID+MONUMENT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAozljI4ciprOHXKTGCcGo6HOfL9KTUjVrhwN7c0r1WJogyxwtgbpMLUVwZfc-Z01oWCUS9ABgf15vW2UaDubL_cYAZsaC0ALviCfwnY8Zem0SlXhWlsuYRZruTO_UWFKLlVftEw/s640/063-NEREID+MONUMENT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072004114918514" /></a><br />"THE NEREID MONUMENT - Taking its name from the Nereids, sea-nymphs whose statues were placed between the columns of this monumental tomb, it was built for Erbinna, ruler of Lycian Xanthos, south-west Turkey. Although he was not Greek, Erbinna chose to be buried in a tomb that resembles a Greek temple of the Ionic order. The monument is much influenced by the Ionic temples of the Acropolis and its decorative sculpture is a mixture of Greek and Lycian style"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w7HuJXB5xjUqluanjKajpxZiyebUDv1SnyAXip2lBdwAlmyDSnN8hiB8W2jCPvBM-lJqCNgfJPAIxNjyfZebzEMHv3nsVZ24eOvPRCcNyKond-E1q0WdEZWDXM4_6Fdydo-amA/s1600/064-RIVER+ILISSOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w7HuJXB5xjUqluanjKajpxZiyebUDv1SnyAXip2lBdwAlmyDSnN8hiB8W2jCPvBM-lJqCNgfJPAIxNjyfZebzEMHv3nsVZ24eOvPRCcNyKond-E1q0WdEZWDXM4_6Fdydo-amA/s640/064-RIVER+ILISSOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072002992282338" /></a><br />"WEST PARTHENON - RIVER GOD ILISSOS - The central feature of the west pediment of the Parthenon was the colossal statues of Athena and Poseidon in contest for Athens and the land of Attica. The reclining figures in the corners of the triangular composition perhaps represent the rivers of Attica. This figure (about 438-432 BC) is thought to personify the river Ilissos, by comparison with figures on the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia; the Greek historian Pausanias names them as the local rivers there"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7pjSsg9ZPXqOywWk5oZYRgzQw0B6hjsojuG5a7wiVdc4dcWR5puCb3XBXQu6RQu321hbKgy1MNCh4VZrRzQLm8076g8f4lDNsgCIn83FjYoOmcknNM-Zr7xEJnr6-8V8fZDwCw/s1600/065-IRIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7pjSsg9ZPXqOywWk5oZYRgzQw0B6hjsojuG5a7wiVdc4dcWR5puCb3XBXQu6RQu321hbKgy1MNCh4VZrRzQLm8076g8f4lDNsgCIn83FjYoOmcknNM-Zr7xEJnr6-8V8fZDwCw/s640/065-IRIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409072000339797602" /></a><br />"WEST PARTHENON - IRIS - The west pediment of the Parthenon showed Athena and Poseidon accompanied by divine messengers, Athena by Hermes, Poseidon by Iris. She is shown as if just alighting on the Acropolis. Her drapery is pressed flat against her body and flutters out at the edges. It was held at the waist by a bronze girdle, now missing. Her wings, also missing, were socketed in to her shoulders at the back, where the joins would not have been seen"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuHY7XcOWMIB0yOkkAlTnLeOXpoFeKD_aUNeSvPp8qzk-Y6QE3nAKLVEAdETDTlNNgUYygVuWZSrGcH9E7oMAgfg5yJjPJB2nhrs8ydl4AJ75L45vVkyQJ5kaZ93kM5KLH_mbjg/s1600/066-FRISO+LESTE+PARTENON-DION%C3%8DSIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuHY7XcOWMIB0yOkkAlTnLeOXpoFeKD_aUNeSvPp8qzk-Y6QE3nAKLVEAdETDTlNNgUYygVuWZSrGcH9E7oMAgfg5yJjPJB2nhrs8ydl4AJ75L45vVkyQJ5kaZ93kM5KLH_mbjg/s640/066-FRISO+LESTE+PARTENON-DION%C3%8DSIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071680465350898" /></a><br />"EAST PARTHENON - DIONYSOS - The central section of the east pediment of the Parthenon showed the birth of Athena. This reclining figure almost certainly represents Dionysos, god of wine. He looked out from the pediment towards the corner and the chariot of Helios, god of the sun, rising at daybreak"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVoFV26hd0PEQE-U52RK_r-YR4cAht_M88Utm1JBlUjCnodYlU3Yp33Z-U5TrSPw-LBJvPZ0Z_OHMkd_m9NGZMyahRfCFcMf7aJKCRbG4d9ZS6BxcB_CBvk4FzeI7fBAYjcMLnw/s1600/067-V%C3%89NUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVoFV26hd0PEQE-U52RK_r-YR4cAht_M88Utm1JBlUjCnodYlU3Yp33Z-U5TrSPw-LBJvPZ0Z_OHMkd_m9NGZMyahRfCFcMf7aJKCRbG4d9ZS6BxcB_CBvk4FzeI7fBAYjcMLnw/s640/067-V%C3%89NUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071676411245202" /></a><br />"VENUS - This Roman sculpture (about 100-150 AD) was one of a dozen or so found at Campo Iemini, dug up in spring 1794 by Robert Fagan (1761-1816). Fagan was a a prominent member of the younger generation of British dealers and excavators resident in Rome. The beauty of the statue's well-preserved head was particularly celebrated. The Venus is of the Capitoline type, named after the most famous copy in the Capitoline Museum, to which some at the time of its discovery claimed it was superior"<br /><br /><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d54497a4e5463784e6a673d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="640" height="480" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: DO & CO" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d54497a4e5463784e6a673d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><br />"LUNCH BREAK - At Do & Co, the Museum restaurant"<br /><br />***<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KHqCdjpAfY0dP1gvm8CbbE8l8o4WJIVwB41Y_lI7sYc60ICnSWrQUrOeo3xRFDLeVDBZ0TM65Z02xW4owHDC2iQ2S038G_AGdgBUfmeeCXiOQhVsYvqZMWcEjA9bapNGmQhUAw/s1600/073-MOAI&+ESCULTURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KHqCdjpAfY0dP1gvm8CbbE8l8o4WJIVwB41Y_lI7sYc60ICnSWrQUrOeo3xRFDLeVDBZ0TM65Z02xW4owHDC2iQ2S038G_AGdgBUfmeeCXiOQhVsYvqZMWcEjA9bapNGmQhUAw/s640/073-MOAI&+ESCULTURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071203545629442" /></a><br />"MOAI - Human figure called Hoa Hakananai'a (hidden or stolen friend) made of basalt, 2.42 metres tall. Images relating to the bird man religion are carved in relief on the figure's back and back of head. Dating from 1000-1200 AD, it was found in the Orongo ceremonial centre in Easter Island. Know nothing about the sculpture head..."<br /><br />Edited: Thanks to <a href="http://chandleratoz.blogspot.com/">Thérèse</a> I found that the head is a sculpture - Mask II - from the Australian artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Mueck">Ron Mueck</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9bP5ztipK34J_3KoFchor1Lo673vp9G9WwijnfFQbs3ic6yzoA_yEH4-ZQNKAs_v8JH40yD7e-XhyphenhyphenRgwpPodvRll3EAL_L5OCrAmmN-VpDpVHkymwO8ZcZ6b6twMGpfkjiqXEg/s1600/069-CAVEIRAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9bP5ztipK34J_3KoFchor1Lo673vp9G9WwijnfFQbs3ic6yzoA_yEH4-ZQNKAs_v8JH40yD7e-XhyphenhyphenRgwpPodvRll3EAL_L5OCrAmmN-VpDpVHkymwO8ZcZ6b6twMGpfkjiqXEg/s640/069-CAVEIRAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071668335030642" /></a><br />"SKULLS - NO PHOTOGRAPHY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESy5iNnwHqUo4cY_cLGvdDWWcI397XNSIq54I5EUkPnavkY1SphLqt_RBOPMw4u6V2Dh-psrmRe4h1Wcq7TqOnp_NMhi2c6CvkaQyy9IYlcaxBcpSGK-OvYszSjd1JYL7zEcK7g/s1600/070-M%C3%81SCARA+MOSAICO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESy5iNnwHqUo4cY_cLGvdDWWcI397XNSIq54I5EUkPnavkY1SphLqt_RBOPMw4u6V2Dh-psrmRe4h1Wcq7TqOnp_NMhi2c6CvkaQyy9IYlcaxBcpSGK-OvYszSjd1JYL7zEcK7g/s640/070-M%C3%81SCARA+MOSAICO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071667359665298" /></a><br />"QUETZALCOATL - This mask (15th-16th century AD) is believed to represent Quetzalcoatl («the feathered serpent») or the rain god Tlaloc. Both deities are associated with serpents. The mask is carved from a single piece of Cedrela odorata wood and covered with turquoise mosaic work. The teeth are made of white conch shell. The design incorporates two serpents, one in pale green turquoise and one in blue, which encircle the eyes and are entwined over the nose and around the mouth. The serpent tails finish at the temples with rattles that are moulded in relief and were originally gilded. Turquoise mosaic plumes hang on both sides of the eye sockets"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIS_ofiJZa18iQFl1_SDPm_ZZgSWtnG4hXdbxbStXTRIzboi4xXIwSirSRX2daPQOWdE-sFWiDRt1DqwqsSgSygPleY578Clv3NQe_iJXIoKqjo_841PsmlN2ftCUxZ_nY4Ilpg/s1600/070-SNAKE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIS_ofiJZa18iQFl1_SDPm_ZZgSWtnG4hXdbxbStXTRIzboi4xXIwSirSRX2daPQOWdE-sFWiDRt1DqwqsSgSygPleY578Clv3NQe_iJXIoKqjo_841PsmlN2ftCUxZ_nY4Ilpg/s640/070-SNAKE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071661687139010" /></a><br />"DOUBLE SNAKE MOSAIC - This striking object (an icon of Aztec art) was probably worn on ceremonial occasions as a pectoral (an ornament worn on the chest). It is carved in wood (Cedrela odorata) and covered with turquoise mosaic. The wood is hollowed at the back. Serpent imagery occurs throughout the religious iconography of Mesoamerica. The serpent is associated with several Aztec deities including Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent), Xiuhcoatl (Fire Serpent) and Mixcoatl (Cloud Serpent) or Coatlicue (She of the Serpent Skirt), the mother of the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDsVw9MA-HhhCy2z0oPxObyWRyPfWBxx09hP7_i9PhvGOUjY5E1BypKu4vcNh37YGp0aeeZw2UlCLJZ5bx_U8QCdJtjbJpfAKjRBWucYHfAyWsVNVCjPvx-deNG800y1ZkYqFmA/s1600/074-KUDARA+KANNON.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDsVw9MA-HhhCy2z0oPxObyWRyPfWBxx09hP7_i9PhvGOUjY5E1BypKu4vcNh37YGp0aeeZw2UlCLJZ5bx_U8QCdJtjbJpfAKjRBWucYHfAyWsVNVCjPvx-deNG800y1ZkYqFmA/s640/074-KUDARA+KANNON.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071199634316194" /></a><br />"KUDARA KANNON is a statue of Kannon and made of gilded camphor wood. It is 210 centimetres in height and shouldering the halo. The statue is unique in Japanese art, and regarded as one of the most important works in the ancient Japan. The word Kudara is the Japanese for the Baekje Kingdom. A text from 1698 describes the statue as being rediscovered, but its origin is still unknown. Its name was given in the Meiji period, because its style resembled traditional Korean statues"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZc7VgHf7QX-Fk01FDCzLEJbxXULZTAppZzyj7MGR18D4Q6is8ZQKGNzW6m7N-NsbfN6-lcow1T_UXjTHmPYg1eyyPQh5ZSh88osfmmONXRC8zn6cnRlpXZ4trpAOa2pjnurf6g/s1600/075-AYZEN-MY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZc7VgHf7QX-Fk01FDCzLEJbxXULZTAppZzyj7MGR18D4Q6is8ZQKGNzW6m7N-NsbfN6-lcow1T_UXjTHmPYg1eyyPQh5ZSh88osfmmONXRC8zn6cnRlpXZ4trpAOa2pjnurf6g/s640/075-AYZEN-MY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071192144756370" /></a><br />"AYZEM-MY - Figure of Kamakura or Muromachi period, 14th-15th century AD, Aizen is one of the five Myō-ō «Kings of Light», personified spells and protectors of the esoteric Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism, whose principal deity, Dainichi Nyōrai, is the Buddha from whom boundless light emanates. Aizen is usually portrayed wearing a lion-skin hat or wearing a shishi head-dress and he sits on a lotus throne. He has six arms, each holding one of his attributes: bow, arrow, vajras (thunderbolts), some missing from this figure"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaHnxLOvbo07Qri-P-u6WFsqK14XXhuWyNb5r6POPnxRBAWqtDO5R3Lf-gxaLOoJTU9QPc03Y5fvpVTvT-FsW1SB49LcUgcgkcAPjec8jPTYqhNImK4Pqtc9ON95beeM275I4qg/s1600/076-ARMADURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaHnxLOvbo07Qri-P-u6WFsqK14XXhuWyNb5r6POPnxRBAWqtDO5R3Lf-gxaLOoJTU9QPc03Y5fvpVTvT-FsW1SB49LcUgcgkcAPjec8jPTYqhNImK4Pqtc9ON95beeM275I4qg/s640/076-ARMADURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071194830698690" /></a><br />"JAPANESE ARMOUR SET - This composite suit of Japanese armour brings together items from different periods (Momoyama period, late 16th century - cuirass and sleeves; Edo period, 17th century - helmet; 18th-19th century - remainder). The helmet is in the tradition of earlier pieces which were often given a hideous face-mask with bristling whiskers to strike terror into the enemy. With the arrival of firearms in the sixteenth century new bullet-proof cuirasses were developed in Japan, copied from European models. The example here is signed by Unkai Mitsunao"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtt3PWII1TkiA82VilSrFx2EteYEFFOTD4GwusDgPY2l6gj6qA6Nva5n54TwPV4d3eOb-y0LZZ414C4wZdqClM6qP4DnY_JRBMpBpAVIgmtGuZbjpW8VNhrP_Oewl8M2NNjwCrg/s1600/220-TATE+MODERN-2058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtt3PWII1TkiA82VilSrFx2EteYEFFOTD4GwusDgPY2l6gj6qA6Nva5n54TwPV4d3eOb-y0LZZ414C4wZdqClM6qP4DnY_JRBMpBpAVIgmtGuZbjpW8VNhrP_Oewl8M2NNjwCrg/s640/220-TATE+MODERN-2058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409071184191269986" /></a><br />"TATE MODERN 2058"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-51096007451463916052009-12-14T09:12:00.001+00:002009-12-14T09:12:29.560+00:00LONDON IN DECEMBERLONDON - DECEMBER 2008<br /><br />Early December has two holidays in Portugal: the 1st and the 8th! In 2008 they fell on Monday, which was a nice timing for a short break, mostly cultural... The destination was London and as you'll see in the next posts, my pocket sun was in very good shape: cold, but sunny!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv8jkcJ1Q7hhsN4tk4BQK6fIoqNFuAESKt95LJvhfeVecq1MLqEmV4yUEh2quNnefs5wFWK3BH_oX-qejAyE26Yzz6gXUv7X3N0cluLGrfyQd1Hx3vEhgo7L6hFi2xAbyhY1EPQ/s1600/002-THE+ASCOTT-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv8jkcJ1Q7hhsN4tk4BQK6fIoqNFuAESKt95LJvhfeVecq1MLqEmV4yUEh2quNnefs5wFWK3BH_oX-qejAyE26Yzz6gXUv7X3N0cluLGrfyQd1Hx3vEhgo7L6hFi2xAbyhY1EPQ/s640/002-THE+ASCOTT-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598807070959234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCSsgxna_Fc40Nk5kG9RiCUvfpQrGL95w86UYA8HHX4Yd8Bz2CtG-iEcm2PLTlkpVIJnGUy3QjJ9WdKY0H3kYID9TbP3EzYhNtLG7GlYIbJg515FKol4VxAoHqsv2gq6CxgaYQg/s1600/003-THE+ASCOTT-203.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCSsgxna_Fc40Nk5kG9RiCUvfpQrGL95w86UYA8HHX4Yd8Bz2CtG-iEcm2PLTlkpVIJnGUy3QjJ9WdKY0H3kYID9TbP3EzYhNtLG7GlYIbJg515FKol4VxAoHqsv2gq6CxgaYQg/s640/003-THE+ASCOTT-203.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598800128340754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIb1LQn4Fh_TfLteBprgvpklKgCqjcCJOfoGEhTSTTCNd3FdPV5sCiKxp0WqNsZXRemmfrjeTV2NblWc3a1bnHb_qFQpH2xDh1i5ktgN7FPqC2pdZsZKQhcW5G14uBtChwI3puRQ/s1600/004-THE+ASCOTT+203-SALA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIb1LQn4Fh_TfLteBprgvpklKgCqjcCJOfoGEhTSTTCNd3FdPV5sCiKxp0WqNsZXRemmfrjeTV2NblWc3a1bnHb_qFQpH2xDh1i5ktgN7FPqC2pdZsZKQhcW5G14uBtChwI3puRQ/s640/004-THE+ASCOTT+203-SALA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598796336107394" /></a><br />"THE ASCOTT - This time we stayed in The Ascott Residence, a serviced appartment in Mayfair. They say they offer «an unparalleled refuge of timeless elegance, unwavering taste, and unrivalled personal attention and business service support»; it's not only publicity..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCOi6zSSBumbAfyTBj6d6nLvnsovgatago_iQ4_TLBSV3tdSDFjMxn4N7XHEDnOMKcb_Yj4i-ebmBoGJhucnBB83idl51Stu0LuTX8ibPkNPcPNwiBO6dg3iYTQ6xvjaXPtZYLg/s1600/005-HILL+ST-JARDINS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCOi6zSSBumbAfyTBj6d6nLvnsovgatago_iQ4_TLBSV3tdSDFjMxn4N7XHEDnOMKcb_Yj4i-ebmBoGJhucnBB83idl51Stu0LuTX8ibPkNPcPNwiBO6dg3iYTQ6xvjaXPtZYLg/s640/005-HILL+ST-JARDINS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598587588828866" /></a><br />"HILL STREET GARDENS - One doesn't see them at street level, as they are protected by high walls; but that was the view from the The Ascott towards Hill Street"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0mTSTqW5QgDoLkx2FLmEgnm5J0t017l7EQAB28GSz8ZCQgpGpBLrwA2TX9DHpiULUOMrJ8085_bXDxop1OS5SkE2JgpIqwQVEOAYDvOFFKod0RVCBGFnpY5lmnf3zwcbWrRBgA/s1600/006-CHESTERFIELD+HOTEL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0mTSTqW5QgDoLkx2FLmEgnm5J0t017l7EQAB28GSz8ZCQgpGpBLrwA2TX9DHpiULUOMrJ8085_bXDxop1OS5SkE2JgpIqwQVEOAYDvOFFKod0RVCBGFnpY5lmnf3zwcbWrRBgA/s640/006-CHESTERFIELD+HOTEL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598582455614642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChpORU0D5hLdVJgRCDCdA2x1QfIoBpLXQwoiEDIOZD1qCFU5KGiAMAVjQb0ZhNFkz4CPXrrbtb1w3fCak092PKncBl2QGdKcNtRcRZDaxTONESREfSdzDEmwk8n84GWNqBMb8yw/s1600/007-DARTMOUTH+HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChpORU0D5hLdVJgRCDCdA2x1QfIoBpLXQwoiEDIOZD1qCFU5KGiAMAVjQb0ZhNFkz4CPXrrbtb1w3fCak092PKncBl2QGdKcNtRcRZDaxTONESREfSdzDEmwk8n84GWNqBMb8yw/s640/007-DARTMOUTH+HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598575834527650" /></a><br />"MAYFAIR - Early on a Saturday morning: the sun was shining and the streets were empty..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzns7MJKewRwsBBsQxcVciFCGxtZVQfbCrNtG99Xudzr0srYLCyArOqlVlCjvk3MnLVnpaZNE5tP6qu_RnpegxHcrz1ox7yJySekxXFHiEujd65HUc0y3yEKOhV0WoE7dbAs7Mw/s1600/008-YAZO+SUSHI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzns7MJKewRwsBBsQxcVciFCGxtZVQfbCrNtG99Xudzr0srYLCyArOqlVlCjvk3MnLVnpaZNE5tP6qu_RnpegxHcrz1ox7yJySekxXFHiEujd65HUc0y3yEKOhV0WoE7dbAs7Mw/s640/008-YAZO+SUSHI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598575198477938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfJLm6ZZ-kz_QekXdI_TXGQS6L9ch4nrN8rBqnDKhbmM7Mz5_aIsbogavcQ01Zsc7MYDKuamZk1ceNGhJj1p03y4gfpIznNENwPA1u7Dj2SIAPaO9wfK7CNNLVd0t26os5En1yw/s1600/011-THE+KINGS+ARMS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfJLm6ZZ-kz_QekXdI_TXGQS6L9ch4nrN8rBqnDKhbmM7Mz5_aIsbogavcQ01Zsc7MYDKuamZk1ceNGhJj1p03y4gfpIznNENwPA1u7Dj2SIAPaO9wfK7CNNLVd0t26os5En1yw/s640/011-THE+KINGS+ARMS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598187771648146" /></a><br />"YAZO SUSHI/THE KING'S ARMS - Clients will have to wait..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIUQ1RnBKdgsxC88p14ATXoUY0TyikjdVSPOV5B5lBjWE1Tnb8y8yyrXiZnzfxC5DyLfTHI_Nm02wK0B0HDvgzR_5tIA9YyQlTgx1Z5Ti61bX4ncgiyjHUUqUnVqyksFWyZbX-w/s1600/009-JANELA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIUQ1RnBKdgsxC88p14ATXoUY0TyikjdVSPOV5B5lBjWE1Tnb8y8yyrXiZnzfxC5DyLfTHI_Nm02wK0B0HDvgzR_5tIA9YyQlTgx1Z5Ti61bX4ncgiyjHUUqUnVqyksFWyZbX-w/s640/009-JANELA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598569629550962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJs8crNnQvli4ZI-7NODQVpbrvRmMTR5aMERF5ullydHKNF5pktdv3HrFnaIU-zjPdqFTv4NX-0vrm3mvky8yJXXQBhGHII4wjeT2An25jaYhN4DHf2fFKQYkzCXAzNl3WWZB-A/s1600/010-BUSTOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJs8crNnQvli4ZI-7NODQVpbrvRmMTR5aMERF5ullydHKNF5pktdv3HrFnaIU-zjPdqFTv4NX-0vrm3mvky8yJXXQBhGHII4wjeT2An25jaYhN4DHf2fFKQYkzCXAzNl3WWZB-A/s640/010-BUSTOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598191111349618" /></a><br />"WINDOWS - Amazing!" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXlgr6QObZC97A9ztLqwrLzz-SKFnoqC5-QfnNL3mX002s2JqwsrgfLFRs4enmdwbHEvlzIhn2_-9WrehYYJNZ0Zetj4fb5O7k0admrPCLxPXEA20LaQRbQ_7QDmWIzmgLS5JkQ/s1600/012-FDR-CHURCHILL-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXlgr6QObZC97A9ztLqwrLzz-SKFnoqC5-QfnNL3mX002s2JqwsrgfLFRs4enmdwbHEvlzIhn2_-9WrehYYJNZ0Zetj4fb5O7k0admrPCLxPXEA20LaQRbQ_7QDmWIzmgLS5JkQ/s640/012-FDR-CHURCHILL-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598183228460818" /></a><br />"FDR, CHURCHILL & CO..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1Qaeij5y3B-VS_8gL4lptgM-kAstxgsWA-U1-tRPHjKqsv2ifAy4CcGdT5h5OLmA3dqQrNzSltlWRLuPlQ9aKW72OmB-L-HU6g2aKbiSm6NGK_GzhPQbpsConlzPLYSEBjVhaA/s1600/013-BERKELEY+SQ.GARDEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1Qaeij5y3B-VS_8gL4lptgM-kAstxgsWA-U1-tRPHjKqsv2ifAy4CcGdT5h5OLmA3dqQrNzSltlWRLuPlQ9aKW72OmB-L-HU6g2aKbiSm6NGK_GzhPQbpsConlzPLYSEBjVhaA/s640/013-BERKELEY+SQ.GARDEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598180403508274" /></a><br />"BERKELEY SQ. GARDEN - London is known for its parks and gardens. Early morning on a sunny Saturday, there is a lot to enjoy..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSe5x7NJI3JMip7lrdaRQIInz_wwzlGehrxdJxmMRQa5VvcK9A8GvGFxrlR7UULgG6ghG4r_WtHRPltbypWUptgYeH2HNOeDqaqWtgSAtkkuV98RW3T3B1Q3bzwRRoOqOdW1xIlQ/s1600/014-RUSSEL+SQ.STATION.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSe5x7NJI3JMip7lrdaRQIInz_wwzlGehrxdJxmMRQa5VvcK9A8GvGFxrlR7UULgG6ghG4r_WtHRPltbypWUptgYeH2HNOeDqaqWtgSAtkkuV98RW3T3B1Q3bzwRRoOqOdW1xIlQ/s640/014-RUSSEL+SQ.STATION.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598175050623602" /></a><br />"RUSSEL SQ. STATION - The target was the British Musum, so the best way to make it was the Tube from Green Park to Russel Square. The Russel Sq. station, designed by Leslie Green, was opened on December 15, 1906"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL-oemnHPCwDYCMpt3YneuLptnTpKUWdOptYWf0SZqDraGixJczc1r1sRwgwZoj4aAl5oIBQsMHemglYoKQlpaZwmEmg1tBvcuCo8sVT-h8dJ5qlCB3C426jtYIDB_T780Bu-ng/s1600/015-THE+BRUNSWICK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL-oemnHPCwDYCMpt3YneuLptnTpKUWdOptYWf0SZqDraGixJczc1r1sRwgwZoj4aAl5oIBQsMHemglYoKQlpaZwmEmg1tBvcuCo8sVT-h8dJ5qlCB3C426jtYIDB_T780Bu-ng/s640/015-THE+BRUNSWICK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407597827857404466" /></a><br />"THE BRUNSWICK CENTRE - One of Britain's few remaining modernist housing projects suffered a recent transformation. It looked quite attractive and there was the «Patisserie Valerie» and the cinema «Renoir» for people to enjoy..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsu1-V6k_U3rbqGZEYhCN7UhvbpUa6AZ1ihkKqCpEM6f6BPP-W_2YUnQMDgkvMMoaKRMYPKUZoXyFO4RViMCuhfqnULhQ3ko5BOjgjdJPkqWfgRmp-s9bsPggD9rd8LRcslgLzw/s1600/016-HOTEL+RUSSEL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsu1-V6k_U3rbqGZEYhCN7UhvbpUa6AZ1ihkKqCpEM6f6BPP-W_2YUnQMDgkvMMoaKRMYPKUZoXyFO4RViMCuhfqnULhQ3ko5BOjgjdJPkqWfgRmp-s9bsPggD9rd8LRcslgLzw/s640/016-HOTEL+RUSSEL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407597822348980178" /></a><br />"RUSSEL HOTEL - After twenty millons pounds of restoration it looks much better..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8Lmi2m9nKGx0CCgBMjBeMo-Yl0dgkeKWKEarOelfaRyYYsKthmU-CHN3F_3F0OZRrd_qkM3IVpVabSPo8Ng3uewg6F_GXWC6m-aX8lnKSUBjPNYNISr0VBc19Ioke-3Vc68t-w/s1600/017-RUSSEL+SQUARE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8Lmi2m9nKGx0CCgBMjBeMo-Yl0dgkeKWKEarOelfaRyYYsKthmU-CHN3F_3F0OZRrd_qkM3IVpVabSPo8Ng3uewg6F_GXWC6m-aX8lnKSUBjPNYNISr0VBc19Ioke-3Vc68t-w/s640/017-RUSSEL+SQUARE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407597818214857122" /></a><br />"RUSSEL SQUARE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTS5uF_FcI6s4-1dabZLON3WyP8KzejqgdpFmSNiLLwqM3qwrFWPkW6GNYNAQce5KmzqitrDJeTllJwiWUFuMLhgs9x-15V-8jb-dUjZKDcKSaXRJsYrRYQIG-4VPd_pkI6tP_rA/s1600/018-BLOOMSBURY+SQUARE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTS5uF_FcI6s4-1dabZLON3WyP8KzejqgdpFmSNiLLwqM3qwrFWPkW6GNYNAQce5KmzqitrDJeTllJwiWUFuMLhgs9x-15V-8jb-dUjZKDcKSaXRJsYrRYQIG-4VPd_pkI6tP_rA/s640/018-BLOOMSBURY+SQUARE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407597810588614194" /></a><br />"BLOOMSBURY SQUARE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqaHnxbzxcWZ23LbFH-Uy7g2vcM06DMqNGphJzLg5n1tYMHkmAciudajpD9n2CZQD9NVPUI5R4I7ayXK9brzMNwO7Yf_O-it5uLN5SNPuc0cDqs-bFgpS8Wh1PNjaxkpiC78m1g/s1600/019-BRITISH+MUSEUM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqaHnxbzxcWZ23LbFH-Uy7g2vcM06DMqNGphJzLg5n1tYMHkmAciudajpD9n2CZQD9NVPUI5R4I7ayXK9brzMNwO7Yf_O-it5uLN5SNPuc0cDqs-bFgpS8Wh1PNjaxkpiC78m1g/s640/019-BRITISH+MUSEUM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407597810013175186" /></a><br />"ARRIVED - But the British Museum, that's for the next post..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-29024105973340329312009-12-07T09:17:00.001+00:002009-12-07T09:17:56.910+00:00BILBAO BY NIGHTBILBAO - NOVEMBER 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcnA8I1BuCpvVO7smLpS3x0GxdmVqwGNdZ4bDTVqaD8sSIhv0tSJlryYmjShb1iz2M3wGb2ldwR7BNTYXaF9hrF9FuHts0pnsyEGkttC1cUlSw-XiUbB0gAGHCp9j0uY3rvruaw/s1600-h/9001-ABANDO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcnA8I1BuCpvVO7smLpS3x0GxdmVqwGNdZ4bDTVqaD8sSIhv0tSJlryYmjShb1iz2M3wGb2ldwR7BNTYXaF9hrF9FuHts0pnsyEGkttC1cUlSw-XiUbB0gAGHCp9j0uY3rvruaw/s640/9001-ABANDO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401325086680206802" /></a><br />"ABANDO - The railway station, called Abando-Indalecio Prieto and locally known as <em>Estación del Norte</em>, is the main station in Bilbao. It has an amazing artistic stained glass at the atrium showing all the economic activities in Vizcaya"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI7ijM1atgB0-lzjxzkW2V6a3SPYxc0hW9dDqUjgU9uUSA81QBzLyIAIb1aau_dWJZOpa-V2zUdVhkTACXmEWJuzpyBkEsFnQhTX24EHG08fsH9V4nOxMIkSQecOqXj_OcnD3xg/s1600-h/9002-IGREJA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI7ijM1atgB0-lzjxzkW2V6a3SPYxc0hW9dDqUjgU9uUSA81QBzLyIAIb1aau_dWJZOpa-V2zUdVhkTACXmEWJuzpyBkEsFnQhTX24EHG08fsH9V4nOxMIkSQecOqXj_OcnD3xg/s640/9002-IGREJA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401325081824551778" /></a><br />"CHURCH - Near the Gran Via"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW29K4QplCmk2B5TG-TfASgSgnXgebJtA6_ahz-G1s592B2aUG2j3PbAjXm3tscoKOz3CBIxcFF4-SSDj4mZTaS1habfh_QQq5gV1tGnZyD9oIS_nI_63YDMyt0qa9lEyTvRYSBg/s1600-h/9003-METRO+CALATRAVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW29K4QplCmk2B5TG-TfASgSgnXgebJtA6_ahz-G1s592B2aUG2j3PbAjXm3tscoKOz3CBIxcFF4-SSDj4mZTaS1habfh_QQq5gV1tGnZyD9oIS_nI_63YDMyt0qa9lEyTvRYSBg/s640/9003-METRO+CALATRAVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401325084256130722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR286THZqLXk6JCIDB56JpyV5DKC-DNpODsvezZz3nzynHisInbcMLxcOMQ5LgNAe3F60nFRNEMkT0VK36syZtIt9hInNNxe_OZE8aeimQ9sACeWkkjd7N66ZlMS1s1G6O2SKwew/s1600-h/9004-METRO+NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR286THZqLXk6JCIDB56JpyV5DKC-DNpODsvezZz3nzynHisInbcMLxcOMQ5LgNAe3F60nFRNEMkT0VK36syZtIt9hInNNxe_OZE8aeimQ9sACeWkkjd7N66ZlMS1s1G6O2SKwew/s640/9004-METRO+NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324861158943906" /></a><br />"FOSTERITOS - Access to the metro is provided by glass structures named «Fosteritos», after the architect who designed them Norman Foster"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7DcAvwQ0W3YS358zhPILqfRcqGZhiHQo1r-JkQd77e-mKYlM4rkQcOjhJsoiD3pKFgw1u0Bt5rJTbM8okT4pYE3xSEesdByEAeQWKxxYi4qH8_cIxRaxGA1XAUKMgNo78LmaMQ/s1600-h/9005-ARRIAGA+NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7DcAvwQ0W3YS358zhPILqfRcqGZhiHQo1r-JkQd77e-mKYlM4rkQcOjhJsoiD3pKFgw1u0Bt5rJTbM8okT4pYE3xSEesdByEAeQWKxxYi4qH8_cIxRaxGA1XAUKMgNo78LmaMQ/s640/9005-ARRIAGA+NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324859892427698" /></a><br />"ARRIAGA THEATRE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Q7arELVVXIG9vmBYVfCGVwYYSA9i7G9V50bQofIEyZOQ8QxLF3UJEd0B_9pZO2_qEi2gbHVgSyEiJ6SLcWfAPz9hxZEGaXrqd7D5k2TPumgr_Thbr5b8VmPQyQP1Wj6PFenDuQ/s1600-h/9006-C.MUN-NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Q7arELVVXIG9vmBYVfCGVwYYSA9i7G9V50bQofIEyZOQ8QxLF3UJEd0B_9pZO2_qEi2gbHVgSyEiJ6SLcWfAPz9hxZEGaXrqd7D5k2TPumgr_Thbr5b8VmPQyQP1Wj6PFenDuQ/s640/9006-C.MUN-NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324852595116194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInplr9C07uMM1_adgy4lTfDbwLuIPl4L2xiw13sUDvl2Lgb2LX5awunlYxQZQlqtAveBMvTQS0OSHQlCj6KRf2CeOJLPfQr1JMMlxOAqeTPr8LNgItL05RCJ2U9uTmdjpEJDQMQ/s1600-h/9007-C.MUN-NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInplr9C07uMM1_adgy4lTfDbwLuIPl4L2xiw13sUDvl2Lgb2LX5awunlYxQZQlqtAveBMvTQS0OSHQlCj6KRf2CeOJLPfQr1JMMlxOAqeTPr8LNgItL05RCJ2U9uTmdjpEJDQMQ/s640/9007-C.MUN-NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324851408254002" /></a><br />"CITY HALL - Seen from the Arenal Bridge, with reflections on the River Nervion"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8Nn0MAFJ0tSqLdenqwtDD_bH79g8Fslkt6123-03j3jOSfc1JMb6b5mE_cLb76LeydfOjc3g0ElG2MCNdIRwRm35l7gGxg3Qu53QNVhGeWZjqLNHeWTux24NGYEIVSvCv3SQgA/s1600-h/9008-SOROLLA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8Nn0MAFJ0tSqLdenqwtDD_bH79g8Fslkt6123-03j3jOSfc1JMb6b5mE_cLb76LeydfOjc3g0ElG2MCNdIRwRm35l7gGxg3Qu53QNVhGeWZjqLNHeWTux24NGYEIVSvCv3SQgA/s640/9008-SOROLLA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324852154029682" /></a><br />"SOROLLA - «Vision of Spain» by the Valencian Artist Joaquin Sorolla, a collection that gathers fourteen great canvases, was commissioned by the Hispanic Society of America at the beginning of the 20th Century. The fourteen murals, representing the Provinces of Spain, were installed in December 1922, although they were not officially inaugurated until January 1926. Since then, the paintings have remained practically untouched, but due to a full restoration of the Sorolla Room, they travelled to Spain..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNix-95G4IJdqOBEynIgptgcObwU7qVV8aZo34oZofnBtZCosrNJSFrVMo9EL-uKv8k5hvfv3J0Ly6hfo7PK_e8TLOLTBBYEQ4YfcF28WY15QhjpavDSxe2LbnvUkYbKHzoIkpg/s1600-h/9009-NECESITAMOS+PAZ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNix-95G4IJdqOBEynIgptgcObwU7qVV8aZo34oZofnBtZCosrNJSFrVMo9EL-uKv8k5hvfv3J0Ly6hfo7PK_e8TLOLTBBYEQ4YfcF28WY15QhjpavDSxe2LbnvUkYbKHzoIkpg/s640/9009-NECESITAMOS+PAZ.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324567900826610" /></a><br />"NECESITAMOS PAZ (WE NEED PEACE) - Provincial Government House"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHXv9pti6BJ5FEjmusYSt5uHRklWcCmZ3874OXU9HI-GCrR58PDaMYPJRzNwexO1JKykq70YgNPk9OKreZd6JT2VELwd-j2IPYdLQR0xh-ijh7LpZYBu3AF-J4EmjYXk_oMrm5g/s1600-h/9010-GRAN+VIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHXv9pti6BJ5FEjmusYSt5uHRklWcCmZ3874OXU9HI-GCrR58PDaMYPJRzNwexO1JKykq70YgNPk9OKreZd6JT2VELwd-j2IPYdLQR0xh-ijh7LpZYBu3AF-J4EmjYXk_oMrm5g/s640/9010-GRAN+VIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324562557162130" /></a><br />"GRAN VIA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHfNKpgCJi58T3KUgt70H9iqt1W1mNAXGhiPGrmwla8sO9EcLYtOAD4pgWS0cO4ePsFgdvlGjMReUexb65yvxbDaJE2KDaR8XtM_Br6HAWhBwrbsYM9cDG3zbiXv_-VFXV-G1OA/s1600-h/9011-VARANDAS+NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHfNKpgCJi58T3KUgt70H9iqt1W1mNAXGhiPGrmwla8sO9EcLYtOAD4pgWS0cO4ePsFgdvlGjMReUexb65yvxbDaJE2KDaR8XtM_Br6HAWhBwrbsYM9cDG3zbiXv_-VFXV-G1OA/s640/9011-VARANDAS+NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324559293828850" /></a><br />"VERANDAS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gvSXdwIPP-X_UWmlerc9xFbVs9Q93ghHKt7KbW-1b3xxKCOFzAR-Ck5YcU1xf82hJDT0HthYjRLXgcL3ikFZ3XtofRbEKlpGsbOGboBc5X0HhYNUSlLDO1CsHTOuAkVkR_2Ttw/s1600-h/9012-PL.MOYUA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gvSXdwIPP-X_UWmlerc9xFbVs9Q93ghHKt7KbW-1b3xxKCOFzAR-Ck5YcU1xf82hJDT0HthYjRLXgcL3ikFZ3XtofRbEKlpGsbOGboBc5X0HhYNUSlLDO1CsHTOuAkVkR_2Ttw/s640/9012-PL.MOYUA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324552251450818" /></a><br />"CHAVARRI PALACE - Old mansion completed in 1894 for the Chavarri brothers, engineers who contributed to Vizcaya's industrial development. The building with a colourful marble front presents a great number of windows and balconies, each in its own shape and style. It's home to the Government Headquarters nowadays"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjU6OB5gh7Suse8mZWAxLBm6widz7ezDCQ-FHEzmQhk7Bagnu4DtpUTeGduX7fNeylFMspwOe7yEbV_J2uA8FZzrBQe6AV4FHU-nSgtx4XmmXfM2y8RFupEfOpKE3i6gDgOxwzyw/s1600-h/9013-CANDEEIROS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjU6OB5gh7Suse8mZWAxLBm6widz7ezDCQ-FHEzmQhk7Bagnu4DtpUTeGduX7fNeylFMspwOe7yEbV_J2uA8FZzrBQe6AV4FHU-nSgtx4XmmXfM2y8RFupEfOpKE3i6gDgOxwzyw/s640/9013-CANDEEIROS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324554882387362" /></a><br />"LAMP SCULPTURE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIhvGlQQiJr4eS_v3tVyKCToKLdWRsodiOde9E4q4iC4FUCvnrUteOT20nyVAezUJB4KzUVWTBWqcH6XQ2HJ63b_SJdaM8Yt4tfAdCH9lwW35-Fhtuxg9JwWWbDOmN3v_Oc-B2w/s1600-h/9014-HALL-SHERATON.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIhvGlQQiJr4eS_v3tVyKCToKLdWRsodiOde9E4q4iC4FUCvnrUteOT20nyVAezUJB4KzUVWTBWqcH6XQ2HJ63b_SJdaM8Yt4tfAdCH9lwW35-Fhtuxg9JwWWbDOmN3v_Oc-B2w/s640/9014-HALL-SHERATON.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324279235553250" /></a><br />"SHERATON HALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO7fSuqMKKHDv-RvJ-hWEQBSlSfcWjtq160K6DxN1WIRo-649F4AYWU0AdhrJt6Brk0yQ6wTOFjir8plg41vlA_Rbg2NO9vukC4CWXjpKjtr__Xcwugd2o2RphlnY__sZ4fg_3Q/s1600-h/9015-SHERATON-BAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO7fSuqMKKHDv-RvJ-hWEQBSlSfcWjtq160K6DxN1WIRo-649F4AYWU0AdhrJt6Brk0yQ6wTOFjir8plg41vlA_Rbg2NO9vukC4CWXjpKjtr__Xcwugd2o2RphlnY__sZ4fg_3Q/s640/9015-SHERATON-BAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324274964988834" /></a><br />"SHERATON BAR"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowLugh2GqAT2TN-wQgcEmYR274njmge-VfWvVMc9PBS5bgWHdmgnc_DKm9iqPCSYZOPMNrmJIWZBdkZk0wmh3opkGaglW8KeG1cFUvfziVZFQYrxPRocC29oaXhaEltAwWeS7_Q/s1600-h/9016-DEUSTO+NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowLugh2GqAT2TN-wQgcEmYR274njmge-VfWvVMc9PBS5bgWHdmgnc_DKm9iqPCSYZOPMNrmJIWZBdkZk0wmh3opkGaglW8KeG1cFUvfziVZFQYrxPRocC29oaXhaEltAwWeS7_Q/s640/9016-DEUSTO+NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324269027561842" /></a><br />"DEUSTO UNIVERSITY - And the Pedro Arrupe «Pasarela»"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXP38P-mGv-M1dqBvVJQ0GchDYdPEFrLsJLZcGiqZ3UekulcF9XTcobfyi3nl_iQg1xTrtIWXwp_WXbDS97_lgqJ6K41BFi7VMUUqKcB6MEiyMk97RFIpndR3o0rpESUgYH78lA/s1600-h/9017-PONTE+AO+LUAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXP38P-mGv-M1dqBvVJQ0GchDYdPEFrLsJLZcGiqZ3UekulcF9XTcobfyi3nl_iQg1xTrtIWXwp_WXbDS97_lgqJ6K41BFi7VMUUqKcB6MEiyMk97RFIpndR3o0rpESUgYH78lA/s640/9017-PONTE+AO+LUAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324264561449762" /></a><br />"DE LA SALVE BRIDGE - Under the full moon"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KRp-jBu9cfL8Wr5J2AF7pm5HUhH7fjP5VgchqZ1l0Co-j6wcegL6ihKpC2vNekMPawO70ZFY9ltpG8F9QP25kHfIbseUO6mu_fC_zhW5jmeRJlWjyOzYzTQi0Tg8FCMxVcSAEg/s1600-h/9018-FOGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KRp-jBu9cfL8Wr5J2AF7pm5HUhH7fjP5VgchqZ1l0Co-j6wcegL6ihKpC2vNekMPawO70ZFY9ltpG8F9QP25kHfIbseUO6mu_fC_zhW5jmeRJlWjyOzYzTQi0Tg8FCMxVcSAEg/s640/9018-FOGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401324261064058738" /></a><br />"FIRE SCULPTURE - At the terrace of the Guggen"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-37919246404814032262009-12-02T21:15:00.003+00:002009-12-09T08:32:35.498+00:00PUENTE VIZCAYABILBAO - NOVEMBER 2008<br /><br />The Puente Colgante» (Hanging Bridge) was inscribed in 2006 in the UNESCO's World Heritage List. According to the UNESCO's site, «Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of Bilbao. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de Palacio and completed in 1893. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m, merges 19th-century ironworking traditions with the then new lightweight technology of twisted steel ropes. It was the first bridge in the world to carry people and traffic on a high suspended gondola and was used as a model for many similar bridges in Europe, Africa and the America only a few of which survive. With its innovative use of lightweight twisted steel cables, it is regarded as one of the outstanding architectural iron constructions of the Industrial Revolution». <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinerqSb3Q7o-Az_yN4BX-AHAn_HxjZRT_mgLjkAE4cu6Evf2ggv0pIo4HrYyt6EsMaQh9v6lS2fQkewWsvgZJb3MVWXMav_G3WkovsXcqu4w22JeL9jViJs1SBJ9CC7CnhSXiczw/s1600-h/6001-LAS+ARENAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinerqSb3Q7o-Az_yN4BX-AHAn_HxjZRT_mgLjkAE4cu6Evf2ggv0pIo4HrYyt6EsMaQh9v6lS2fQkewWsvgZJb3MVWXMav_G3WkovsXcqu4w22JeL9jViJs1SBJ9CC7CnhSXiczw/s640/6001-LAS+ARENAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924595972404162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8aPw-sKVIKc1yNcLZPdTk9vyZCRpmN55DwMDM7D-Smxdm5ffcE_JxQTnjYqlms6MToIRPa7fWPvGT8HZngEwH6SOnx_ph4DDD2bELlCjI1OQ1zaSqWqOxWfNX_spY_F8ic1BBw/s1600-h/6002-LAS+ARENAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8aPw-sKVIKc1yNcLZPdTk9vyZCRpmN55DwMDM7D-Smxdm5ffcE_JxQTnjYqlms6MToIRPa7fWPvGT8HZngEwH6SOnx_ph4DDD2bELlCjI1OQ1zaSqWqOxWfNX_spY_F8ic1BBw/s640/6002-LAS+ARENAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924594203364290" /></a><br />"LAS ARENAS - To get to the bridge from Bilbao, the best way is taking the Underground to the Las Arenas station"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSX46yeazISAcko_2wDKnSdgLuUP25zK3UCFFsPS0Zk4KqTIrvi4AGlO5o-ZdNJpFb3KAYF_e7cHJjVSPTcf90nT9oI_I5wVwygj5CYBUkeDck8XAUypgFhJWQ014sGkqbYC_mg/s1600-h/6004-PORTUGALETE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSX46yeazISAcko_2wDKnSdgLuUP25zK3UCFFsPS0Zk4KqTIrvi4AGlO5o-ZdNJpFb3KAYF_e7cHJjVSPTcf90nT9oI_I5wVwygj5CYBUkeDck8XAUypgFhJWQ014sGkqbYC_mg/s640/6004-PORTUGALETE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924448790736066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuX5dIeFt6dJcYCamFbuOYIT7JKgwZzaVROso1ArMQ22uRRXEv4mSlFctwmfdz275RoxPgctM5zNtPF4gjL7a4SRk-WcAy0pmgFBmQIbe67prVW3DDkiMoxvN5MliADWx0j0tcg/s1600-h/6005-PR%C3%89DIOS+DE+PORTUGALETE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuX5dIeFt6dJcYCamFbuOYIT7JKgwZzaVROso1ArMQ22uRRXEv4mSlFctwmfdz275RoxPgctM5zNtPF4gjL7a4SRk-WcAy0pmgFBmQIbe67prVW3DDkiMoxvN5MliADWx0j0tcg/s640/6005-PR%C3%89DIOS+DE+PORTUGALETE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924442302722562" /></a><br />"PORTUGALETE - The Bridge was the solution to the problem of connecting the Las Arenas to Portugalete without disrupting the maritime traffic of the Port of Bilbao and without having to build a massive structure with long ramps" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2g13CyG81biRDrQjVL4j2fmlrxocXE6yDjRQNz5xBCa0vPIDh4pVnm-3NT7sGshFGN2M2PiVMsK3lp3sWvBPdF6FINfWb90DNdDu3uRgCiNqZIqMuNu46lSDZnhdwaTGgc3kAQ/s1600-h/6006-PUENTE+COLGANTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2g13CyG81biRDrQjVL4j2fmlrxocXE6yDjRQNz5xBCa0vPIDh4pVnm-3NT7sGshFGN2M2PiVMsK3lp3sWvBPdF6FINfWb90DNdDu3uRgCiNqZIqMuNu46lSDZnhdwaTGgc3kAQ/s640/6006-PUENTE+COLGANTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924438339514194" /></a><br />"PUENTE COLGANTE - It is the world's oldest transporter bridge, designed by Alberto Palacio, one of Gustave Eiffel's disciples" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4nY1bZLig6q1an6UuyxfCwdwSmGtAvrG30MO3mFTGXUULTMGmCRxdMsy8-J6DghWt74l3JwWj-78R0nc17IDbpN9mHJ915HNtDQ0c8v6779ssEiHKqw7Ndor1CcFAlOJS7Mu9A/s1600-h/6007-PLATAFORMA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4nY1bZLig6q1an6UuyxfCwdwSmGtAvrG30MO3mFTGXUULTMGmCRxdMsy8-J6DghWt74l3JwWj-78R0nc17IDbpN9mHJ915HNtDQ0c8v6779ssEiHKqw7Ndor1CcFAlOJS7Mu9A/s640/6007-PLATAFORMA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924438264007058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp5NWm1GWJSepnfLjpxuGoxHB3ybucqupLe03Dg2ChHRhIQ87yyQfvJY4ezkwJBP7lVPz4bumFVgFY8zW3yamAt5t3K6Qfcx66GKrdakLgIbYljsuSn10PkFU5KoziG4VTvFoZg/s1600-h/6009-PUENTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp5NWm1GWJSepnfLjpxuGoxHB3ybucqupLe03Dg2ChHRhIQ87yyQfvJY4ezkwJBP7lVPz4bumFVgFY8zW3yamAt5t3K6Qfcx66GKrdakLgIbYljsuSn10PkFU5KoziG4VTvFoZg/s640/6009-PUENTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924083914969010" /></a><br />"PLATFORM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqdJJslBuYmTUNv7xRjeLSrIflcgKl4U9o_RpIOiepfeaBiguMHkwgZgGzYBPd-6DHIrTXdnLA3RUC2PeMSqzrDRDC6SNtFzXuj2BqczYhEXd2xuloxKTMx_ZhwiE8qlAMpCu7w/s1600-h/6008-PONTE+ANDANTE...PUENTE+VIZCAYA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqdJJslBuYmTUNv7xRjeLSrIflcgKl4U9o_RpIOiepfeaBiguMHkwgZgGzYBPd-6DHIrTXdnLA3RUC2PeMSqzrDRDC6SNtFzXuj2BqczYhEXd2xuloxKTMx_ZhwiE8qlAMpCu7w/s640/6008-PONTE+ANDANTE...PUENTE+VIZCAYA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924434125408322" /></a><br />"INSIDE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_DoI9tpQlGfdmvw8hrsyfz4WDbGLh1HXj4082dnEN772uFaT_CHIgSeBdNqU-9EM3iIrKNqUzlxvYlw-xlxTo3CvxUkVPFD1f5SyJaGngB9Ew8WFzMDEJmYpcRSLjBdaJtbKfw/s1600-h/6014-TABULEIRO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_DoI9tpQlGfdmvw8hrsyfz4WDbGLh1HXj4082dnEN772uFaT_CHIgSeBdNqU-9EM3iIrKNqUzlxvYlw-xlxTo3CvxUkVPFD1f5SyJaGngB9Ew8WFzMDEJmYpcRSLjBdaJtbKfw/s640/6014-TABULEIRO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400923768078074466" /></a><br />"UPPER PLATFORM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFh55UID0NUvBtP74AnoboraHri-94VXJCYKv6L8VP2G7-BtErGcrJe1eIZBM5Yf8t-gJZ2AqP2kIeqiu4FjMdAzob1rqwaVg7kc7HzChvsWMrl5GxmV2qOTbIxSUA9fdNa9VBA/s1600-h/6010-PORTUGALETE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFh55UID0NUvBtP74AnoboraHri-94VXJCYKv6L8VP2G7-BtErGcrJe1eIZBM5Yf8t-gJZ2AqP2kIeqiu4FjMdAzob1rqwaVg7kc7HzChvsWMrl5GxmV2qOTbIxSUA9fdNa9VBA/s640/6010-PORTUGALETE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924079253848434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjNhfQTZh96E08AM9eR-IhTQuZ9aCivWneoK662etI0E3ZNssUC-YISIWcvM8i7qB9gx1FRo3s53AkMZYKiDKmQ1ciG2v4DrXfF21X5c32NDSORKbckLNIrTTsfZW6d26L0zTqQ/s1600-h/6011-PORTUGALETE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjNhfQTZh96E08AM9eR-IhTQuZ9aCivWneoK662etI0E3ZNssUC-YISIWcvM8i7qB9gx1FRo3s53AkMZYKiDKmQ1ciG2v4DrXfF21X5c32NDSORKbckLNIrTTsfZW6d26L0zTqQ/s640/6011-PORTUGALETE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924079581979698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig82bB667GJKOwD1s-lNqB9wuq_0Yf5r-MogXidivCJUFiddIrVPCbZLmyZRJAs2qeaQ_3yqMfNpRCJRyZ9Nek4E0h1WRQDBYTBTKzvs1VHAh0cfycyRM_ymGFtNXOalp7cbPLcg/s1600-h/6012-IGREJA+PORTUGALETE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig82bB667GJKOwD1s-lNqB9wuq_0Yf5r-MogXidivCJUFiddIrVPCbZLmyZRJAs2qeaQ_3yqMfNpRCJRyZ9Nek4E0h1WRQDBYTBTKzvs1VHAh0cfycyRM_ymGFtNXOalp7cbPLcg/s640/6012-IGREJA+PORTUGALETE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924073651141218" /></a><br />"PORTUGALETE - From the upper platform"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRRIV-wqj44Bidky7yMteZ8vCJJ0Prj3bI29uA_bwpFcU6_-bNlxwgbwbAdV7fhaZQMxVNT66e5u1w8moJF7d7hUvmydbHLZC8d7TTZKRXUM8j6P_kddNudLbC6EYr8rNEVYQRw/s1600-h/6013-PLANANDO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRRIV-wqj44Bidky7yMteZ8vCJJ0Prj3bI29uA_bwpFcU6_-bNlxwgbwbAdV7fhaZQMxVNT66e5u1w8moJF7d7hUvmydbHLZC8d7TTZKRXUM8j6P_kddNudLbC6EYr8rNEVYQRw/s640/6013-PLANANDO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400924069749705842" /></a><br />"GLIDING"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAnWIO7-3iBEBXlbo-pIo8NpgRUGKhO4kRxO3A2-BHUGIhG8SGZywj-IxUaC5Lh-eXksavp16JEzDuh441uh1tslBZWtu5HWuFpVWr34rlagSFLIjhZSNeF957yPJ6Q-6a2CGlw/s1600-h/6015-PORTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAnWIO7-3iBEBXlbo-pIo8NpgRUGKhO4kRxO3A2-BHUGIhG8SGZywj-IxUaC5Lh-eXksavp16JEzDuh441uh1tslBZWtu5HWuFpVWr34rlagSFLIjhZSNeF957yPJ6Q-6a2CGlw/s640/6015-PORTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400923764347795074" /></a><br />"PORT OF BILBAO"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3o0nfxfQpddT49cffqt6VtKwtqRKrTyDzxztDvdyWDvDvI_JuF32klCLVBALkiEtsdCNYQskB5jOLw8NpM5AmKtSCVGVs99cXBB-fT3VIBDmwZm7qX7TXNbq91IfoKQK0axX_mw/s1600-h/6016-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3o0nfxfQpddT49cffqt6VtKwtqRKrTyDzxztDvdyWDvDvI_JuF32klCLVBALkiEtsdCNYQskB5jOLw8NpM5AmKtSCVGVs99cXBB-fT3VIBDmwZm7qX7TXNbq91IfoKQK0axX_mw/s640/6016-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400923766225788210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w6UxXmws026nKfXQ5ixByR14_wihx5kqAj1ZrL6yXG0gDhvUPK-RLsjmYZdK1dc44jLFMCgsXUtmDVtlmhhBV4OtgdhVrYHsbu7ICcACe2LZ3SjdpzqmYD2qNk0eggr6DHM8nQ/s1600-h/6017-LAS+ARENO-RIO+NERVION.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w6UxXmws026nKfXQ5ixByR14_wihx5kqAj1ZrL6yXG0gDhvUPK-RLsjmYZdK1dc44jLFMCgsXUtmDVtlmhhBV4OtgdhVrYHsbu7ICcACe2LZ3SjdpzqmYD2qNk0eggr6DHM8nQ/s640/6017-LAS+ARENO-RIO+NERVION.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400923760461043298" /></a><br />"LAS ARENAS - From the upper platform of the bridge"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGe1OQPcbDCivVAwpHE1bziBc60hMyDde5S3qmRWeMqkPSa7b9QleNHjEohpK2hgaCJScSvbJuOV42m64rn2yy5sKy8691I4q6duWAm4rh2rWXDhiXA3m_o98oMKQhY6PYtos3g/s1600-h/6018-EVARISTO+DE+CHURRUCA-NEPTUNO+DERROTADO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGe1OQPcbDCivVAwpHE1bziBc60hMyDde5S3qmRWeMqkPSa7b9QleNHjEohpK2hgaCJScSvbJuOV42m64rn2yy5sKy8691I4q6duWAm4rh2rWXDhiXA3m_o98oMKQhY6PYtos3g/s640/6018-EVARISTO+DE+CHURRUCA-NEPTUNO+DERROTADO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400923754410596818" /></a><br />"NEPTUNE DEFEATED - Monument to Evaristo de Churruca, the builder of the Port of Bilbao"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg89ysSKCxWgsXjcpneZEGPM3cDXVKbSEc_RqVyuKfqpencHZmMz_p6kFTMreBVy50HZhe1s1esegxMvTFRQSsQGpV5AxpZk7VlWa-Z0giqJmY41ZB6U46J2e4g2EXJboEme-wYw/s1600/Unseen+Rajasthan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg89ysSKCxWgsXjcpneZEGPM3cDXVKbSEc_RqVyuKfqpencHZmMz_p6kFTMreBVy50HZhe1s1esegxMvTFRQSsQGpV5AxpZk7VlWa-Z0giqJmY41ZB6U46J2e4g2EXJboEme-wYw/s400/Unseen+Rajasthan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409453478979328642" /></a><br /><br />Bharat of the wonderful blog <a href="http://unseenrajasthan.blogspot.com/">Unseen Rajasthan</a>, was so kind to pass me this lovely award. Thanks Bharat!GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-48020995875872796042009-11-27T19:39:00.004+00:002009-12-05T17:34:04.140+00:00CASCO VIEJO AGAINBILBAO - NOVEMBER 2008<br /><br />The Medieval Citadel of Bilbao (Casco Viejo) always deserves a return...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbramWUuI_qfnZaZAwG55b8tt62YPu2JSWigLapzfO6T8TVglMX6XRzRGLgq13HFHdFmUjarFGQsymweQOHNBzLfNlws4v5-KUwJcznScMe3Mtm7CA3C_c8kTYZDzsyO9Kh_EtA/s1600-h/3001-%C3%81RVORES+VERMELHAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbramWUuI_qfnZaZAwG55b8tt62YPu2JSWigLapzfO6T8TVglMX6XRzRGLgq13HFHdFmUjarFGQsymweQOHNBzLfNlws4v5-KUwJcznScMe3Mtm7CA3C_c8kTYZDzsyO9Kh_EtA/s640/3001-%C3%81RVORES+VERMELHAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862736037479714" /></a><br />"FALL COLOURS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQ_7dzK_9cBHWrWUoVe-YQwImqCXMM73QroYJaGMl3gZ_6zH8PR-7Y1VP7xVr9OJs6dXBybtzyx4nm5QWEvsBmp8Gh7u_noLuYLWN4SE33fM7sW1Ns4S2MzBA84YpQLpPLE7kew/s1600-h/3002-DEUSTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQ_7dzK_9cBHWrWUoVe-YQwImqCXMM73QroYJaGMl3gZ_6zH8PR-7Y1VP7xVr9OJs6dXBybtzyx4nm5QWEvsBmp8Gh7u_noLuYLWN4SE33fM7sW1Ns4S2MzBA84YpQLpPLE7kew/s640/3002-DEUSTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862733538249058" /></a><br />"DEUSTO UNIVERSITY - A privately-run university which belongs to the Society of Jesus"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlu_K0dV7qBFlOTewK58AaQq_0WbvH8OsSB63jzA2pYHfxXwIk_Ac-_bdZaB2GlSCq5XTjD28klaKqSZo7M56_oZReRxl_MonkOKM1DjoWHYmb1DkJ-s5l3HFDHqatdF0MGsSrQ/s1600-h/3003-RESID%C3%8ANCIA+FREIRAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlu_K0dV7qBFlOTewK58AaQq_0WbvH8OsSB63jzA2pYHfxXwIk_Ac-_bdZaB2GlSCq5XTjD28klaKqSZo7M56_oZReRxl_MonkOKM1DjoWHYmb1DkJ-s5l3HFDHqatdF0MGsSrQ/s640/3003-RESID%C3%8ANCIA+FREIRAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862725415560066" /></a><br />"NUNS' RESIDENCE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsuCWjgPnFFDgX46vCuwbKkYp2-C15ZwYAxSjzT66Zlq4yvAtMIwnxjoTxnwNFyqLMESO6kxpvvtTjAw4-WJ8zlRzQURK7p1bEb62rvlHdx2gs6qySnPLoruavlBgPr-KngEU1g/s1600-h/3004-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsuCWjgPnFFDgX46vCuwbKkYp2-C15ZwYAxSjzT66Zlq4yvAtMIwnxjoTxnwNFyqLMESO6kxpvvtTjAw4-WJ8zlRzQURK7p1bEb62rvlHdx2gs6qySnPLoruavlBgPr-KngEU1g/s640/3004-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862722845683538" /></a><br />"INDIAN SUMMER - Enjoying..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIiQYmOrjLUK53fm9qnvc-MMFwg2YFlL8sdn9UpXN7Q5EGIxhoLl6rmrIMM1MyhoWX_FN1_olZB8wGD__mlK0feP94dXDGvU4aLW4QHTDsz6U4KyuJ_b0-DgAhkKpHH-XUTvF_A/s1600-h/3005-ZUBIZURI-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIiQYmOrjLUK53fm9qnvc-MMFwg2YFlL8sdn9UpXN7Q5EGIxhoLl6rmrIMM1MyhoWX_FN1_olZB8wGD__mlK0feP94dXDGvU4aLW4QHTDsz6U4KyuJ_b0-DgAhkKpHH-XUTvF_A/s640/3005-ZUBIZURI-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862716003108642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XlLiB423l1maPUNawREK3g8M_15yNj3eTuDWoEygtS8tfXOG6PAwwMTib6wgbfbUf69FZQzVLT_hUw8OlRpLHMo08Ht1bDdNFlayraBVbL97pXsu02yigaWzPNRDhal5mhsUoQ/s1600-h/3006-ZUBIZURI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XlLiB423l1maPUNawREK3g8M_15yNj3eTuDWoEygtS8tfXOG6PAwwMTib6wgbfbUf69FZQzVLT_hUw8OlRpLHMo08Ht1bDdNFlayraBVbL97pXsu02yigaWzPNRDhal5mhsUoQ/s640/3006-ZUBIZURI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862437343163570" /></a><br />"ZUBIZURI - Calatrava's pedestrian bridge resembles a white sailboat on a crystal platform"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBgFzt26zXnrxPq3VZhdsde7Sy9C8XiA_5p-rqPX-uW8HlJ2rvY6eDvGHjGJaOy_vyfpLrbP-x2s96HKBQtCirRtl_OhNOg3w4Kk6GsHYe777ROUOO4jNF3ZDVfA2S5wP9yzA5w/s1600-h/3007-EST%C3%81TUA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBgFzt26zXnrxPq3VZhdsde7Sy9C8XiA_5p-rqPX-uW8HlJ2rvY6eDvGHjGJaOy_vyfpLrbP-x2s96HKBQtCirRtl_OhNOg3w4Kk6GsHYe777ROUOO4jNF3ZDVfA2S5wP9yzA5w/s640/3007-EST%C3%81TUA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862426578469266" /></a><br />"SCULPTURE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWtTkYsK4ySIehu5J8Z9aWmsH6CJUKTUeo7hju9e_91aDBAkaA8EFvs3kZOxE4DVOQnRhyphenhyphenWSl7b6Ba-ZUIuvD8FqgjkKLhpChmuPKltipQuwEkmXIR49Ooksa0NDM1H0fFdSJ8w/s1600-h/3008-GLOBO+Y+AYUNTAMIENTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWtTkYsK4ySIehu5J8Z9aWmsH6CJUKTUeo7hju9e_91aDBAkaA8EFvs3kZOxE4DVOQnRhyphenhyphenWSl7b6Ba-ZUIuvD8FqgjkKLhpChmuPKltipQuwEkmXIR49Ooksa0NDM1H0fFdSJ8w/s640/3008-GLOBO+Y+AYUNTAMIENTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862423815776882" /></a><br />"AYUNTAMIENTO (CITY HALL)"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCbq4nmWBeK_mifm1THQp9PgfsCdkN2nkrqu4i2VoSup2QVz7WJlawwVdiRPfBFWC0FsnIPDbzVp9KaVrIFWJrtpBNpY0gDZmWHuN_lfHFyv29tS_wM-T0ZRa89YDV1BD4Qut8g/s1600-h/3009-RIA-ARRIAGA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCbq4nmWBeK_mifm1THQp9PgfsCdkN2nkrqu4i2VoSup2QVz7WJlawwVdiRPfBFWC0FsnIPDbzVp9KaVrIFWJrtpBNpY0gDZmWHuN_lfHFyv29tS_wM-T0ZRa89YDV1BD4Qut8g/s640/3009-RIA-ARRIAGA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862423543029666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeHpi7ii1_EP6PzgmWbRDA9cGrbjAuJfZJgk_7vQm56wAwRZArmGnqVm3p5poz7Uu4sxza1ddq-o9L9RYlffcyttwqYXEioBlaarVRyrkcf9I6GSkqXBJoMEfXr_7q8n-ccfHgA/s1600-h/3010-RIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeHpi7ii1_EP6PzgmWbRDA9cGrbjAuJfZJgk_7vQm56wAwRZArmGnqVm3p5poz7Uu4sxza1ddq-o9L9RYlffcyttwqYXEioBlaarVRyrkcf9I6GSkqXBJoMEfXr_7q8n-ccfHgA/s640/3010-RIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862418985933714" /></a><br />"NERVION RIVER and the Arriaga Theatre. Built by Joaquín Rucoba and Octavio de Toledo, it was opened on 31 May 1890 and named after the Bilbao-born composer Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQaWigwGMm0EAl3NCNO4BT6Ejve4lcvOnXSedYsbvik08T-NaWlch-mHKQz90nXtbCUlchvIbQDtxwC2xNPDOLebTWXYJ5uu0KRdN8NsYmyK35EgHbadlf9nKAIBqv3IjLA1b3Q/s1600-h/3011-ESTA%C3%87%C3%83O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQaWigwGMm0EAl3NCNO4BT6Ejve4lcvOnXSedYsbvik08T-NaWlch-mHKQz90nXtbCUlchvIbQDtxwC2xNPDOLebTWXYJ5uu0KRdN8NsYmyK35EgHbadlf9nKAIBqv3IjLA1b3Q/s640/3011-ESTA%C3%87%C3%83O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862089514119970" /></a><br />"RAILWAY STATION"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aNoBDwJKQcYSlbzANCoYVyJkCtzBWo8Phh0NlVDtLmuk1KZhME7bLWHhsXg-ukOSK_Pxr9jkiI-2yrw-kxO1qeA3yYl_g_1FSJ3byQYMvirK_0Q9hc2mv80xsQ3uhtDOUPtbag/s1600-h/3012-FACHADAS+RIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aNoBDwJKQcYSlbzANCoYVyJkCtzBWo8Phh0NlVDtLmuk1KZhME7bLWHhsXg-ukOSK_Pxr9jkiI-2yrw-kxO1qeA3yYl_g_1FSJ3byQYMvirK_0Q9hc2mv80xsQ3uhtDOUPtbag/s640/3012-FACHADAS+RIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862086319638642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsTEAIsYXLgoDyApadh5lvC87mgBOLxvxN9rFKJOAVnZ8QDP2D9F4gJm6h7LQ3LIkleOTZbBH6tAez0GAU8iBH1aSVdc8Sphyx-GqDOzQHlZdFoT_CcUHwe-TXXVg6la5Pes6CQ/s1600-h/3013-VARANDAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsTEAIsYXLgoDyApadh5lvC87mgBOLxvxN9rFKJOAVnZ8QDP2D9F4gJm6h7LQ3LIkleOTZbBH6tAez0GAU8iBH1aSVdc8Sphyx-GqDOzQHlZdFoT_CcUHwe-TXXVg6la5Pes6CQ/s640/3013-VARANDAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862087145589426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVrsNRc9pB6gy_b44-MoXJ294Qx1nvjERAMcsdEW09Gl3VSBKFLRe9QO1Zy5i43T-Rw6Eos00tj-ot9zS9LDHA45fl2VniBwWmJRgLKurF4ejbZ_UWERHGZeGGVKcbJVoRHvE6Q/s1600-h/3014-FACHADAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVrsNRc9pB6gy_b44-MoXJ294Qx1nvjERAMcsdEW09Gl3VSBKFLRe9QO1Zy5i43T-Rw6Eos00tj-ot9zS9LDHA45fl2VniBwWmJRgLKurF4ejbZ_UWERHGZeGGVKcbJVoRHvE6Q/s640/3014-FACHADAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862082958050498" /></a><br />"FAÇADES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ZGtTMMwHu6nX0sYRHo2SzqI0HyPQsbcnydcEDc6GJYnh_hsu6TYWHDF2KW4l7wQCLz-M2cWfEUXr5hT-fIs12hZPhGJ0XWxwX1f03T_Eb7CS3x0QhzPpaznkLaraxvPpLQ5gA/s1600-h/3015-RIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ZGtTMMwHu6nX0sYRHo2SzqI0HyPQsbcnydcEDc6GJYnh_hsu6TYWHDF2KW4l7wQCLz-M2cWfEUXr5hT-fIs12hZPhGJ0XWxwX1f03T_Eb7CS3x0QhzPpaznkLaraxvPpLQ5gA/s640/3015-RIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396862078802537618" /></a><br />"RIVER & RIVERSIDE MARKET"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMp7NeZffbtNmt8exJJCg4tqCe4AkQJjfrXnWNvL14cSGf-cjCNK2m9r6Q94dysl3cf-fe_l_vanTwDs23d1mMw0kfNSFsRLe7N-ygEn9Z5RMwRZ4HJ2ELpcaN38gfPmogfGsiPw/s1600-h/3016-MERCADO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMp7NeZffbtNmt8exJJCg4tqCe4AkQJjfrXnWNvL14cSGf-cjCNK2m9r6Q94dysl3cf-fe_l_vanTwDs23d1mMw0kfNSFsRLe7N-ygEn9Z5RMwRZ4HJ2ELpcaN38gfPmogfGsiPw/s640/3016-MERCADO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396861685499414994" /></a><br />"MARKET VITRAL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZphX4OgMRak9eXvwmdZVB_hbpscTdzk2TBVV1JYlOlCIZ7dwBNwIfJZ49BlixWqegADXcjfRPJP1frJ2G_da6a-GXB25hzz3dnxjJj6yBlTDpxXTuk_rLZ-J7ctYectaWw6j1ZA/s1600-h/3017-SAN+ANTON.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZphX4OgMRak9eXvwmdZVB_hbpscTdzk2TBVV1JYlOlCIZ7dwBNwIfJZ49BlixWqegADXcjfRPJP1frJ2G_da6a-GXB25hzz3dnxjJj6yBlTDpxXTuk_rLZ-J7ctYectaWw6j1ZA/s640/3017-SAN+ANTON.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396861677901679394" /></a><br />"SAN ANTON - A Gothic church built over the ruins of the old city's fortress at the end of the 14th century"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_x8RRT_fVveWExUveQZNcFnyiAOnbqE3o5PeGbg67S-eyL6gtKJhKG8ZDObojhH-Cepn7vCtKfw3x90F-T6cP-Cklht_lNs-JLMYION2D99wpPfy-gMUDy2KCW2RYFbgBUgTRg/s1600-h/3018-CATEDRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_x8RRT_fVveWExUveQZNcFnyiAOnbqE3o5PeGbg67S-eyL6gtKJhKG8ZDObojhH-Cepn7vCtKfw3x90F-T6cP-Cklht_lNs-JLMYION2D99wpPfy-gMUDy2KCW2RYFbgBUgTRg/s640/3018-CATEDRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396861673049054242" /></a><br />"ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL - Built in Gothic style at the end of the 14th century, it became a cathedral in 1949. Its Neogothic tower and the main façade were finished in 1887" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweWu9HbA6T4t8kZQyiuG6y2BksJ1tGRIW1KfnExJWmE0QDoeN-XTaMRw_xEth8NBy1vNRCmUVEzfQuse3ofhTq-jc4ja2U8dUMSsYuUszxDDXOCf9aTnOhM3GoHcNrIpVSZnV9w/s1600-h/3019-PRA%C3%87A+CATEDRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweWu9HbA6T4t8kZQyiuG6y2BksJ1tGRIW1KfnExJWmE0QDoeN-XTaMRw_xEth8NBy1vNRCmUVEzfQuse3ofhTq-jc4ja2U8dUMSsYuUszxDDXOCf9aTnOhM3GoHcNrIpVSZnV9w/s640/3019-PRA%C3%87A+CATEDRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396861664787289938" /></a><br />"ST. JAMES SQUARE - It shows an elegant fountain designed by Luis Paret during Carlos III's reign" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc08uNi6GfwUQO9aitFdJILlCjKNO6F9qhTwDtBS42T1pKbcgpwHHcO5xYtm5UahiRjwvG4GquphQEu7fjVDGAq0PO_eUQZTfo5rF0yG9WNhOYDAvuF1sc2FkG7I9jbVChArHMA/s1600-h/3020-PLAZA+NUEVA-EUSKALTZAINDIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc08uNi6GfwUQO9aitFdJILlCjKNO6F9qhTwDtBS42T1pKbcgpwHHcO5xYtm5UahiRjwvG4GquphQEu7fjVDGAq0PO_eUQZTfo5rF0yG9WNhOYDAvuF1sc2FkG7I9jbVChArHMA/s640/3020-PLAZA+NUEVA-EUSKALTZAINDIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396861665935887954" /></a><br />"PLAZA NUEVA - The first square in Bilbao, designed by Antonio de Echevarría, and finished in 1849"<br /><br /><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5445354f5467304e6a673d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="620" height="480" alt="Click to play this Smilebox postcard: VARANDAS E MONTRAS" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5445354f5467304e6a673d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own postcard - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><br />"SIETE CALLES - Seven Streets (+2) with Verandas and a shop window; again with Smilebox... Probably a bit boring to see..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-73530697046897313142009-11-22T01:30:00.003+00:002009-12-05T17:31:21.562+00:00PASEO DE LA MEMORIABILBAO - NOVEMBER 2008<br /><br />The Paseo de la Memoria (Memorial Walkway) - a new park (whose construction started in 2002, as part of the urban remodelling of the Abandoibarra area - is a tribute to the industrial past of the city, with lots os sculptures by modern artists. Just imagine this wonderful site with decadent docks, old ships and dirty cranes; that's how we saw it in 1976...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36kgzqo5mE2WvDSZ7nRvksS-1ezdssGWqr8k9IZCnFEMPvauh0GIhj0tRv9p72FIiuJF2phuWYPLlwo9OXeBujJs5qDfx5sMt8Yiu9WNnY6tGjOEKhxn31K4IbsS5DjahOD_akQ/s1600-h/4001-PAL%C3%81CIO+CONGRESSOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36kgzqo5mE2WvDSZ7nRvksS-1ezdssGWqr8k9IZCnFEMPvauh0GIhj0tRv9p72FIiuJF2phuWYPLlwo9OXeBujJs5qDfx5sMt8Yiu9WNnY6tGjOEKhxn31K4IbsS5DjahOD_akQ/s640/4001-PAL%C3%81CIO+CONGRESSOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457491211079666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyL9cdbh3weMYgXzTRUMn7Poa4QWAGoaE9PmKoxwpCyqyKWeItdzfgnIIi-2dn8wFf5YcU58Deh4EGJeSzqE86ev9RxdC1x4QCRHZJqvqRasNpNEbjcQTz0y654sMq2m0DVFXgRA/s1600-h/4002-EUSKALDUNA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyL9cdbh3weMYgXzTRUMn7Poa4QWAGoaE9PmKoxwpCyqyKWeItdzfgnIIi-2dn8wFf5YcU58Deh4EGJeSzqE86ev9RxdC1x4QCRHZJqvqRasNpNEbjcQTz0y654sMq2m0DVFXgRA/s640/4002-EUSKALDUNA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457489539416018" /></a><br />"EUSKALDUNA - The Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, opened in February 1999, was built in part of the area that was formerly occupied by the Euskalduna shipyards. It has an auditorium with 2,164 seats"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAufiLZR6gvvharHME26Z4B7O564ZKT-Ar1Ep7QLR7OwZ1h44Q7XbQ_18xGfmhacRe1RGzMWbxmOviK50ul7-5doOLwlkaYg408KzELBS1MZ1hBGImMARIejZj_MqPtO9jPGD5Mg/s1600-h/4003-EL+VIGIA-EDUARDO+CHILLIDA-PASEO+DE+LA+MEMORIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAufiLZR6gvvharHME26Z4B7O564ZKT-Ar1Ep7QLR7OwZ1h44Q7XbQ_18xGfmhacRe1RGzMWbxmOviK50ul7-5doOLwlkaYg408KzELBS1MZ1hBGImMARIejZj_MqPtO9jPGD5Mg/s640/4003-EL+VIGIA-EDUARDO+CHILLIDA-PASEO+DE+LA+MEMORIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457485308669474" /></a><br />"EL VIGIA - The Watchman by Eduardo Chillida"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5RdMDbdcdm4S5L0pi-GEWgPr3cLMZoGBgO7p6lfEA38WRXIHXLfkp7www03iurvDORtGE1ufyvHP901KEYosg3qDQWoUzQcm2Pr7rqgxsguAahrC_4LsX-isuRmM1a5Rww9pVw/s1600-h/4004-JUDITH-MARKUS+L%C3%9CPERTZ-GUINDASTES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5RdMDbdcdm4S5L0pi-GEWgPr3cLMZoGBgO7p6lfEA38WRXIHXLfkp7www03iurvDORtGE1ufyvHP901KEYosg3qDQWoUzQcm2Pr7rqgxsguAahrC_4LsX-isuRmM1a5Rww9pVw/s640/4004-JUDITH-MARKUS+L%C3%9CPERTZ-GUINDASTES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457482628235266" /></a><br />"JUDITH (and the cranes) - A neo-expressionist view of the heroine of Bethulia"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6lNEHEhh8LbXP4eBn0nqbXIYgd1_wwEs6nJ-mDblcRYqDebzyYgkR_RSoBA9A97xXYSX0_FeL6fU1AH4PYQ3OdWeN95RACMdR2TczZxOa_oseW8_OeZVtzO6Lx3NtdaA6Nhlpw/s1600-h/4005-MAIA-WILLIAM+TUCKER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6lNEHEhh8LbXP4eBn0nqbXIYgd1_wwEs6nJ-mDblcRYqDebzyYgkR_RSoBA9A97xXYSX0_FeL6fU1AH4PYQ3OdWeN95RACMdR2TczZxOa_oseW8_OeZVtzO6Lx3NtdaA6Nhlpw/s640/4005-MAIA-WILLIAM+TUCKER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457478149800994" /></a><br />"MAIA by William Tucker - Woman and Earth"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuFyMJIzjVjP5mHOUHM1EetB3wrf0db-Y97u65U0opyNaw6hyphenhyphenva9uVQ1NHRNnIbsXAjJ561BOebC0H_7xh__3P3oPPsQuM9Sc2fT6zZy8XOOPoRtt1MH3Hf4kgAp4svIhwa55Tw/s1600-h/4006-SITIOS+Y+LUGARES-ANGEL+GARRAZA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuFyMJIzjVjP5mHOUHM1EetB3wrf0db-Y97u65U0opyNaw6hyphenhyphenva9uVQ1NHRNnIbsXAjJ561BOebC0H_7xh__3P3oPPsQuM9Sc2fT6zZy8XOOPoRtt1MH3Hf4kgAp4svIhwa55Tw/s640/4006-SITIOS+Y+LUGARES-ANGEL+GARRAZA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457191832202898" /></a><br />"SITES AND PLACES by Angel Garraza"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgT4ZEJBHQrTBs2jw89ZMieCfOCpT3X2iXcMcey8sMkm1CuL1sVwGHKxftkZqswd9Tf60sXhFBs2aXck6RFwolg7E5HDPEdd8c8AVHfHD4sdMQDKHEfge0X1gGfYQhIZlwig2RQ/s1600-h/4007-DALI-BALLERINA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgT4ZEJBHQrTBs2jw89ZMieCfOCpT3X2iXcMcey8sMkm1CuL1sVwGHKxftkZqswd9Tf60sXhFBs2aXck6RFwolg7E5HDPEdd8c8AVHfHD4sdMQDKHEfge0X1gGfYQhIZlwig2RQ/s640/4007-DALI-BALLERINA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457190277616066" /></a><br />"BALLERINA by Dali - See the lion on the top of the white building..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHs9Q2m58gObob8YQRwA_PnZXi_RNlxM1acI9gNlt_bmfCV0ZCnN6-SLEz4QatY1B6ln3cMlhfXCQ5YX2Tlg0O4el5_psNto2JFMrpQR8Vgcd6Go-EYYJdZLX9_T0OVL5gZ8mZg/s1600-h/4008-ESCULTURAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHs9Q2m58gObob8YQRwA_PnZXi_RNlxM1acI9gNlt_bmfCV0ZCnN6-SLEz4QatY1B6ln3cMlhfXCQ5YX2Tlg0O4el5_psNto2JFMrpQR8Vgcd6Go-EYYJdZLX9_T0OVL5gZ8mZg/s640/4008-ESCULTURAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457186288620690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4ehu8SsaN7kcO_ynNQMnDOeH4Vz9HO6hghK1LyQdl7brdTEyZBOMNXAuNZMQm0VILNeFsuyLg2YKHhMu5yYGK9Dw79wHCYGQmgmRqiF6Ck0wy9MZ1aFWmiYNy6Pjt4t1bmRWzw/s1600-h/4009-ESCULTURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4ehu8SsaN7kcO_ynNQMnDOeH4Vz9HO6hghK1LyQdl7brdTEyZBOMNXAuNZMQm0VILNeFsuyLg2YKHhMu5yYGK9Dw79wHCYGQmgmRqiF6Ck0wy9MZ1aFWmiYNy6Pjt4t1bmRWzw/s640/4009-ESCULTURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457184104921442" /></a><br />"SCULPTURES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFML_U9Eu9R8UGES6ePuhdWMKsl0P6j-1rnHRrS3l5P0It4tSoPQFfHRTtqMzeFuKNSofAdYvJONr99TNSjuob_CEQqguA-dXp9C3DjDCXg_DWNXJCsLOrIbX0WkvRdAW9jPxxhQ/s1600-h/4010-PAIN%C3%89IS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFML_U9Eu9R8UGES6ePuhdWMKsl0P6j-1rnHRrS3l5P0It4tSoPQFfHRTtqMzeFuKNSofAdYvJONr99TNSjuob_CEQqguA-dXp9C3DjDCXg_DWNXJCsLOrIbX0WkvRdAW9jPxxhQ/s640/4010-PAIN%C3%89IS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457180929983186" /></a><br />"EUSKALDUNA - Panels"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdnKMcRyy2aepYDLk3nbD5neY1371MXy5pLQIdI5fcb5t-jQuNj4OtQtX-5gVEnuRDR2JAml5-9g-E87Dna85CNO4SoaXpz10fQ33GUGQggBwBtxmk5zMYlvbkhu8H7au_x2A-A/s1600-h/4011-MUSEU+MARITIMO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdnKMcRyy2aepYDLk3nbD5neY1371MXy5pLQIdI5fcb5t-jQuNj4OtQtX-5gVEnuRDR2JAml5-9g-E87Dna85CNO4SoaXpz10fQ33GUGQggBwBtxmk5zMYlvbkhu8H7au_x2A-A/s640/4011-MUSEU+MARITIMO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456832696377586" /></a><br />"MARITIME MUSEUM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW0LhIDa4e44-2CnBbd9o0S-Xd0YbJxOTEpCHc7nQNgZZSdTX90enN_c4qFMzkzPXBBB4U2SdVuyhZM2YlUmDZaRLv-_bFWUxCcmDAAjSH1R9tqDr0sV3qZD6KAbHJ_T-6LzUvw/s1600-h/4012-MUSEU-DOCA+SECA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW0LhIDa4e44-2CnBbd9o0S-Xd0YbJxOTEpCHc7nQNgZZSdTX90enN_c4qFMzkzPXBBB4U2SdVuyhZM2YlUmDZaRLv-_bFWUxCcmDAAjSH1R9tqDr0sV3qZD6KAbHJ_T-6LzUvw/s640/4012-MUSEU-DOCA+SECA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456825251896066" /></a><br />"DRY DOCK"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKmDdZCMve92tFgCiFX-xYBmjG_lxLig6PWMgSILQi_DuCW6kvrvY_zQmfN-6guIuUIv_J-LVOIBih4Ixda8EfIZrJS2V9a724tfvsSgdedjWh2psTLExO_IFwUlcZsNy8Af5tg/s1600-h/4013-AO+LEME.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKmDdZCMve92tFgCiFX-xYBmjG_lxLig6PWMgSILQi_DuCW6kvrvY_zQmfN-6guIuUIv_J-LVOIBih4Ixda8EfIZrJS2V9a724tfvsSgdedjWh2psTLExO_IFwUlcZsNy8Af5tg/s640/4013-AO+LEME.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456825560140114" /></a><br />"AT THE WHEEL - Awaken..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdMQlzWnOXhrh8nNgGflIJIyEBsLZfIg0IAOLaI-531L8C8eeX6mXzr_YQ6cOdQYNRP3blrbq5nC4MtnlHbXKycGfdhrY9C31FvQi18ye3N827IlP4xKgpOxt6Ci9zkNz1GM2uw/s1600-h/4014-SAGRADO+CORAZ%C3%93N.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdMQlzWnOXhrh8nNgGflIJIyEBsLZfIg0IAOLaI-531L8C8eeX6mXzr_YQ6cOdQYNRP3blrbq5nC4MtnlHbXKycGfdhrY9C31FvQi18ye3N827IlP4xKgpOxt6Ci9zkNz1GM2uw/s640/4014-SAGRADO+CORAZ%C3%93N.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456824838452706" /></a><br />"OLD STATUE - This 5 metres tall statue was created by Angel Calahorra, and was erected by popular subscription in the mid 1920s"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JmylKlTAdXmvPia9moc4fUMco0ZPQPPpfVWh5Y0_GGteWxw0VmFBbc6zSxq_mcu-PKgDndsHSjYOGbnHITaCGHpcHOfO01h8XsIueunDOLOJGTjrA3_d2dRtaRF1zcPYjR1rEg/s1600-h/4015-PARQUE+DO%C3%91A+CASILDA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JmylKlTAdXmvPia9moc4fUMco0ZPQPPpfVWh5Y0_GGteWxw0VmFBbc6zSxq_mcu-PKgDndsHSjYOGbnHITaCGHpcHOfO01h8XsIueunDOLOJGTjrA3_d2dRtaRF1zcPYjR1rEg/s640/4015-PARQUE+DO%C3%91A+CASILDA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456817988930322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nOIVVCwK40Sf96EijOFdLuB9ycS-9Xy4c4YXe_hBnqEX3ucHmBnaBYGk90t1EfMo1a0SEv7mzKbO2niS3jKhmqwbziz4vv45-X4O1VtEBgNEAJykkrtJY-avn0O80HrdYVkAvw/s1600-h/4016-PARQUE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nOIVVCwK40Sf96EijOFdLuB9ycS-9Xy4c4YXe_hBnqEX3ucHmBnaBYGk90t1EfMo1a0SEv7mzKbO2niS3jKhmqwbziz4vv45-X4O1VtEBgNEAJykkrtJY-avn0O80HrdYVkAvw/s640/4016-PARQUE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456453237962738" /></a><br />"DOÑA CASILDA DE ITURRIZA PARK - Constructed between 1912 and 1920, inspired by French parks, it has a magnificent pond. In the 1920s, a roofed gallery was raised surrounding the allegorical monument dedicated to Doña Casilda, sculpted by Agustín Querol. The monument has been moved away, and today the central square is occupied by a Fountain" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BL4_WBEg0HefSslMwak6hWSSdX6lUSRvdBN1vcy2nwSZMbyV7wRASYRFlsMo2GaC-NCPS8XJW9TsSB4gGqpdMyjL9DH4LfFyEussdhKWhxZlOkZGW3n9tBwUJDcYz72CDcIB-Q/s1600-h/4017-ARCO-IRIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BL4_WBEg0HefSslMwak6hWSSdX6lUSRvdBN1vcy2nwSZMbyV7wRASYRFlsMo2GaC-NCPS8XJW9TsSB4gGqpdMyjL9DH4LfFyEussdhKWhxZlOkZGW3n9tBwUJDcYz72CDcIB-Q/s640/4017-ARCO-IRIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456450110516178" /></a><br />"RAINBOW"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqWOGK6cQ4r_6RTm5EbaRasXMl_pPSxx-7uF2g8eyk9juG0ng0iHMgwoRUwpPKb5V6b7skFUUC_OpNr64_YTCwZ5OClPGPKUUu5fnxDLUJf8MicFd0s-HJPdzHIkc90mVHoV0dQ/s1600-h/4018-ESCULTURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqWOGK6cQ4r_6RTm5EbaRasXMl_pPSxx-7uF2g8eyk9juG0ng0iHMgwoRUwpPKb5V6b7skFUUC_OpNr64_YTCwZ5OClPGPKUUu5fnxDLUJf8MicFd0s-HJPdzHIkc90mVHoV0dQ/s640/4018-ESCULTURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456445904763634" /></a><br />"TONETTI, the clown"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cmmFjPn8UGIIQ0eDr-PsE7wnzxVq7mrTPGOHuQIRCO2gvYJ2fS1Ut8SEpeqjSiHdFUfQc74Or0CYSwCFN-XNPJuI9YDZ57gYKv54vL2v6VI3MLQcfd3yq2dMscWDxZxMlDw3SQ/s1600-h/4019-STREET+BASKET.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cmmFjPn8UGIIQ0eDr-PsE7wnzxVq7mrTPGOHuQIRCO2gvYJ2fS1Ut8SEpeqjSiHdFUfQc74Or0CYSwCFN-XNPJuI9YDZ57gYKv54vL2v6VI3MLQcfd3yq2dMscWDxZxMlDw3SQ/s640/4019-STREET+BASKET.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456440194060658" /></a><br />"STREET BASKETBALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFI5v9t0vHoNLBB64Wr9RDu2PAspdOgjLX-LVn97Ajfhdqo1xCOn8etHqDOeeExI7uBwylW3iphgCnUiLVnba2iDehiSqNmzIZ6OuY5lmuaaIbyoBimH8Ecbn5qK49F6c7C3Vdw/s1600-h/4020-BELAS+ARTES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFI5v9t0vHoNLBB64Wr9RDu2PAspdOgjLX-LVn97Ajfhdqo1xCOn8etHqDOeeExI7uBwylW3iphgCnUiLVnba2iDehiSqNmzIZ6OuY5lmuaaIbyoBimH8Ecbn5qK49F6c7C3Vdw/s640/4020-BELAS+ARTES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396456434658496690" /></a><br />"MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS"<br /><br /><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5445354f5451334e6a6b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="640" height="480" alt="Click to play this Smilebox postcard: MOYUA" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5445354f5451334e6a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own postcard - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><br />"MOYUA PLAZA - How do you like this experience?"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-10021756267012699422009-11-15T15:00:00.001+00:002009-11-15T15:02:39.277+00:00BACK TO THE GUGGENBILBAO - NOVEMBER 2008<br /><br />Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is an outstanding building and an excellent museum. So, there is always a good reason to get there again and again...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dFHeaNtAg8uiicOHbJOpEin4K3N98WWI6JiW8_wqDM1UnxZMsPNlPd2BUVQqeqxQGsnqzlCx7u58cLgYyrZYN_f8aakiMP2auDOi4iTaZl305YhYmp5UXIZ8IlPZta8xW0dmqQ/s1600-h/2001-GATO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dFHeaNtAg8uiicOHbJOpEin4K3N98WWI6JiW8_wqDM1UnxZMsPNlPd2BUVQqeqxQGsnqzlCx7u58cLgYyrZYN_f8aakiMP2auDOi4iTaZl305YhYmp5UXIZ8IlPZta8xW0dmqQ/s640/2001-GATO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442920668342994" /></a><br />"PUPPY - Jeff Koons' West Highland White Terrier..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXdvjL5K7phHX4szU47vMJxE52mZvqMLMgPMxSMVtXy0Gxtu6LhU9ybcGyZs7O69bki48ihOQzCMQ2R8m2_cNI3s61znTs5IfO5uQFPyTCOIX5hRMqWTLCIn5oau80d9ukeV-FQ/s1600-h/2002-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXdvjL5K7phHX4szU47vMJxE52mZvqMLMgPMxSMVtXy0Gxtu6LhU9ybcGyZs7O69bki48ihOQzCMQ2R8m2_cNI3s61znTs5IfO5uQFPyTCOIX5hRMqWTLCIn5oau80d9ukeV-FQ/s640/2002-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442765771565842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrgts-4tJb7hQz3PIdF3Di4lDuJqL2HMhyphenhyphenvpqytOO5vINGLG-3QxHF177qHeW2QfdiPXX6QKGF6CqS8wg3y4ixwXdwpAfmn0IbWwOVzC3DRfeUzg8fQPQJP3MK1rc-E4P3lmoSw/s1600-h/2003-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrgts-4tJb7hQz3PIdF3Di4lDuJqL2HMhyphenhyphenvpqytOO5vINGLG-3QxHF177qHeW2QfdiPXX6QKGF6CqS8wg3y4ixwXdwpAfmn0IbWwOVzC3DRfeUzg8fQPQJP3MK1rc-E4P3lmoSw/s640/2003-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442760066207154" /></a><br />"GUGGEN - From the green..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oNbdvlnYkG7H8BbHNbZ1_WC-gHbzaT33QBROazX7O2vm9toKw43KKn0LyRT6jCYLDc4jhoDU8mj8oUKqAVGicqn1CkFniiVisfrSfWj2cxYt_eCEjVGd-XDK4u0PorCudqhfNA/s1600-h/2004-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oNbdvlnYkG7H8BbHNbZ1_WC-gHbzaT33QBROazX7O2vm9toKw43KKn0LyRT6jCYLDc4jhoDU8mj8oUKqAVGicqn1CkFniiVisfrSfWj2cxYt_eCEjVGd-XDK4u0PorCudqhfNA/s640/2004-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442755481989330" /></a><br />"GUGGEN - From the Pedro Arrupe pedestrian bridge, with the Gran Domine Hotel at the far right"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIx88vxmetTdihvC0ltPsIieJnwcXSoOhD4bdAmt7V4db6Cb58AR-QbxmptMJi0YcU1C6V3UQ1DVkHxG7iJXEDu2qE8l40cor1MZHm4IerlPaUtm_y11ZvU4935LGFYEg7v0LVgQ/s1600-h/2005-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIx88vxmetTdihvC0ltPsIieJnwcXSoOhD4bdAmt7V4db6Cb58AR-QbxmptMJi0YcU1C6V3UQ1DVkHxG7iJXEDu2qE8l40cor1MZHm4IerlPaUtm_y11ZvU4935LGFYEg7v0LVgQ/s640/2005-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442753332803442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_CDHRzF8GcBTHtZRk5kctkdilVJ5SJmDgsVURWcWvXd7b0Qm3XUo3LM5tvHvvZQal8WRUY3zrc_-sC6Q40HacR5J6tAc-ncIlHDU3F5WjlsydEZfjBx48IaYLVZYjX3moQNywg/s1600-h/2006-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_CDHRzF8GcBTHtZRk5kctkdilVJ5SJmDgsVURWcWvXd7b0Qm3XUo3LM5tvHvvZQal8WRUY3zrc_-sC6Q40HacR5J6tAc-ncIlHDU3F5WjlsydEZfjBx48IaYLVZYjX3moQNywg/s640/2006-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442747133423378" /></a><br />"GUGGEN - From the other side of the River Nervion"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiJ1h2373Jk9dA6ZehcJVTKdlch9jDHYBUUsthI_lZo9KmCPLm9GKGb_OVHh2lmXQHMp6o1IgFmWSQvfOqSeec4ryhkuAduLkil3d3-4tMZxgogTwpK1QpFzEm9VtMwj-yDrBUw/s1600-h/2007-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiJ1h2373Jk9dA6ZehcJVTKdlch9jDHYBUUsthI_lZo9KmCPLm9GKGb_OVHh2lmXQHMp6o1IgFmWSQvfOqSeec4ryhkuAduLkil3d3-4tMZxgogTwpK1QpFzEm9VtMwj-yDrBUw/s640/2007-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442391004366706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o0_aQHFeCLoxPgTrAcFayw3JXJ2L8L1kTBpygfVr_TM0afsMqgvnT6AUkR4AZONACCzJ5UEreqjfkRrhnlXRje4nAzapUzPvX1MAJXwBRdvAX3txx_fwV4XELlKTCq5czZqn9A/s1600-h/2008-ARANHA-LOUISE+BOURGEOIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o0_aQHFeCLoxPgTrAcFayw3JXJ2L8L1kTBpygfVr_TM0afsMqgvnT6AUkR4AZONACCzJ5UEreqjfkRrhnlXRje4nAzapUzPvX1MAJXwBRdvAX3txx_fwV4XELlKTCq5czZqn9A/s640/2008-ARANHA-LOUISE+BOURGEOIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442385974711154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkprvEVCi3i54vR9DlG2CFoIcGSSnKB_-kpYtVXXQGEFq-yo2romWahunYXfpJaDTMTeFfAx3uzfdTrGneyYdVQGw6jCFl2NWwrHT2Ye9BNbB8Xr80nCuLxTPqiFk4Y86pq-RYA/s1600-h/2009-ARANHA-PONTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkprvEVCi3i54vR9DlG2CFoIcGSSnKB_-kpYtVXXQGEFq-yo2romWahunYXfpJaDTMTeFfAx3uzfdTrGneyYdVQGw6jCFl2NWwrHT2Ye9BNbB8Xr80nCuLxTPqiFk4Y86pq-RYA/s640/2009-ARANHA-PONTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442383225760754" /></a><br />"MAMAN - The giant spider by Louise Bourgeois"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyHtBRfMv7nQoFiXQm2ysHzFeFyHY3bJ_UC62s6Io30Kt8Gdu4Pg4i2byO8qPtjrryHgoDLVyrEJ9RegUw9btlwF2bvaQZXfmd3TQPv2p_yCv5pMW7PJW4kEp71rAHEG4XXCl6g/s1600-h/2010-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyHtBRfMv7nQoFiXQm2ysHzFeFyHY3bJ_UC62s6Io30Kt8Gdu4Pg4i2byO8qPtjrryHgoDLVyrEJ9RegUw9btlwF2bvaQZXfmd3TQPv2p_yCv5pMW7PJW4kEp71rAHEG4XXCl6g/s640/2010-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442378586550946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzidhFxzciEnutYwn3Foy-jb4EOPeGFIZKz29gTVH9rze2o3ETO9SHyA29GRY0vajSNByitPLdYSepP-03uCwJ-ezmb6pS2S06JzWx9zopVkmJkopREhExTvza54TC2R74pG_EA/s1600-h/2011-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzidhFxzciEnutYwn3Foy-jb4EOPeGFIZKz29gTVH9rze2o3ETO9SHyA29GRY0vajSNByitPLdYSepP-03uCwJ-ezmb6pS2S06JzWx9zopVkmJkopREhExTvza54TC2R74pG_EA/s640/2011-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442375547470562" /></a><br />INSIDE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxUj5MqGSU1F33_sDnBnun_gB0nkRbXCOfak0CX4RUTkhgLtGhduRxYfZaeMtcOi7KDf_kNyulqrOmMKsN7YKcaXZ92DcXTqypJeoE4GP6fsUB6betOClv_XW-KRccGYOdpfbIw/s1600-h/2012-RICHARD+SERRA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxUj5MqGSU1F33_sDnBnun_gB0nkRbXCOfak0CX4RUTkhgLtGhduRxYfZaeMtcOi7KDf_kNyulqrOmMKsN7YKcaXZ92DcXTqypJeoE4GP6fsUB6betOClv_XW-KRccGYOdpfbIw/s640/2012-RICHARD+SERRA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442018979063026" /></a><br />"RICHARD SERRA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fpUqGqGMK7VTeQuRCu8YcafHWX1qBgXY2eoi9itu6nnk9F6P2Jug4EVpqraMWEhhA1VAWWwWaorswvRERqsEjXvkJCHbntPO7-_gH4teqxWPdPzv_sNVpB03sSPenTit5pV56w/s1600-h/2013-SERRA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fpUqGqGMK7VTeQuRCu8YcafHWX1qBgXY2eoi9itu6nnk9F6P2Jug4EVpqraMWEhhA1VAWWwWaorswvRERqsEjXvkJCHbntPO7-_gH4teqxWPdPzv_sNVpB03sSPenTit5pV56w/s640/2013-SERRA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442012674137666" /></a><br />"INSIDE RICHARD SERRA - Not like «Being John Malkovich»..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqKnAawe5G-hXfsQ8D_1Cnpx84iyGJzVAxZ5Xg6A12KqXQOPDnl2q51iHBKJeigQ5z4sixNSFWHldK2tev46adhABVDoNDDINgHqpTDzr7-TxTd8qLuAr6ymTUY6JM7wHfVCmYw/s1600-h/2014-ESCULTURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqKnAawe5G-hXfsQ8D_1Cnpx84iyGJzVAxZ5Xg6A12KqXQOPDnl2q51iHBKJeigQ5z4sixNSFWHldK2tev46adhABVDoNDDINgHqpTDzr7-TxTd8qLuAr6ymTUY6JM7wHfVCmYw/s640/2014-ESCULTURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442011240193554" /></a><br />"TULIPS by Jeff Koons"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujm2KPR1miX3O7Y-ABULS-EM0PkWnI-uANRior-xu_2ca2_TzI5EefgU8RRSEsKudAMJqgo0mYVsg4KWtf4kjaZMuwXmQoYzUmCTi0GC2J5Lu0h2I1HIbZLT7lTFneu6M1pYnjQ/s1600-h/2015-LUAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujm2KPR1miX3O7Y-ABULS-EM0PkWnI-uANRior-xu_2ca2_TzI5EefgU8RRSEsKudAMJqgo0mYVsg4KWtf4kjaZMuwXmQoYzUmCTi0GC2J5Lu0h2I1HIbZLT7lTFneu6M1pYnjQ/s640/2015-LUAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442011300292562" /></a><br />"FULL MOON"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3komrwGm_lqp3qkU6bSAg2RKpP9t2kaYce955w5Ia_P2Au9-ZmJ4oK2VbjK2UjBPHcqOrBnfBOqVVlx5jCp_gon7bc6FbKRMJAUM563AXBD4W-Y3zRoEHxl9Gi-N2P6AF9MXmZA/s1600-h/2016-INSIDE-OUTSIDE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3komrwGm_lqp3qkU6bSAg2RKpP9t2kaYce955w5Ia_P2Au9-ZmJ4oK2VbjK2UjBPHcqOrBnfBOqVVlx5jCp_gon7bc6FbKRMJAUM563AXBD4W-Y3zRoEHxl9Gi-N2P6AF9MXmZA/s640/2016-INSIDE-OUTSIDE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396442004076895794" /></a><br />"REFLECTIONS"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-64068839448349640692009-11-10T08:05:00.003+00:002009-12-26T10:25:02.248+00:00A HOTEL WITH A VIEWBILBAO - NOVEMBER 2008<br /><br />In November 2008 I went back to Bilbao, this time with my companion for the last thirty nine years, who hadn't been there since <a href="http://blogtrotta80s.blogspot.com/search/label/Bilbao">1976</a>... We stayed at the <a href="http://www.hoteles-silken.com/gran-hotel-domine-bilbao/en/">Gran Domine</a>, and the view was this, from East to West...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkidAp4h2OwAdR_dCvT0NfPVcAg9BbR_zX9tOCrR2DdygPuNqo33SQYrCiKruqfIUwXzsBPR0z4KEQowos2QF8Pz8qEXBaJoSUtC6-qhrKq4pYmI1XcU7et2muCS8SgWzAa7DmA/s1600-h/1001-PONTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkidAp4h2OwAdR_dCvT0NfPVcAg9BbR_zX9tOCrR2DdygPuNqo33SQYrCiKruqfIUwXzsBPR0z4KEQowos2QF8Pz8qEXBaJoSUtC6-qhrKq4pYmI1XcU7et2muCS8SgWzAa7DmA/s640/1001-PONTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291837078797666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhfnAEyNx6_iexbHFxgJhqALmo6eTGoXmRZBGZ78TOOFqpSroGVUC57lhvGbjZX-iu1E-2QG0L4uvqkpBbg22WdVx7dcueZkas4xLqczUmxX0-sY_ocese5oRXJPc5gDfLKVkcA/s1600-h/1002-VISTA+HOTEL+DOMINE-PONTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhfnAEyNx6_iexbHFxgJhqALmo6eTGoXmRZBGZ78TOOFqpSroGVUC57lhvGbjZX-iu1E-2QG0L4uvqkpBbg22WdVx7dcueZkas4xLqczUmxX0-sY_ocese5oRXJPc5gDfLKVkcA/s640/1002-VISTA+HOTEL+DOMINE-PONTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291688582181362" /></a><br />"DE LA SALVE BRIDGE - With the ship structure of the Guggenheim Museum heading towards East"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYA92SXDwb3_eFItO6Fv8wfxJOpV1UKewsGgdTXnZ8qC-duEcKd7axOkMEiQAN1ynXkApoTWWIZsjNuPT1DDI2mPdFFQGOy_LReo2hFVGKLt2NhI9vBMoM9Z7t6sM5vdCQFxcvg/s1600-h/1003-DOMINE-PROA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYA92SXDwb3_eFItO6Fv8wfxJOpV1UKewsGgdTXnZ8qC-duEcKd7axOkMEiQAN1ynXkApoTWWIZsjNuPT1DDI2mPdFFQGOy_LReo2hFVGKLt2NhI9vBMoM9Z7t6sM5vdCQFxcvg/s640/1003-DOMINE-PROA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291687356317826" /></a><br />"LIKE A SHIP"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgyMIdw0jKWjlCXbbCpA9BW4i4BzZ9EuVzQR0GU00xh8CXNxY2Y_ZZsJO8Doyo53gOy7pjUmdsDfgIV5cAiq2NDwcuIXPw2BruvXdbFYJI_qoFZBNjMlKG0maom9uJi6VItawLQ/s1600-h/1004-DOMINE+GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgyMIdw0jKWjlCXbbCpA9BW4i4BzZ9EuVzQR0GU00xh8CXNxY2Y_ZZsJO8Doyo53gOy7pjUmdsDfgIV5cAiq2NDwcuIXPw2BruvXdbFYJI_qoFZBNjMlKG0maom9uJi6VItawLQ/s640/1004-DOMINE+GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291685343525474" /></a><br />"ROOF"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ODQNnuJt1YGbBu-d2RKS65k-0yz_noSVlUfmm1SSsGFrg1phAO-BmztEmT0rlbD5va5ksAiEVVm6y1mtyRX7v-te2MeTxCzl15GIGD-flsRteMqz186uiGePfsXRSCJNh5Dfrg/s1600-h/1005-DOMINE-GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ODQNnuJt1YGbBu-d2RKS65k-0yz_noSVlUfmm1SSsGFrg1phAO-BmztEmT0rlbD5va5ksAiEVVm6y1mtyRX7v-te2MeTxCzl15GIGD-flsRteMqz186uiGePfsXRSCJNh5Dfrg/s640/1005-DOMINE-GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291680372259218" /></a><br />"FROM THE BEDROOM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46Pw2gw50pj9F_FWSKooTGz66Rc4d1G_jRiuuJsZOdLJL8cs4MAZGvf5X2ypK9RZ-N1j4EE7TuCnVy4TOmAyeOe1DIoeU1iEpNOYCitDv6XEhFr17QOjGGQLSBwAUymgXllIdnA/s1600-h/1006-PLANNING-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46Pw2gw50pj9F_FWSKooTGz66Rc4d1G_jRiuuJsZOdLJL8cs4MAZGvf5X2ypK9RZ-N1j4EE7TuCnVy4TOmAyeOe1DIoeU1iEpNOYCitDv6XEhFr17QOjGGQLSBwAUymgXllIdnA/s640/1006-PLANNING-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291676676841618" /></a><br />"FROM THE LIVING ROOM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ64mS2kYndkFw3fbTr550jRYu_Bu3zwfNg7rLOUBPzRykcoZ4SXiEUHRAerZI4z6AgMALJXbNvDj9BhcXoCuziG5hlsUj98YspaMTP3ZhoLXho6v7hce5zEjaR3AAyHd8MK3dkA/s1600-h/1007-OBRAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ64mS2kYndkFw3fbTr550jRYu_Bu3zwfNg7rLOUBPzRykcoZ4SXiEUHRAerZI4z6AgMALJXbNvDj9BhcXoCuziG5hlsUj98YspaMTP3ZhoLXho6v7hce5zEjaR3AAyHd8MK3dkA/s640/1007-OBRAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291441184371170" /></a><br />"WORKS - After the construction of the Guggen, Bilbao experienced a tremendous activity, not only from the cultural point of view, but also economically speaking. Works are carried on all over town..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFIzAgORVnmWj67Y0QsE1GlEb2BOFnU7gMR0Qrxgjgs4_y-9Jnn3h2hwrfslpC6GF3oEaT3nJEHGw5bTYsXVp9zLSX77ra2nE5zlbQgqFNpg1LUt8N5vymKmKUIt8XVPwRoDRcA/s1600-h/1008-SALA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFIzAgORVnmWj67Y0QsE1GlEb2BOFnU7gMR0Qrxgjgs4_y-9Jnn3h2hwrfslpC6GF3oEaT3nJEHGw5bTYsXVp9zLSX77ra2nE5zlbQgqFNpg1LUt8N5vymKmKUIt8XVPwRoDRcA/s640/1008-SALA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291434985337106" /></a><br />"LIVING ROOM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDHzCy5P3eIPuXtqYfd3Zk4ZKh5ucvzFm-sniufPY0F3_uH-__OvZ53yRmKuq9SyTsQ4-MTBNU5WV5POyArKgD3afZbf_AW0rURVcWJ9wzu8rH9ky2ju2NKo1Py0BDB8h7OjqgQ/s1600-h/1009-MARISCAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDHzCy5P3eIPuXtqYfd3Zk4ZKh5ucvzFm-sniufPY0F3_uH-__OvZ53yRmKuq9SyTsQ4-MTBNU5WV5POyArKgD3afZbf_AW0rURVcWJ9wzu8rH9ky2ju2NKo1Py0BDB8h7OjqgQ/s640/1009-MARISCAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291431811984210" /></a><br />"BEDROOM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0r65U7bKmFEIsFZI-ilbSWhkChc_uX7jmvJNe8j0rAeZT1Hx0z_K3UB-z0Neip_wCWKL4zLdb2TahKyL6XuIP2zcokCI9ho5l93OvB9_Ip9x1slZ6mNxgcm8eFqCBf37kOSTWg/s1600-h/1010-DOMINE-BANHEIRA+STARCK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0r65U7bKmFEIsFZI-ilbSWhkChc_uX7jmvJNe8j0rAeZT1Hx0z_K3UB-z0Neip_wCWKL4zLdb2TahKyL6XuIP2zcokCI9ho5l93OvB9_Ip9x1slZ6mNxgcm8eFqCBf37kOSTWg/s640/1010-DOMINE-BANHEIRA+STARCK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291427192521026" /></a><br />"BATHROOM - Philippe Starck"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ-y0TX2e_Ca4lv3Rh5Tt1mIFMlpQRoTLr-mbnZekw9myCEVAmdEicgtaiOLEXzy2oLiir3A3sFJvhAnB8eRT6PXvZHszzoFYoy3riD1704gDdnm4i2d28PwPj-6YG4K7pUCYyw/s1600-h/1011-DOMINE-MARISCAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ-y0TX2e_Ca4lv3Rh5Tt1mIFMlpQRoTLr-mbnZekw9myCEVAmdEicgtaiOLEXzy2oLiir3A3sFJvhAnB8eRT6PXvZHszzoFYoy3riD1704gDdnm4i2d28PwPj-6YG4K7pUCYyw/s640/1011-DOMINE-MARISCAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291428825773058" /></a><br />"MARISCAL - The Hotel was entirely designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Mariscal">Javier Mariscal</a> - the creator of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobi">Cobi</a>, the mascot for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Mariscal designed everything, from the uniforms to the façade, including the graphic image and its website, as well paintings and sculptures we may find inside the Hotel"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKNf2g2FqEASaKn6QSE7pRXP1FMFUTdzRu6DhlGZSy-sV3OGZ-G36JTnak17vO7pPrCV7b6NCslTzVhF_v7JhUb8M3zaUZa6E7z_eHnibwcrxJc3ZDcnO4j4VcQgd0coRacJn7w/s1600-h/1012-DEUSTO+DO+TERRA%C3%87O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKNf2g2FqEASaKn6QSE7pRXP1FMFUTdzRu6DhlGZSy-sV3OGZ-G36JTnak17vO7pPrCV7b6NCslTzVhF_v7JhUb8M3zaUZa6E7z_eHnibwcrxJc3ZDcnO4j4VcQgd0coRacJn7w/s640/1012-DEUSTO+DO+TERRA%C3%87O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291145467164898" /></a><br />"FROM THE TERRACE - There is a wonderful view of the Deusto University"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5F3LHTX8BV7tahk1JSDOrThpha1kfUDtYRo6F19zkV8026wjDG9f1oRKpuxymz6SIDvyUWL_OkdXQQAhE1G3VEvRcwmMnU6dRjyP4gndBQQT9447YGJ5uSsCE0atXdsW-LqJmvA/s1600-h/1013-TELHADO+GUGGEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5F3LHTX8BV7tahk1JSDOrThpha1kfUDtYRo6F19zkV8026wjDG9f1oRKpuxymz6SIDvyUWL_OkdXQQAhE1G3VEvRcwmMnU6dRjyP4gndBQQT9447YGJ5uSsCE0atXdsW-LqJmvA/s640/1013-TELHADO+GUGGEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291138114199954" /></a><br />"FROM THE TERRACE -Towards the Guggen" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHw9ROCj9gUpl7WBnOWEiHyXwWHuAPoNUNnoBwWIvAFzbPaRINN0k0mD4PtOS4dkSKwRJq7GhzBWH7tA27F9FgmEsL0BRW0Jm_af3mHErKGUmOlq2FwF9siqVpdOAHBuOhF1vhQ/s1600-h/1014-CIPRESTE+F%C3%93SSIL-MARISCAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHw9ROCj9gUpl7WBnOWEiHyXwWHuAPoNUNnoBwWIvAFzbPaRINN0k0mD4PtOS4dkSKwRJq7GhzBWH7tA27F9FgmEsL0BRW0Jm_af3mHErKGUmOlq2FwF9siqVpdOAHBuOhF1vhQ/s640/1014-CIPRESTE+F%C3%93SSIL-MARISCAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291140243609762" /></a><br />"FOSSIL CYPRESS - At the hotel's centre, there is Mariscal's "Fossil Cypress," a trunk of rolled stone that stretches the vertical length of its interior for 26 metres"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1rJQYbjzz8IxzIUHmkSWn3syvVuB4QbN8jJa_A7kvSP6R9ureh8TwZ2_OggVKY9pr_P6kwZlKw2ZpUQuegppQYOrgwYR-FpvZ4RwfwRbvloWZaagWwKcmg4NbdFn7gvB-FE9Nw/s1600-h/1015-HALL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1rJQYbjzz8IxzIUHmkSWn3syvVuB4QbN8jJa_A7kvSP6R9ureh8TwZ2_OggVKY9pr_P6kwZlKw2ZpUQuegppQYOrgwYR-FpvZ4RwfwRbvloWZaagWwKcmg4NbdFn7gvB-FE9Nw/s640/1015-HALL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291134016422722" /></a><br />"HALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2EDE98bhsC7PkQjeqjpHUbnBVqzIcrfWLKQ-PIXMoBRg1Tx8ujqMvSBcmiqz0n4dZWL1vLpvCAzfrsVdywTtxpoFV7RYt1QnEdY25-RMVD-1dIXyF6aTXdDgucbjw17pv7-xZA/s1600-h/1016-BAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2EDE98bhsC7PkQjeqjpHUbnBVqzIcrfWLKQ-PIXMoBRg1Tx8ujqMvSBcmiqz0n4dZWL1vLpvCAzfrsVdywTtxpoFV7RYt1QnEdY25-RMVD-1dIXyF6aTXdDgucbjw17pv7-xZA/s640/1016-BAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396291132834594178" /></a><br />"BAR"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-32852657917717552262009-11-05T20:55:00.001+00:002009-11-05T20:55:02.193+00:00SEA SYMPHONYKEKOVA - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />The name «Kekova» describes the region encompassing the island of Kekova, the villages of Kaleköy and Üçağiz and the three ancient towns of Simena, Teimussa and Tersane. The region was declared a Specially Protected Area in 1990 to protect the natural, cultural and geographic richness of Kekova Island and surrounding coast.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA-8D_7-LoXEgezG2cXZGFeM2sjdZDqy2cHvOcz_z8jzSg5MFdElnUqUuRzS5KsgKePAhGuvx0VXI9iVg1cEtsa5JTxueFJlekywFRhfMIuDkW0oNN-I5dyv1aholle7ObsUMkQ/s1600-h/0401-MAR+TURQUESA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA-8D_7-LoXEgezG2cXZGFeM2sjdZDqy2cHvOcz_z8jzSg5MFdElnUqUuRzS5KsgKePAhGuvx0VXI9iVg1cEtsa5JTxueFJlekywFRhfMIuDkW0oNN-I5dyv1aholle7ObsUMkQ/s640/0401-MAR+TURQUESA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393866130973166130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OeaDCTKO9qWOeSSGsuNmbDu2pn1zPRWwwXccLfCyQu8WWu5yLtmHw8aIfO3lcCcGcUzmrwm8vgtbLqkrsvOf60ojrxRAby0E4PqfaM1lf6K_niiLryp9NgItt1DKYic1Atb2GA/s1600-h/0402-MAR+AZUL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OeaDCTKO9qWOeSSGsuNmbDu2pn1zPRWwwXccLfCyQu8WWu5yLtmHw8aIfO3lcCcGcUzmrwm8vgtbLqkrsvOf60ojrxRAby0E4PqfaM1lf6K_niiLryp9NgItt1DKYic1Atb2GA/s640/0402-MAR+AZUL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393866126595395234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXug1qTmYeGVUwvVqVN2d8sd5jbx1Kq43bZE0BYa4vkO5rVLUxyAbXaK2x1oY8JBh8LaGnAv8z6XfWa2MM_YgJkbp_Qp_KN3kgRIYtoTrlLMfTvnuVPqsGaeBbopZ4RmnvRFgvJw/s1600-h/0403-MAR+AZUL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXug1qTmYeGVUwvVqVN2d8sd5jbx1Kq43bZE0BYa4vkO5rVLUxyAbXaK2x1oY8JBh8LaGnAv8z6XfWa2MM_YgJkbp_Qp_KN3kgRIYtoTrlLMfTvnuVPqsGaeBbopZ4RmnvRFgvJw/s640/0403-MAR+AZUL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393866122246531842" /></a><br />"BLUES - The colours of the sea on this tour are incredible!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvkTFRzVy1MYq-fIxaR8zrUsdXuodIdMMuE7Pw1IINeONZy_I3lXzSg0ZqshyphenhypheneI0dhOZwPCqKitRc3agWFkrVooFwnFPg2IgazdNbl-vnFPtDQR4PyMK4h-bZxG2k91MhDOuUUA/s1600-h/0404-BARCO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvkTFRzVy1MYq-fIxaR8zrUsdXuodIdMMuE7Pw1IINeONZy_I3lXzSg0ZqshyphenhypheneI0dhOZwPCqKitRc3agWFkrVooFwnFPg2IgazdNbl-vnFPtDQR4PyMK4h-bZxG2k91MhDOuUUA/s640/0404-BARCO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393866122075575202" /></a><br />"CRUISING - The «Kekova Roads» are very popular with yachts cruising along Lycia's Turquoise Coast. They often anchor here to enjoy history, turquoise water, sun, islands, unspoilt nature, blue skies and wonderful swimming, as we'll see further down"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12ks0O6FwPoRTlE5JFTqsKRGeRMj60bx8miIqqOIPTkVoMna8FWcQA3-anGeBqdfhF1uwd1g5wBuPO5uvjH58YNzx-7cGA7F6xksybjGs8ghrS4Az9RmXEH2xSKQ4aVNK1-hCTw/s1600-h/0405-PONT%C3%83O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12ks0O6FwPoRTlE5JFTqsKRGeRMj60bx8miIqqOIPTkVoMna8FWcQA3-anGeBqdfhF1uwd1g5wBuPO5uvjH58YNzx-7cGA7F6xksybjGs8ghrS4Az9RmXEH2xSKQ4aVNK1-hCTw/s640/0405-PONT%C3%83O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393866110521606786" /></a><br />"BRIDGE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDa_eeGF1pl0k0JpLNijXudUVDjClob4iUMwZbcvYwFqhBQ6WZCeQYfcbv7VeZocSyvYZaWQY8VjeuXb4Qxd6XRZoB9aaQc5wSPwqpHBHSwKQKucA4b3lkRqPSd_1u7ZnqLIyi_Q/s1600-h/0406-BARCOS+KEKOVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDa_eeGF1pl0k0JpLNijXudUVDjClob4iUMwZbcvYwFqhBQ6WZCeQYfcbv7VeZocSyvYZaWQY8VjeuXb4Qxd6XRZoB9aaQc5wSPwqpHBHSwKQKucA4b3lkRqPSd_1u7ZnqLIyi_Q/s640/0406-BARCOS+KEKOVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865786570028098" /></a><br />"KEKOVA - The highlight of this tour is the ancient Lycian sunken city of Simena, often referred to as Kekova-Simena. Along the island are the half-submerged ruins of the residential part of the city, caused by the downward shift of land by the terrible earthquakes of the 2nd century AD. There is usually a long line of tourist boats to see the ruins"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceZeqxVADYo4WUgiqE3wVIrOFVhZLnsdXyOG_CRVQjHfgYBvJYaudHFWL-172b0Rd1Eaqmn1Es4_zvwfPqHmG5NSInt9aB9MEEU24lMA3v9X8cGcqbd0_qP2ZyqdlBmCIggOEtA/s1600-h/0408-KEKOVA-PESCADOR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceZeqxVADYo4WUgiqE3wVIrOFVhZLnsdXyOG_CRVQjHfgYBvJYaudHFWL-172b0Rd1Eaqmn1Es4_zvwfPqHmG5NSInt9aB9MEEU24lMA3v9X8cGcqbd0_qP2ZyqdlBmCIggOEtA/s640/0408-KEKOVA-PESCADOR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865773554880242" /></a><br />"WATER TAXI - There are also some fishermen reconverted into water taxi drivers..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1ZhWFlOi0QolsDkNTsi127JLKOfKCIdG6Wjz6FshKW52BMNv7hmbmIYth0NZNXgu4JmPxtoG-GUeVknMN-v_qJqX2KZI0BnH7jtebrgYbDidGbwruAMxnyZS10YSBgEHLCnwsw/s1600-h/0409-KEKOVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1ZhWFlOi0QolsDkNTsi127JLKOfKCIdG6Wjz6FshKW52BMNv7hmbmIYth0NZNXgu4JmPxtoG-GUeVknMN-v_qJqX2KZI0BnH7jtebrgYbDidGbwruAMxnyZS10YSBgEHLCnwsw/s640/0409-KEKOVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865764202432962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ITXhsKjJkDboy8ZtqgTqJI5F2tgsF2ueq5P5ydpkcAXStlmKbhYX-5K_O8XMSMqgAsVVysUgMDrtJzyH_O-tBqxd6InkB-P3SbFXy0g5l_SeFtTAREAxgxlZINm9zcyfOYIi5g/s1600-h/0413-ARMAZ%C3%89M.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ITXhsKjJkDboy8ZtqgTqJI5F2tgsF2ueq5P5ydpkcAXStlmKbhYX-5K_O8XMSMqgAsVVysUgMDrtJzyH_O-tBqxd6InkB-P3SbFXy0g5l_SeFtTAREAxgxlZINm9zcyfOYIi5g/s640/0413-ARMAZ%C3%89M.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865270242210642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIifDlaTHlvkAQlrYYs09O-a5SUoQUKkdWGfrCGz0dDQk1qSi_vB8ED6ocoH9hQwgxvOJn4IKrHJtxQnZvO-U9beBRX2whJuCLcVNNisH9UqkNWYyIGmEp4nfsdiPfyAW8gfqtg/s1600-h/0407-KEKOVA-ESCADAS+PRAIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIifDlaTHlvkAQlrYYs09O-a5SUoQUKkdWGfrCGz0dDQk1qSi_vB8ED6ocoH9hQwgxvOJn4IKrHJtxQnZvO-U9beBRX2whJuCLcVNNisH9UqkNWYyIGmEp4nfsdiPfyAW8gfqtg/s640/0407-KEKOVA-ESCADAS+PRAIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865774520104754" /></a><br />"STAIRS - Half of the houses are submerged and staircases descend into the water. I can't stop admiring the amazing colours of the water!!" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4Ci6XPUlQG8bhXrm3A77PdR718_esrEgnVmjmZONRT9l0_EVzPjYCpCvJRfHTUPHQl1zJwEJlvKSTgNX2XUvQMTiq0x3GZy9PO8vBqrtvcbnS14uKr-Ov5RCWBS08FOnloty9w/s1600-h/0410-KEKOVA+PORTO+SUBMERSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4Ci6XPUlQG8bhXrm3A77PdR718_esrEgnVmjmZONRT9l0_EVzPjYCpCvJRfHTUPHQl1zJwEJlvKSTgNX2XUvQMTiq0x3GZy9PO8vBqrtvcbnS14uKr-Ov5RCWBS08FOnloty9w/s640/0410-KEKOVA+PORTO+SUBMERSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865757207330946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5xubS5VZT1NNLGOK8X2GY-4TduThqMI6jagsB92iJytVMsgFo5BExGzQk2bMxYD0u15TRCJLL0swVoBWWmn3qP5fWVONbZ5RwJrPTBhAckYBpu372ExO2cw4GBr8dhq2ke64XA/s1600-h/0411-PORTO+SUBMERSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5xubS5VZT1NNLGOK8X2GY-4TduThqMI6jagsB92iJytVMsgFo5BExGzQk2bMxYD0u15TRCJLL0swVoBWWmn3qP5fWVONbZ5RwJrPTBhAckYBpu372ExO2cw4GBr8dhq2ke64XA/s640/0411-PORTO+SUBMERSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865282686923522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsxqy5kCtndxcwI7rTOywga1PBqU4WPWZXgh4ecLKG-pPX_9_iTUzAONQacdy2UcQtrQbLANHZifTQF-g__gy9XsNcbq-uPfxUuBSizcHAbUHghMaw_uU5N3EomAC7kp3X3_yLQ/s1600-h/0412-LA+VILLE+ENGLOUTIE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsxqy5kCtndxcwI7rTOywga1PBqU4WPWZXgh4ecLKG-pPX_9_iTUzAONQacdy2UcQtrQbLANHZifTQF-g__gy9XsNcbq-uPfxUuBSizcHAbUHghMaw_uU5N3EomAC7kp3X3_yLQ/s640/0412-LA+VILLE+ENGLOUTIE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865276174771058" /></a><br />"SUNKEN BUILDINGS - Foundations of buildings may also be seen below the sea"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogwHEZnOh0r2pogNYr7XUcSrHycls-zR8FHK_lA6_w5pmF7boNYPRXmrAjg3JlJ5h2RTgEWuhr-dv0IikJ2sbvSTroIsEnaWxb2fRQgIAzTSqziGX-X-I_XcIDVZMwobHd_ny_g/s1600-h/0414-KEKOVA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogwHEZnOh0r2pogNYr7XUcSrHycls-zR8FHK_lA6_w5pmF7boNYPRXmrAjg3JlJ5h2RTgEWuhr-dv0IikJ2sbvSTroIsEnaWxb2fRQgIAzTSqziGX-X-I_XcIDVZMwobHd_ny_g/s640/0414-KEKOVA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865265429002738" /></a><br />"ENJOYING"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Fp69gLlDtNQr71eimAB6CqrqwqbJsm8FLyC969N7A4QZTQRUg2BTHa2BcvGSXbhKkfe67F-5EM_VPaQE6UpfHtigLJLLm2Y79VKD6qK1Y3Bz8zPXNA4tCqRSobY7yRIbUkqcmA/s1600-h/0415-KEKOVA-PORTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Fp69gLlDtNQr71eimAB6CqrqwqbJsm8FLyC969N7A4QZTQRUg2BTHa2BcvGSXbhKkfe67F-5EM_VPaQE6UpfHtigLJLLm2Y79VKD6qK1Y3Bz8zPXNA4tCqRSobY7yRIbUkqcmA/s640/0415-KEKOVA-PORTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393865255540398770" /></a><br />"DREAMS COME TRUE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYDncwN49s4ZFrjv36h40v5DU9RV_Ujfp0v1lI2esRTeAARTQnCyZGV7m1FiEmgKkNR_qeK1vhAt1JymjHf7kZeOaUOLvVs9SlIbTvTtu07a8Uva9YQL1y4otZehRXaQDYH6VEA/s1600-h/0416-PLATAFORMA+SUBMERSA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYDncwN49s4ZFrjv36h40v5DU9RV_Ujfp0v1lI2esRTeAARTQnCyZGV7m1FiEmgKkNR_qeK1vhAt1JymjHf7kZeOaUOLvVs9SlIbTvTtu07a8Uva9YQL1y4otZehRXaQDYH6VEA/s640/0416-PLATAFORMA+SUBMERSA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393864893533177298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLUyQZ0hPaY9BOlQmfDeMlTFQ82WpXqhT8Riz6scOjygzaaJd8jvZDO80guRhwkjwjQBaRzaYBv163LcEiY7_gxAbL-wJ1US_3yO3GOF5E0L3WVYte4CNF1MBK6cKDJxIGsF1ag/s1600-h/0417-KEKOVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLUyQZ0hPaY9BOlQmfDeMlTFQ82WpXqhT8Riz6scOjygzaaJd8jvZDO80guRhwkjwjQBaRzaYBv163LcEiY7_gxAbL-wJ1US_3yO3GOF5E0L3WVYte4CNF1MBK6cKDJxIGsF1ag/s640/0417-KEKOVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393864889262346786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfBvaMumV03sSm2nkyS-XJf0evQmMEAd0r51Hg3nRN9IDOAGqcgAiw5fyXVIPwDGn1k00z6sA61MXzxsxzU0doxQRxtP9ZGYvXBGgmGxusohz2Fq5-Y33sEPM4Mg1IovQUJuEVg/s1600-h/0418-FUNDA%C3%87%C3%95ES+SUBMERSAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfBvaMumV03sSm2nkyS-XJf0evQmMEAd0r51Hg3nRN9IDOAGqcgAiw5fyXVIPwDGn1k00z6sA61MXzxsxzU0doxQRxtP9ZGYvXBGgmGxusohz2Fq5-Y33sEPM4Mg1IovQUJuEVg/s640/0418-FUNDA%C3%87%C3%95ES+SUBMERSAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393864880565863922" /></a><br />"SUNKEN PORT - The foundations of the ancient harbour may also be seen below the water, but the water colours are awesome!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46L4V8WDrs34Ng7i-bNxVB4-dauExcmYo7ttJzGo7YKfJ8zftYLw1kKKRmQwV0CJtz5_qk1stSqQCr9aeznm-eH1uck7AsVOSw4CCLVrsJtkalE0Ntf_QiWxWbRNipE1_TFPx5A/s1600-h/0419-NADANDO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46L4V8WDrs34Ng7i-bNxVB4-dauExcmYo7ttJzGo7YKfJ8zftYLw1kKKRmQwV0CJtz5_qk1stSqQCr9aeznm-eH1uck7AsVOSw4CCLVrsJtkalE0Ntf_QiWxWbRNipE1_TFPx5A/s640/0419-NADANDO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393864874844151506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ruawsByXHyywaCe-jgANc0UL4TRT8r49Ajz-BO7hpae3tvwyvHGkJnCMurrv7jXxRIUI_De1VqFO8KnNCQYRanfEF43pMEjnAwuRygRnLgfwyqrNgVbCS843MKTsxqfvTU9hNw/s1600-h/0420-NADANDO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ruawsByXHyywaCe-jgANc0UL4TRT8r49Ajz-BO7hpae3tvwyvHGkJnCMurrv7jXxRIUI_De1VqFO8KnNCQYRanfEF43pMEjnAwuRygRnLgfwyqrNgVbCS843MKTsxqfvTU9hNw/s640/0420-NADANDO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393864870315866658" /></a><br />"SWIMMING - You're no longer allowed to swim at the ruins; so the alternatives are some quiet, wonderful bays near the site..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-27447764239722890212009-10-29T00:26:00.001+00:002009-10-29T00:26:13.878+00:00KALEKÖY, aka SIMENACASTLE'S VILLAGE - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />Kaleköy, «Castle's village», in Turkish, known as Simena in ancient Lycia, is now a village of the Demre district in the Antalya Province, located on the Mediterranean coast. The ancient Simena was once made of two parts - an island (known as Kekova) and a coastal part of the mainland (Kaleköy). From inscriptions that have been found, we know that the history of the ancient city of Simena goes back to the 4th century BC.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_6FbpDnRRbzqh1U2EFWGN5UfObmuvqs3RPIeYfu_woIQwqS-smSvImy837-SUC3ZSZcKkTGJdPiMZVkVHfoXBr6GSmYyzMAX1SrOBbLxKHP1UR74eFUc07b0Y9yxGwXVFFV7WQ/s1600-h/0337-BARCO+PARTINDO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_6FbpDnRRbzqh1U2EFWGN5UfObmuvqs3RPIeYfu_woIQwqS-smSvImy837-SUC3ZSZcKkTGJdPiMZVkVHfoXBr6GSmYyzMAX1SrOBbLxKHP1UR74eFUc07b0Y9yxGwXVFFV7WQ/s640/0337-BARCO+PARTINDO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391063319431443234" /></a><br />"ON THE WAY - From Cayagzi, the harbor of Demre"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrZwJ9Ewa2Js5E9YPXuWFYI-jHpTdR_Ie9FqllYCdM4xwenxnrlDKS1sAYlPjW1gqPXIDY5w4hWlEMJRIUfdr6-Wxi90ERzzF388ttAI9lZGYhVWdXdIFAdzrbDjDaaKyvYb1mQ/s1600-h/0338-AZUIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrZwJ9Ewa2Js5E9YPXuWFYI-jHpTdR_Ie9FqllYCdM4xwenxnrlDKS1sAYlPjW1gqPXIDY5w4hWlEMJRIUfdr6-Wxi90ERzzF388ttAI9lZGYhVWdXdIFAdzrbDjDaaKyvYb1mQ/s640/0338-AZUIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391063309862975330" /></a><br />"DEMRE BAY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy51gjcv4hNuIcTHglwa_AACbxx88TN-MgOqWV3fX50-ummDb2wZ8RtQUtK4c0P1RcLrrIxC9JhRG-b28EyoWWKwRSflGR_vCOwkbAXs2IPA-2tAxoU4BesCGi2G9FXVQiuIqhTg/s1600-h/339-SIMENA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy51gjcv4hNuIcTHglwa_AACbxx88TN-MgOqWV3fX50-ummDb2wZ8RtQUtK4c0P1RcLrrIxC9JhRG-b28EyoWWKwRSflGR_vCOwkbAXs2IPA-2tAxoU4BesCGi2G9FXVQiuIqhTg/s640/339-SIMENA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391063306625044706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgT7KL-ZiB253k3_vRdodbW0eQ058oviNde7RMA5Z1rO5vCQmxkKUYglPnc-Frfpo_5tdiVs8CXwxHJzdX2JIpnCiXxRqSLN7nCgsR-ScLkxJg98ofWX3vPPS9EVy463OovQKMg/s1600-h/0340-SIMENA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgT7KL-ZiB253k3_vRdodbW0eQ058oviNde7RMA5Z1rO5vCQmxkKUYglPnc-Frfpo_5tdiVs8CXwxHJzdX2JIpnCiXxRqSLN7nCgsR-ScLkxJg98ofWX3vPPS9EVy463OovQKMg/s640/0340-SIMENA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062940063005970" /></a><br />"CASTLE - The village is overlooked by a Byzantine castle, built in the Middle Age by the Knights of Rhodes, partially upon ancient Lycian foundations, to fight the pirates nested in Kekova" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FitZkSPoifZJ9bJwZug8AxppUmEOId8rR_TFJRNh0HX6OExlYZvgNBMwj0ltwCss4-zCLBM6pKwujldYhl8tSJ1wPhG2V9hxGTsvlpSEiBDfL_v2Lv4VI2uLRZzDzno1dAio0A/s1600-h/0341-PONT%C3%95ES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FitZkSPoifZJ9bJwZug8AxppUmEOId8rR_TFJRNh0HX6OExlYZvgNBMwj0ltwCss4-zCLBM6pKwujldYhl8tSJ1wPhG2V9hxGTsvlpSEiBDfL_v2Lv4VI2uLRZzDzno1dAio0A/s640/0341-PONT%C3%95ES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062933478961314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6cQ2J8i519vug4dFhUIqU9jE5ucxbAIVbVoBiiPtSpkA5iCKh4DHK2pKPmV-N54Th2Tgsnk6U6fPj8EhGwQ81BIG8KrygWERPblB41v2WmaTQHbQf75RPKODEHi9hSdayoB52Q/s1600-h/0342-SIMENA-IATES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6cQ2J8i519vug4dFhUIqU9jE5ucxbAIVbVoBiiPtSpkA5iCKh4DHK2pKPmV-N54Th2Tgsnk6U6fPj8EhGwQ81BIG8KrygWERPblB41v2WmaTQHbQf75RPKODEHi9hSdayoB52Q/s640/0342-SIMENA-IATES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062928313824418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBXWRR9KRN4fSwxA1lPz1upLOPmnAb5Oq2ozN_p_YphJkTzMg04eJ9BxmVAwDH3vAVMERbxn2UPkyRPppPVvEuGns1aUp7OJiuh1YDoaLiY6lsifJcK7yQk1HYXFVXpgMLU6tbQ/s1600-h/0343-CASAS+E+CASTELO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBXWRR9KRN4fSwxA1lPz1upLOPmnAb5Oq2ozN_p_YphJkTzMg04eJ9BxmVAwDH3vAVMERbxn2UPkyRPppPVvEuGns1aUp7OJiuh1YDoaLiY6lsifJcK7yQk1HYXFVXpgMLU6tbQ/s640/0343-CASAS+E+CASTELO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062917280015138" /></a><br />"YACHT HARBOUR - A bit too empty these days..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69R4kG-oGiSd4UJMmcfLCBfHpoSc_Ka9Ld1mjKyFKfb7lzZ4d2rXO02lYcqZoYXZ0PVRmQeJP5O5WUueX2FLeP339TFADw2ZSP4uBJLdYPZNDHc40x3M-5UJl2OXdzbpC1BSu2w/s1600-h/0344-SIMENA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69R4kG-oGiSd4UJMmcfLCBfHpoSc_Ka9Ld1mjKyFKfb7lzZ4d2rXO02lYcqZoYXZ0PVRmQeJP5O5WUueX2FLeP339TFADw2ZSP4uBJLdYPZNDHc40x3M-5UJl2OXdzbpC1BSu2w/s640/0344-SIMENA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062912378384834" /></a><br />"I LIKE THE SUMMER..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpPSkbz2vwsbF07gZJslo1NIbL5Ch-4Sg4jwtOpEuNR4iYpmMPvc-q80kDrR7ZkM7hDRpIwznsP4VcQwCjJCKMn6GX77i0o5R3GXoT7k9IPvXoU2JXF5uShMQbWEHJwau9bG-dA/s1600-h/0346-SINGER+SULTAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpPSkbz2vwsbF07gZJslo1NIbL5Ch-4Sg4jwtOpEuNR4iYpmMPvc-q80kDrR7ZkM7hDRpIwznsP4VcQwCjJCKMn6GX77i0o5R3GXoT7k9IPvXoU2JXF5uShMQbWEHJwau9bG-dA/s640/0346-SINGER+SULTAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062503841265474" /></a><br />"SINGER/SULTAN - You'll probably need to enlarge the picture to see how Sultan looks like Singer..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TluOUnc95bEtJsg6A6hxJaR5Z2qlp-Mf3zMrQj1DfdmlQW02L2IR8XBO_A4Lbb30tpcYokmILwAPcj6fixHTNCH7gcISja3SKl00hGltFkMTK343Zp_5sRRGOeFRpTbp-1AIRw/s1600-h/0347-SIMENA-VISTA+CASTELO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TluOUnc95bEtJsg6A6hxJaR5Z2qlp-Mf3zMrQj1DfdmlQW02L2IR8XBO_A4Lbb30tpcYokmILwAPcj6fixHTNCH7gcISja3SKl00hGltFkMTK343Zp_5sRRGOeFRpTbp-1AIRw/s640/0347-SIMENA-VISTA+CASTELO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062494995530642" /></a><br />"VIEW - Inside the castle there is the smallest of theatres among the cities of Lycia, carved into the rock, with a capacity of about 300 people, a sign that this was a minor settlement in Roman times" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm09QNng5iezGm72Cutmo8S0b7oo8YGgxEeNmORFTb59qp7l0N5JteCqQE0GMQwMVSlqXkT1spp-5-xDjTADIRRmihGZKMxh7BIVdZdq8zPJejLWJ1s2LlklElk_J0vUSCsBTuKQ/s1600-h/0348-MOLDURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm09QNng5iezGm72Cutmo8S0b7oo8YGgxEeNmORFTb59qp7l0N5JteCqQE0GMQwMVSlqXkT1spp-5-xDjTADIRRmihGZKMxh7BIVdZdq8zPJejLWJ1s2LlklElk_J0vUSCsBTuKQ/s640/0348-MOLDURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062490965621346" /></a><br />"FRAMED"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqQC2vAZ6i91hwhJ5KxenAPO_VLSMIDAAtLZe9HBghIX3NfQ2_T-sKaeW7J6Y4do7vql4n8Mldk1NPKJs8GuCVZcG4FQ-oOatjXWADNDH_ViBw17O-VFtOP3eAPLpphuH1HylPw/s1600-h/0349-BA%C3%8DA+ATR%C3%81S+SIMENA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqQC2vAZ6i91hwhJ5KxenAPO_VLSMIDAAtLZe9HBghIX3NfQ2_T-sKaeW7J6Y4do7vql4n8Mldk1NPKJs8GuCVZcG4FQ-oOatjXWADNDH_ViBw17O-VFtOP3eAPLpphuH1HylPw/s640/0349-BA%C3%8DA+ATR%C3%81S+SIMENA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062480159096994" /></a><br />"BAY - Looking from the castle it becomes clear how a natural safe harbour this is. The actual shelter for yachts was Teimiussa (Ucagiz), a landlocked bay surrounded by green hills" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN4V-SQOYKTGProtqT2q-NxVarDGmeqmIKYAcLJI-skp1FesoZFv-z1kZyjb4EOBjvA1IZcNSBNquG26u9FbPsEkCr_E2iupd6EFylw3Uyz-Df2DFAipboFIa2b4JWvM-H9GcEQ/s1600-h/0350-SARC%C3%93FAGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN4V-SQOYKTGProtqT2q-NxVarDGmeqmIKYAcLJI-skp1FesoZFv-z1kZyjb4EOBjvA1IZcNSBNquG26u9FbPsEkCr_E2iupd6EFylw3Uyz-Df2DFAipboFIa2b4JWvM-H9GcEQ/s640/0350-SARC%C3%93FAGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062479014257650" /></a><br />"NECROPOLIS - At the eastern end of the village is a Lycian necropolis with a cluster of some very nice sarcophagi overlooking the sea and surrounded by ancient olive trees"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ7uHqbX3YGSnpOLDlGpyt8IBV1v76w27508_5SjJdGTTnluOhHSL63xoZF3DuzhTOpxF7-u0QZ5PBydqmCcLtOYQPflcrvSbVWGvq8Nc79Px7K9GH_V3slcdIOd0ZM1hshf78Q/s1600-h/0351-TAPETES-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ7uHqbX3YGSnpOLDlGpyt8IBV1v76w27508_5SjJdGTTnluOhHSL63xoZF3DuzhTOpxF7-u0QZ5PBydqmCcLtOYQPflcrvSbVWGvq8Nc79Px7K9GH_V3slcdIOd0ZM1hshf78Q/s640/0351-TAPETES-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062090453772706" /></a><br />"CARPETS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PiJn-oJJ4ne7HSOk_O5cV5OIHhnP7bvO56Z35-XIVV4ap61eTC-KqbIee1btLNBPMJuLAtPb6DUsC63oedxTofFHgVP1IAVY6jIQlKBR980wBh7SxELnyaloUBXBCnos4Jkkfg/s1600-h/0352-PORTO+SIMENA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PiJn-oJJ4ne7HSOk_O5cV5OIHhnP7bvO56Z35-XIVV4ap61eTC-KqbIee1btLNBPMJuLAtPb6DUsC63oedxTofFHgVP1IAVY6jIQlKBR980wBh7SxELnyaloUBXBCnos4Jkkfg/s640/0352-PORTO+SIMENA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062083299496818" /></a><br />"PORT"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZGbKdSbeth3VXg8bHJS_d3q_kI6-y0mmUbkp_qvkJrtcXBOgOJ3zwNu-5_sVa16goTxkN3ix6Bgx4i-XBAbJed9N0o2hCBf_8d81QqHheE5evtGPjSy70ylO-OpWlHmoGltpMQ/s1600-h/0353-CAF%C3%89+ANKH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZGbKdSbeth3VXg8bHJS_d3q_kI6-y0mmUbkp_qvkJrtcXBOgOJ3zwNu-5_sVa16goTxkN3ix6Bgx4i-XBAbJed9N0o2hCBf_8d81QqHheE5evtGPjSy70ylO-OpWlHmoGltpMQ/s640/0353-CAF%C3%89+ANKH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062077695979778" /></a><br />"CAFE ANKH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcjdhzVMJD8vh2jnFLrmIARC6FSDyy6e9fdmunXs3BJNnKjhv6ulSVaW1UQIG3-cJyKwmDyGm2PZwU0Z_lfJWgzvMEpMCKje-6SIV5qKyAsIu4m4izRATb4BqLSBx_0mG7fV9OA/s1600-h/0354-BA%C3%8DA+DEMRE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcjdhzVMJD8vh2jnFLrmIARC6FSDyy6e9fdmunXs3BJNnKjhv6ulSVaW1UQIG3-cJyKwmDyGm2PZwU0Z_lfJWgzvMEpMCKje-6SIV5qKyAsIu4m4izRATb4BqLSBx_0mG7fV9OA/s640/0354-BA%C3%8DA+DEMRE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062067084311442" /></a><br />"DEMRE BAY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNb2aEVomNsTOl2XSXLx20Gx79u_Zdso4EszdhObmZxpKNm5dfNyj0gGQtmrTQU6XyHndzqAyKH6a46pps-PAPvVP_e9CqhWv_ejZdxP7pnD_HqVyq8SssA5cFp-uTJOaK0tlww/s1600-h/0355-PONTE-RESTAURANTE-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNb2aEVomNsTOl2XSXLx20Gx79u_Zdso4EszdhObmZxpKNm5dfNyj0gGQtmrTQU6XyHndzqAyKH6a46pps-PAPvVP_e9CqhWv_ejZdxP7pnD_HqVyq8SssA5cFp-uTJOaK0tlww/s640/0355-PONTE-RESTAURANTE-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062059578481426" /></a><br />"LUNCH TIME"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-35391701897954412682009-10-24T08:45:00.001+01:002009-10-29T00:23:38.982+00:00SANTA'S HOMELANDDEMRE/MYRA -SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />Saint Nicholas (270 - 6 December 346) is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, in Lycia. Born in Patara, he was elected Bishop of Myra, and died there. The stories of his charitable acts took on legendary dimensions during the following centuries. One of these stories concerned three boys who were hacked into pieces by a greedy butcher, who salted and pickled them for sale in his shop. Nicholas miraculously restored the boys to life. On another occasion, on hearing that the daughters of a poor Myran could not marry for lack of a dowry, Nicholas stole under the man's window at night and left a bag of gold for each girl. Also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker, he had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose English name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas.<br /><br />This post shows some of the sites in Lycia that St. Nicholas frequented, far from the reindeer and from the snows of mythic Lapland...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZHhsTYej2EPX-2s-nrvn1cQ0F6Bp73ml0u-XRJUeKTMN6-KpVPvMbieUJiFxQDlOqjbe0G9y5MAuidsWrsVFFZ0-kI2pWRkt6c9NSBJmUW9QrubKK2k46uSe_N6Hxqn0sDcSZg/s1600-h/0301-PICO+TAHTALI+2365.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZHhsTYej2EPX-2s-nrvn1cQ0F6Bp73ml0u-XRJUeKTMN6-KpVPvMbieUJiFxQDlOqjbe0G9y5MAuidsWrsVFFZ0-kI2pWRkt6c9NSBJmUW9QrubKK2k46uSe_N6Hxqn0sDcSZg/s640/0301-PICO+TAHTALI+2365.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183788347298514" /></a><br />"TAHTALI MOUNTAIN - The Turkish Riviera near Antalya has a peculiar feature as one may join holidays in the mountain with holidays on the beach. Actually, on the way from the Palmiye beach resort to Demre, one comes across with the Tahtali Aerial Cableway, which leads you to Mount Tahtali, at 2,365m above sea level. With a length of 4,350 meters, the Tahtali Cableway is said to be the longest cableway in Europe, and the second longest worldwide"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmw2XWAUBbvVO9WIWuwtAdiMnkpZNeB80oZkLeSek1mPWd2EWACQRz0jVfcbJd8h8Eij2d-Pln0gNlvbLosXH7t_eaF3H_KODxPixopfaq_V8DpZF5Wk8klhcj2b6JM8oA_RWSMA/s1600-h/0302-TEKIROVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmw2XWAUBbvVO9WIWuwtAdiMnkpZNeB80oZkLeSek1mPWd2EWACQRz0jVfcbJd8h8Eij2d-Pln0gNlvbLosXH7t_eaF3H_KODxPixopfaq_V8DpZF5Wk8klhcj2b6JM8oA_RWSMA/s640/0302-TEKIROVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183784992271906" /></a><br />"TEKIROVA is one of the four municipalities of the Kemer region"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0kZqNsNKEZ_-y-dHRUMn9Cdcqi1Ow9in1U4GWtLIWd5suir9SWvKJdlWgkZMM_SNBQvbHUS0R9qPi_WeWi1bcFmgdnm54p9jKoQ4V94U5swTtwKGTQyP3vLnJSiGGijmCo-qyg/s1600-h/0303-TORRE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0kZqNsNKEZ_-y-dHRUMn9Cdcqi1Ow9in1U4GWtLIWd5suir9SWvKJdlWgkZMM_SNBQvbHUS0R9qPi_WeWi1bcFmgdnm54p9jKoQ4V94U5swTtwKGTQyP3vLnJSiGGijmCo-qyg/s640/0303-TORRE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183778720989746" /></a><br />"CLOCK TOWER"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dOkldLwLKwFCeaQn_5u7m6-F9pmGHNdpzylhwQK8ZsXV3Gl443K8Cj3fP4FuIGauZdF_OQs02xYyen-Kwog3QEHT_zErXhGw5b1BW8LPVhMlNmeG_74tKtEQ_-lJqV4eh6eAng/s1600-h/0304-KUMLUCA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dOkldLwLKwFCeaQn_5u7m6-F9pmGHNdpzylhwQK8ZsXV3Gl443K8Cj3fP4FuIGauZdF_OQs02xYyen-Kwog3QEHT_zErXhGw5b1BW8LPVhMlNmeG_74tKtEQ_-lJqV4eh6eAng/s640/0304-KUMLUCA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183774094061042" /></a><br />"KUMLUCA - Named after its sandy soil (kum means sand in Turkish), Kumluca, with some thirty thousand inhabitants, has excellent soil conditions for growing watermelons..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIaOIyXkw1Rls_YgOcy-7-WdSaDbH3L6PCxTYpHTvz_jefXocpglTrK0Vd5BEPQIjIhCG-OUUWIVPKHZnKUEdoPUccmhSNu6SwLINk5kMcsMP_sGLAZUVKXcUvML08eFL4Qkb7w/s1600-h/0305-MAR+E+ROCHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIaOIyXkw1Rls_YgOcy-7-WdSaDbH3L6PCxTYpHTvz_jefXocpglTrK0Vd5BEPQIjIhCG-OUUWIVPKHZnKUEdoPUccmhSNu6SwLINk5kMcsMP_sGLAZUVKXcUvML08eFL4Qkb7w/s640/0305-MAR+E+ROCHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183541681287010" /></a><br />"SEA & ROCKS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRLtEJ8a0g08_tc8RVi-tlzQGneRh8ImTGxZ67MkVxIkisL5NOz2MY0ZW3SSxH7UcI3AnI50nUOdWCDxd6U4tboDZ85ff9qv-oBe-8D3HLhhXMKcI7j1lCk6rLueuxdWeD28svQ/s1600-h/0306-MARINA+FINIKE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRLtEJ8a0g08_tc8RVi-tlzQGneRh8ImTGxZ67MkVxIkisL5NOz2MY0ZW3SSxH7UcI3AnI50nUOdWCDxd6U4tboDZ85ff9qv-oBe-8D3HLhhXMKcI7j1lCk6rLueuxdWeD28svQ/s640/0306-MARINA+FINIKE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183536853873058" /></a><br />"FINIKE - The port is now a yacht marina, and has a small fishing fleet, but Finike is best known for its oranges"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhu8eWEdOvsGoqoZ8TBukOiEJgLiRHhh7hTt_kx5S2Nps2Liy-pcdqkY8xtq8zC-ZxlCQLqinEgG_l22BO6DgY8l8xwaKMPdhg1PLNoIujQAiiljHU-BC82DTiFL0TTHXnePfVA/s1600-h/0307-BA%C3%8DA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhu8eWEdOvsGoqoZ8TBukOiEJgLiRHhh7hTt_kx5S2Nps2Liy-pcdqkY8xtq8zC-ZxlCQLqinEgG_l22BO6DgY8l8xwaKMPdhg1PLNoIujQAiiljHU-BC82DTiFL0TTHXnePfVA/s640/0307-BA%C3%8DA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183525257982386" /></a><br />"BAY in the morning"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAVEzqYO4Le9yN8qqyxfwPQqAlKmMBfYLTR-DTg568ZIm33rlCJOUB_Xsczuq_vENtD0pQqgHb8qE2BSIsXSQg9cctOGq2KxUMXzRslkN9T2eZLWrdfjS9gcXH39AivYBUH8vAA/s1600-h/0308-PRAIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 446px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAVEzqYO4Le9yN8qqyxfwPQqAlKmMBfYLTR-DTg568ZIm33rlCJOUB_Xsczuq_vENtD0pQqgHb8qE2BSIsXSQg9cctOGq2KxUMXzRslkN9T2eZLWrdfjS9gcXH39AivYBUH8vAA/s640/0308-PRAIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183521425651138" /></a><br />"EMPTY BEACH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-6_zEj0ezlRk6E93CMhYf0tW8WSTtBZ5T6FL7tv9NDwVk9zbV-ZFHEtVSmQub7Lt4J4BdOGUaWS4ZLxv6QSMJ1O9G8oVwLFdKiU1iUuQANp7TeyRe6ZqUSE0csXR4EigsyoJZg/s1600-h/0309-S%C3%83O+NICOLAU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-6_zEj0ezlRk6E93CMhYf0tW8WSTtBZ5T6FL7tv9NDwVk9zbV-ZFHEtVSmQub7Lt4J4BdOGUaWS4ZLxv6QSMJ1O9G8oVwLFdKiU1iUuQANp7TeyRe6ZqUSE0csXR4EigsyoJZg/s640/0309-S%C3%83O+NICOLAU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183518365849730" /></a><br />"SAINT NICHOLAS - There is a story (and a controversy) behind the statues of St. Nicholas shown in Demre. The first, on show from 1981 until 2000, is a large bronze figure carrying a gift bag over his shoulder, and surrounded by three children. In December 2000 Russian sculptor Gregory Pototsky and Moscow mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, presented Demre with this figure, dressed as an Orthodox bishop. Russian tourists and pilgrims invaded Demre to pray at the base of the statue. In 2005, a new image appeared and the saint was tucked away to the courtyard wall outside the church. That's where this picture was taken"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGgS0PfAAHkHlem5ji5PvymKVsDMJQQXb-4R9wqV_obn164NpwedhW1ck45h9_uzk5Z2Bde54h_rYNkIW7Sl8yLn3WCat4rmAGJX7J-XAhM87TbwctmPIcqtHNsYPXFVTmed1Uw/s1600-h/0310-PAI+NATAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGgS0PfAAHkHlem5ji5PvymKVsDMJQQXb-4R9wqV_obn164NpwedhW1ck45h9_uzk5Z2Bde54h_rYNkIW7Sl8yLn3WCat4rmAGJX7J-XAhM87TbwctmPIcqtHNsYPXFVTmed1Uw/s640/0310-PAI+NATAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183194868571378" /></a><br />"SANTA CLAUS - In 2005 the town council removed the bronze statue, replacing it with this bakelite Santa Claus. This change was controversial and raised international protests. However, despite pressure, Santa still stood until December 2008. The most recent image is a new «Turkish Santa», unveiled Christmas Day, 2008. It seems that his author, sculptor Necdet Can, tried to make it «look like Turks». It seems however that the statue doesn't look like Saint Nicholas, who lived in the 6th century, five centuries before the Turks arrive in Anatolia..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGtsd7RO34A_98qNWpNE5SthDKHsuKRlMKhGB5XDlHbc8S848rMTLoxo6ElqWx6XV68YqusWuRe8Mnj0NkPz-xwb72mr-tsj_Ur7fl0ke-rGCVk1yZ0lQUasOiNxeFUY4EmX-mA/s1600-h/0311-NOEL+BABA+M%C3%9CZESI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGtsd7RO34A_98qNWpNE5SthDKHsuKRlMKhGB5XDlHbc8S848rMTLoxo6ElqWx6XV68YqusWuRe8Mnj0NkPz-xwb72mr-tsj_Ur7fl0ke-rGCVk1yZ0lQUasOiNxeFUY4EmX-mA/s640/0311-NOEL+BABA+M%C3%9CZESI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183191724601506" /></a><br />"NOEL BABA MÜZESI"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNu8AqjrrCt2CmR-Jcp-kAQ0dEj0c97G8xTxWWwhbQy82SosGzeKcGIPWAgfIzI-TtoT3mq6B5qGLJpUReOofZCWbfRBj6l-HZ-CzhAYvF_xh7wlhjmRr42ySib9vn2GGa5FJ1Q/s1600-h/0312-IGREJA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNu8AqjrrCt2CmR-Jcp-kAQ0dEj0c97G8xTxWWwhbQy82SosGzeKcGIPWAgfIzI-TtoT3mq6B5qGLJpUReOofZCWbfRBj6l-HZ-CzhAYvF_xh7wlhjmRr42ySib9vn2GGa5FJ1Q/s640/0312-IGREJA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183185840725474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJE_rw3VAcgh55djnFz3sLfkE13pjPP7sp_S7pr6vceOm5cbdicD5zpuEamBrJVA7VU_XuljVfjGuG7Y2ns_9RtwPRwF0BnvfZb31RlxTbhosgr2rm98Lea-em5xdRTxuFb0RBJA/s1600-h/0314-NAVE+CENTRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJE_rw3VAcgh55djnFz3sLfkE13pjPP7sp_S7pr6vceOm5cbdicD5zpuEamBrJVA7VU_XuljVfjGuG7Y2ns_9RtwPRwF0BnvfZb31RlxTbhosgr2rm98Lea-em5xdRTxuFb0RBJA/s640/0314-NAVE+CENTRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183173454643362" /></a>"CHURCH - By the 10th century Nicholas had become the most popular folk saint in the Byzantine realm, counting as the patron of children, poor virgins, innocent prisoners, sailors and Russians. His tomb in Myra became the object of pilgrimages. A church was built around it in the 6th century. After it was destroyed in an Arab raid, the church was rebuilt in 1043 to take its present form with the help of Constantine IX"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixegB_X_oH7eoY8WfBSfEuEzhLS9ws-H91TAnBqTWUUo9Zt17rIrYhhV3pAZO04MdeX5aEPkOTlh3Fw-Re5RBkyWzJGNFP6o80sWipbEVWnUhu99sau2xKtPo9UCmwD5NRGs9kwg/s1600-h/0313-NAVE+CENTRAL-TURISTAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixegB_X_oH7eoY8WfBSfEuEzhLS9ws-H91TAnBqTWUUo9Zt17rIrYhhV3pAZO04MdeX5aEPkOTlh3Fw-Re5RBkyWzJGNFP6o80sWipbEVWnUhu99sau2xKtPo9UCmwD5NRGs9kwg/s640/0313-NAVE+CENTRAL-TURISTAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386183179376807426" /></a><br />"TOURISTS - The Church of St. Nicholas fell into disuse in Turkish times. In 1862 Tsar Alexander I bought the edifice and began restoring it. Further restorations were carried out in recent years by the Turkish government, which also promoted the annual festivities which take place on the saint's feast day. Thousands of pilgrims from Italy, Greece and other countries come to Myra each year on December"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU03HLi_duxMJCKzJ5JhQgM9h7iMgXUNm6oqODumu1FVwDm0KcJENyctQDtEWNvjajud1-wr0lx8gviA5nT0k-rboyyYqs2c-HaYW2akfRloYhRXj2WEF1_Gw_Sx8jnJd4UlRlA/s1600-h/0315-TECTO-JESUS-S.NICOLAU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU03HLi_duxMJCKzJ5JhQgM9h7iMgXUNm6oqODumu1FVwDm0KcJENyctQDtEWNvjajud1-wr0lx8gviA5nT0k-rboyyYqs2c-HaYW2akfRloYhRXj2WEF1_Gw_Sx8jnJd4UlRlA/s640/0315-TECTO-JESUS-S.NICOLAU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182316891574466" /></a><br />"CEILING -Jesus and St. Nicholas"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW7QtB4HmQX0eRZcnFCAxfBYs_cyvULNAnUPI-Pe08LcOTK5Ml6VqG-X0zJP0xm1h-QavCAVvC63qiapXEYVW96fv5PUUa7A7fvRXVksFBOVucI3Mq8rzp0mpdmVYM11H8Pok5g/s1600-h/0316-T%C3%9AMULO+VAZIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW7QtB4HmQX0eRZcnFCAxfBYs_cyvULNAnUPI-Pe08LcOTK5Ml6VqG-X0zJP0xm1h-QavCAVvC63qiapXEYVW96fv5PUUa7A7fvRXVksFBOVucI3Mq8rzp0mpdmVYM11H8Pok5g/s640/0316-T%C3%9AMULO+VAZIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182306241369810" /></a><br />"EMPTY TOMB - The fame of St. Nicholas was brought to the west by Byzantine princess Theophanous, who married Otto II to seal a treaty between the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. In 1087, some Italian merchants broke into the tomb, removed the bones and furtively translated them to Bari, reason why he is also known as Nicholas of Bari. Some other bones however were found in Myra and transferred to the Antalya Museum. Saint Nicholas is revered among Catholic and Orthodox Christians and is also honoured by various Anglican and Lutheran churches"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECQvC8-XtbwWALYCuJ1f_jqjtTdYz1LniWwgqu5AXAB2q9GZq-zcxXmQOu4ipTflEckJ2B4CJcvlQVfdgKU7yGcRiTShqoj5DhPxG67W_BTEK23Mrqd9OgqzvqNnpWb-t3ica9A/s1600-h/0317-MYRA-T%C3%9AMULOS+RUPESTRES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECQvC8-XtbwWALYCuJ1f_jqjtTdYz1LniWwgqu5AXAB2q9GZq-zcxXmQOu4ipTflEckJ2B4CJcvlQVfdgKU7yGcRiTShqoj5DhPxG67W_BTEK23Mrqd9OgqzvqNnpWb-t3ica9A/s640/0317-MYRA-T%C3%9AMULOS+RUPESTRES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182304393181314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC0z6nr-DP1bFVkF2XXhkrLwIGLh0NAWqDWgihdaQuAaCpqFOoFvZODBnDfmoNaUZ8QLHmB2Rc497lgjZq4wiIrGFYJj2g5YsAGgIilIRocyQ_2JqZ0T6CgsmCXJoN6OG2tNOkg/s1600-h/0319-MYRA-T%C3%9AMULOS+RUPESTRES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC0z6nr-DP1bFVkF2XXhkrLwIGLh0NAWqDWgihdaQuAaCpqFOoFvZODBnDfmoNaUZ8QLHmB2Rc497lgjZq4wiIrGFYJj2g5YsAGgIilIRocyQ_2JqZ0T6CgsmCXJoN6OG2tNOkg/s640/0319-MYRA-T%C3%9AMULOS+RUPESTRES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182292089402978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfb_SdL3PoKMeoB6K1mfmvlpvJMAzGeb4nb5whnhDdCxlNnZBF9Q6RhiW3vURLXM0yZ_uXcOUKonMq-l3qtmc-Ek4KNWQAiSv8Ale14vZWctWS09vcY8LasEjXaHWASzipvJIIg/s1600-h/0320-T%C3%9AMULOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfb_SdL3PoKMeoB6K1mfmvlpvJMAzGeb4nb5whnhDdCxlNnZBF9Q6RhiW3vURLXM0yZ_uXcOUKonMq-l3qtmc-Ek4KNWQAiSv8Ale14vZWctWS09vcY8LasEjXaHWASzipvJIIg/s640/0320-T%C3%9AMULOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386181880884262226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLA7VkhENKe-ENWHynt8Sl79z9IgUe34aoiW3Ig5QO2-CSnmMExfb8fkHDrWhAMIBxfMZ9FJsM6voUtFdpU3xeYF-cMrOfNV9k1kITG4MfrcwU4uIOih36rJECQZNKe66yDJM2w/s1600-h/0321-MYRA-T%C3%9AMULOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLA7VkhENKe-ENWHynt8Sl79z9IgUe34aoiW3Ig5QO2-CSnmMExfb8fkHDrWhAMIBxfMZ9FJsM6voUtFdpU3xeYF-cMrOfNV9k1kITG4MfrcwU4uIOih36rJECQZNKe66yDJM2w/s640/0321-MYRA-T%C3%9AMULOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386181873224945778" /></a><br />"MYRA TOMBS - Myra has some of the most impressive and well preserved Lycian monuments, including an excellent collection of rock tombs. Many of the tombs have log cabin features carved into the rock, presumably reflecting the domestic architecture of the period. A few ones have inscriptions in the Lycian language" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPG0ujxnUszsaq8df0j1oyig6e9gJALvlvBTCOfRfk8DGnOhMqTPOKcekTdphJ9GSKZGQXfgxtVXK8xxezPMS7cINP66s6YJfGqJ4NdZB-8fant8dpvcunM0dESSm-PT4oeFUY0w/s1600-h/0322-MYRA-ANFITEATRO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPG0ujxnUszsaq8df0j1oyig6e9gJALvlvBTCOfRfk8DGnOhMqTPOKcekTdphJ9GSKZGQXfgxtVXK8xxezPMS7cINP66s6YJfGqJ4NdZB-8fant8dpvcunM0dESSm-PT4oeFUY0w/s640/0322-MYRA-ANFITEATRO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386181865229151634" /></a><br />"AMPHITHEATRE - The imposing 2nd century theatre was later converted into an arena for gladiator fights and wild animal shows. Many carvings and inscriptions in the theatre are still visible, and tunnels and side access ways have been cleared. While much of the seating is intact, the stage building is partly collapsed"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBKZfPlGxMAc0aONg8_wXPBkEf4mZOp-elOLg-1V_bVYYlVSk7EnBYz8G3NXsnmkIpeRVSZs0hi5lbPlsYmozhfK-hEE2764parUDyS3CTtvgWEnk4nw9eDZmfc8zmdwQLYQg_A/s1600-h/0318-MYRA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBKZfPlGxMAc0aONg8_wXPBkEf4mZOp-elOLg-1V_bVYYlVSk7EnBYz8G3NXsnmkIpeRVSZs0hi5lbPlsYmozhfK-hEE2764parUDyS3CTtvgWEnk4nw9eDZmfc8zmdwQLYQg_A/s640/0318-MYRA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182293829759570" /></a><br />"MASKS - A set of three carved masks, presumably from the frieze, lies among the remains in the approach to the theatre"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BNsFGmeeVsrMzGYsf5QcoTm_H47ZDCJYbZr1akGzvNIj622_6g2msRUSclnrqKMyWavjvhk8r6v1Dau5gXLowVDSrkkOEJa8aXOD_PiC8lNyGfu79QCv2_FgxUzNV-4WlT9r3w/s1600-h/323-CURVA-MAR-MONTANHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BNsFGmeeVsrMzGYsf5QcoTm_H47ZDCJYbZr1akGzvNIj622_6g2msRUSclnrqKMyWavjvhk8r6v1Dau5gXLowVDSrkkOEJa8aXOD_PiC8lNyGfu79QCv2_FgxUzNV-4WlT9r3w/s640/323-CURVA-MAR-MONTANHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386181859129761426" /></a><br />"COASTAL ROAD - Way back"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhyRzvPxTD8oan7UgsuUzMO70DRjACelmZ0tzbUEebDkxY_uYyJtMjzUjDFPCD5zzn7L1S8JDS-_TCczqCfdgsldk4ISYKtAcx5mSWO8DpUyZNtlHFpBL1wOHSk7Dm6_JAnz1GA/s1600-h/0324-SUNSET.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhyRzvPxTD8oan7UgsuUzMO70DRjACelmZ0tzbUEebDkxY_uYyJtMjzUjDFPCD5zzn7L1S8JDS-_TCczqCfdgsldk4ISYKtAcx5mSWO8DpUyZNtlHFpBL1wOHSk7Dm6_JAnz1GA/s640/0324-SUNSET.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386181851424411058" /></a><br />"TAURUS SUNSET"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-54395922428882269382009-10-19T08:45:00.001+01:002009-10-24T08:41:14.915+01:00COTTON CASTLEPAMUKKALE - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />The Hierapolis/Pamukkale site has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The description is the following: «Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins. At the end of the 2nd century B.C. the dynasty of the Attalids, the kings of Pergamon, established the thermal spa of Hierapolis. The ruins of the baths, temples and other Greek monuments can be seen at the site.» Pamukkale, a spa since the Romans, is Turkey's foremost mineral-bath spa.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzC1JNSIo2GaZ3nLGwJ0hmL61ogGO1kLao7btHMR35zH8Our4yQ4O0dLf8W5rrpIq-XS8tckSp43Ud7l2K6Qhg8Dzz1uNMOPITIawHo69CG3i9A0mooBS-MBgk0-22IuOzr_BX/s1600-h/2001-LAGOA+PAMUKKALE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzC1JNSIo2GaZ3nLGwJ0hmL61ogGO1kLao7btHMR35zH8Our4yQ4O0dLf8W5rrpIq-XS8tckSp43Ud7l2K6Qhg8Dzz1uNMOPITIawHo69CG3i9A0mooBS-MBgk0-22IuOzr_BX/s640/2001-LAGOA+PAMUKKALE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142671476079490" /></a><br />"PAMUKKALE TOWN - Numerous hotels, (some with their own warm mineral water pools), restaurants, shops and ticket offices..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzM7cUEwbGvTAyjT6_6JZWzTfgbxOZs67fiXeW4Gq3Myrgmec2-RejU-7JNuBWoOAsg3zGRBTafk9pi35qib7oG0GmpTYRO0R96vbJYFXy78mVZAZ4yB_rufV6pccVVaz8iT9/s1600-h/2002-LINHA+TURISTAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzM7cUEwbGvTAyjT6_6JZWzTfgbxOZs67fiXeW4Gq3Myrgmec2-RejU-7JNuBWoOAsg3zGRBTafk9pi35qib7oG0GmpTYRO0R96vbJYFXy78mVZAZ4yB_rufV6pccVVaz8iT9/s640/2002-LINHA+TURISTAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142670133887682" /></a><br />"TOURIST LINE - The «castle», about 2,700m long and 160m high, can be seen from the hills on the opposite side of the valley in the town of Denizli, 20 km away"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7_r8lvvOp4s3XGLI7YIY5afBeCKe5nNpCbacfmI6lP1Uu-mavFBzm6y4k0ZdnxByRQI2UfOt-FCPkRoPfFo4i2o0o2p1r11OrJqpQFXniII8nK3lG7UQhZEwnnjPbW_eYcbk/s1600-h/2003-TERRA%C3%87OS+SECOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7_r8lvvOp4s3XGLI7YIY5afBeCKe5nNpCbacfmI6lP1Uu-mavFBzm6y4k0ZdnxByRQI2UfOt-FCPkRoPfFo4i2o0o2p1r11OrJqpQFXniII8nK3lG7UQhZEwnnjPbW_eYcbk/s640/2003-TERRA%C3%87OS+SECOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142663032117154" /></a><br />"DRY TERRACES - It seems that tourist pressure has some responsibility on the way terraces are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pamuk04.jpg">changing</a> in the Pamukkale area"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8rHQXFFUYGyFLN-_qW3JS2PhbCjgDYFmvkUgzK0vSPS3aSdTCMyCj69vaXNguj6S26EH1u8j27XLPh52LZ0G3MyRJchJfUvNrirZJdwTkWOOVpMgzdvcrUgLHbkj6esx0ZUC/s1600-h/2004-COTTON+CASTLE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8rHQXFFUYGyFLN-_qW3JS2PhbCjgDYFmvkUgzK0vSPS3aSdTCMyCj69vaXNguj6S26EH1u8j27XLPh52LZ0G3MyRJchJfUvNrirZJdwTkWOOVpMgzdvcrUgLHbkj6esx0ZUC/s640/2004-COTTON+CASTLE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142428062119378" /></a><br />"TRAVERTINE - Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a terrestrial sedimentary rock, formed by the precipitation of carbonate minerals from geothermal hot-springs. They are similar to <a href="http://blogtrotta80s.blogspot.com/2006/07/yellowstone-part-i-august-1982.html">Mammoth Hot Springs</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15P2UvGC7267ZzlNN2zGDlXB4Lrss2vAqjly0Idzu9MNdaV4iX9ZwcAfF81l2wUJZllZWJ9vGvaHlxTAHKYD2VSJbuG3IRCN3vcG69qsb7r_TI9hnsQWIN5JVppEKIt3YBPV4/s1600-h/2005-ALGOD%C3%83O-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15P2UvGC7267ZzlNN2zGDlXB4Lrss2vAqjly0Idzu9MNdaV4iX9ZwcAfF81l2wUJZllZWJ9vGvaHlxTAHKYD2VSJbuG3IRCN3vcG69qsb7r_TI9hnsQWIN5JVppEKIt3YBPV4/s640/2005-ALGOD%C3%83O-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142423355985730" /></a><br />"NO SHOES - It is estimated that 43,191 grams of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) are deposited daily in the Pamukkale site"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUgs08Aa3KE3S5fdYUMApzJf8A99uKzy1gjqPW18lXdj-4SQ0738-ltcbuDpAUS7Mtf3_BJfey_KmOR85wvQmaDrwvILbTfxKoPhDNQbw_nNJfkmuzucnhkoA4mzV6E9zzL5z/s1600-h/2006-FINALMENTE+S%C3%93-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUgs08Aa3KE3S5fdYUMApzJf8A99uKzy1gjqPW18lXdj-4SQ0738-ltcbuDpAUS7Mtf3_BJfey_KmOR85wvQmaDrwvILbTfxKoPhDNQbw_nNJfkmuzucnhkoA4mzV6E9zzL5z/s640/2006-FINALMENTE+S%C3%93-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142420124274258" /></a><br />"COTTON WALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfcMEO6SrsNeyqmWDFoEj1hbwwKSkWa-tkqoZ7rboc1eeJ-E0GDR4EcDv_mZChktYZSxPgiTp1KiK3g-Xn2hTL1DYME7JAQAtSnU5XR4Wu1gFwTRwaUUEfCkzSmspJaMuM-gb/s1600-h/2007-POOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfcMEO6SrsNeyqmWDFoEj1hbwwKSkWa-tkqoZ7rboc1eeJ-E0GDR4EcDv_mZChktYZSxPgiTp1KiK3g-Xn2hTL1DYME7JAQAtSnU5XR4Wu1gFwTRwaUUEfCkzSmspJaMuM-gb/s640/2007-POOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142416932905906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCa1TSB9qhg5FId1Rv4h8p1vWjksHn7uFQvgN4RSk2-dpjKDETkFNHHOsgfQHu9ScC1y8a6jTLoK4k_bqknYuocA2Neais6FBwdrETjKJkh92SpvbwaG4OoJhpmYVQBB34jJg6/s1600-h/2011-CONTRASTES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCa1TSB9qhg5FId1Rv4h8p1vWjksHn7uFQvgN4RSk2-dpjKDETkFNHHOsgfQHu9ScC1y8a6jTLoK4k_bqknYuocA2Neais6FBwdrETjKJkh92SpvbwaG4OoJhpmYVQBB34jJg6/s640/2011-CONTRASTES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141915441962530" /></a><br />"CONTRASTS - - The water flows down the hill at 35º degrees Celsius<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Om3h2pIia8bwy32P5ARHf4U24lsnF5MJsGQqTE6aN0M7tJnlqIL210gQQnbh3OLvz2AMOLWqNa8rH5n7InoPMM3NkgCWtvKTNzUYjLgOg2hz0wgEAyNpvmAFWIWypQw9R34H/s1600-h/2008-COTTON+BLUE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Om3h2pIia8bwy32P5ARHf4U24lsnF5MJsGQqTE6aN0M7tJnlqIL210gQQnbh3OLvz2AMOLWqNa8rH5n7InoPMM3NkgCWtvKTNzUYjLgOg2hz0wgEAyNpvmAFWIWypQw9R34H/s640/2008-COTTON+BLUE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383142407800805250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcds1LM-qQYiAKR2Vg7-0HjovKV-z-ZCn6-oVqy26trFHscuxUwpJ9vRNAYNKcBr_Dn3sAZY5VpIqiUQk_ipciqV2vlMU-TRl_PDAYbNfk5EBthbBmL-4wINt9P8-TtJQTMuMk/s1600-h/2009-POOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcds1LM-qQYiAKR2Vg7-0HjovKV-z-ZCn6-oVqy26trFHscuxUwpJ9vRNAYNKcBr_Dn3sAZY5VpIqiUQk_ipciqV2vlMU-TRl_PDAYbNfk5EBthbBmL-4wINt9P8-TtJQTMuMk/s640/2009-POOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141929603008018" /></a><br />"POOL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZdtkCGsvbSzY-msEneBZADRRBZY2qMwgNtODerN_qYDgf2MJuioO2AkdZUc6JV0rB2NNH0GFw5WFo14Yr4Q_OwNMFdEX-bfNtKWtPWBaoi5fkpsnVhzTeghrZ6OsnMy0TLL6/s1600-h/2010-ESCORREGA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZdtkCGsvbSzY-msEneBZADRRBZY2qMwgNtODerN_qYDgf2MJuioO2AkdZUc6JV0rB2NNH0GFw5WFo14Yr4Q_OwNMFdEX-bfNtKWtPWBaoi5fkpsnVhzTeghrZ6OsnMy0TLL6/s640/2010-ESCORREGA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141921609614834" /></a><br />"SLIPPERY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhgF3YKFXb58kvWTweDT1qQSGvvRJp7GqsIAmuv0PCob1YV5wJFWJLvDwq6ZwwwyV3ANceHkQqdExU5wl2EIxFZ0uxxKZEzWyYmdy8drbVe1JdaZUU_xsLBcJbawdC0CUvE3k/s1600-h/2012-%C3%9ALTIMA+DESCIDA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhgF3YKFXb58kvWTweDT1qQSGvvRJp7GqsIAmuv0PCob1YV5wJFWJLvDwq6ZwwwyV3ANceHkQqdExU5wl2EIxFZ0uxxKZEzWyYmdy8drbVe1JdaZUU_xsLBcJbawdC0CUvE3k/s640/2012-%C3%9ALTIMA+DESCIDA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141908889958370" /></a><br />"LAST SECTION"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aFa1Zyz-oMsbjioKIc12Jrdd9fnG6nIU4OrWkFGgwGiSEBgZYD0KCDvr2S-G8efgqZ20eaB57K-S1RKGkQ6gDYdBiWzdnDSfXs-2dCagBKeT7KNjajhz7jY0b0j1_wA4ThOd/s1600-h/2013-TURQUESA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aFa1Zyz-oMsbjioKIc12Jrdd9fnG6nIU4OrWkFGgwGiSEBgZYD0KCDvr2S-G8efgqZ20eaB57K-S1RKGkQ6gDYdBiWzdnDSfXs-2dCagBKeT7KNjajhz7jY0b0j1_wA4ThOd/s640/2013-TURQUESA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141905432753234" /></a><br />"TURQUOISE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CKIgz2zsHBuMfhWlAg9tJAol5wrH1zY3m6IQdfg2eNxMB7SRIj-SpwvXtK8tMb3y-nQm5mSoF6P8QQQmSz2gNpkIGfRQM-9xqHZYC4kXh9nqkd06Y-A3cI9os6iXmkpYmyv8/s1600-h/2014-%C3%9ALTIMA+ESTA%C3%87%C3%83O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CKIgz2zsHBuMfhWlAg9tJAol5wrH1zY3m6IQdfg2eNxMB7SRIj-SpwvXtK8tMb3y-nQm5mSoF6P8QQQmSz2gNpkIGfRQM-9xqHZYC4kXh9nqkd06Y-A3cI9os6iXmkpYmyv8/s640/2014-%C3%9ALTIMA+ESTA%C3%87%C3%83O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141394015164338" /></a><br />"LAST POOL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFR5ozHRyAWRxdokmZJk9KeBI7OBNOrqlU-2jw3GLTqZ6AzMch2HWUYK53Gk6UEykmJ8ImkUejkRAQ3YtBoZ8e1MI9l7FzpoBkFuGcS-o7Ta4H9T7-LVp6UtWBk9ycV7Q1P7Px/s1600-h/2015-EM+BAIXO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFR5ozHRyAWRxdokmZJk9KeBI7OBNOrqlU-2jw3GLTqZ6AzMch2HWUYK53Gk6UEykmJ8ImkUejkRAQ3YtBoZ8e1MI9l7FzpoBkFuGcS-o7Ta4H9T7-LVp6UtWBk9ycV7Q1P7Px/s640/2015-EM+BAIXO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141383001296898" /></a><br />"DOWN THE HILL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-WBpUcJKclyXwN66-SXhGUKKXYSrxTweiYKb9DSc9UZUDKh05ekZ-TCrPhVZHRqdcvoXMxUHsAcVYvRWsWwUevtyU8YmeXOQAcDdGeqUKxRfPor3jvjP3eHAnXDC8BGGqng2/s1600-h/2016-GREAT+WALL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-WBpUcJKclyXwN66-SXhGUKKXYSrxTweiYKb9DSc9UZUDKh05ekZ-TCrPhVZHRqdcvoXMxUHsAcVYvRWsWwUevtyU8YmeXOQAcDdGeqUKxRfPor3jvjP3eHAnXDC8BGGqng2/s640/2016-GREAT+WALL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141374287703522" /></a><br />"GREAT WALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGqRC99lS13UFI7XrHQywF1z86lP0l43OUYQrLSpT4fsTgW9jNuD1ScFrn4MkMjD2juQ7vctmkB0Wt-SQ5CpMw6xSy0ZmuMN8GHKngkZsKCBYg2DnGwpDqxA8c5W39Uzn9xZh/s1600-h/2017-REFLEXOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGqRC99lS13UFI7XrHQywF1z86lP0l43OUYQrLSpT4fsTgW9jNuD1ScFrn4MkMjD2juQ7vctmkB0Wt-SQ5CpMw6xSy0ZmuMN8GHKngkZsKCBYg2DnGwpDqxA8c5W39Uzn9xZh/s640/2017-REFLEXOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141370028680898" /></a><br />"REFLECTIONS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NjYuNkqfhXgDcnyGm_Ofe9FAYofT7hm4MKL9InQRLvQ6V9aJ1lwQI-2-zccVATtpnWB-mpSZfkS7f0I97DQgueF_QNEUfFWy7zFQGCiByYgYt1qjYpFBzyzbjCTMzzkGZbY7/s1600-h/2018-FINALMENTE-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NjYuNkqfhXgDcnyGm_Ofe9FAYofT7hm4MKL9InQRLvQ6V9aJ1lwQI-2-zccVATtpnWB-mpSZfkS7f0I97DQgueF_QNEUfFWy7zFQGCiByYgYt1qjYpFBzyzbjCTMzzkGZbY7/s640/2018-FINALMENTE-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383141363616204962" /></a><br />"SAFE AND SOUND - With shoes!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLwjfLSbCIN-8eaTW9JTVNwWx9i6fDrjO1754OP_2T3SFfbMB_1NtYjkN4fJINX5dEJP9uq8uVxQmGF7iOiFZsfpMjygMjwJTS3vWLO6kzkZ3bq_QhcNnz_8fBcRnYam_uxqVmw/s1600-h/Award-Pietro-p.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLwjfLSbCIN-8eaTW9JTVNwWx9i6fDrjO1754OP_2T3SFfbMB_1NtYjkN4fJINX5dEJP9uq8uVxQmGF7iOiFZsfpMjygMjwJTS3vWLO6kzkZ3bq_QhcNnz_8fBcRnYam_uxqVmw/s400/Award-Pietro-p.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393852448185227810" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://pietrobrosio.blogspot.com/">Pietro</a> created a wonderful award and was kind enough to allow me to use it. I'm thrilled. Thanks Pietro!!GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-33091584025445068172009-10-10T19:57:00.003+01:002009-10-14T15:02:07.762+01:00YELLOW AROUND THE CORNERHIERAPOLIS, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />Hierapolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was an ancient city on top of the Pamukkale hot springs, located in the south western part of the Turkish Anatolian Peninsula, near Denizli.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKqfuizemzxmtVeUvSYjll-S6F_JtZBT8RVe1A5fIELU7KWqCkJdmOZuWU7ymzjcHtq8fFOM_u395FmPWm4OnFqjHtL6GZIM9hjDW4o1rP366Z5hJXx7UXf3SG7eNApYhDYoc/s1600-h/0101-MAR-SUNRISE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKqfuizemzxmtVeUvSYjll-S6F_JtZBT8RVe1A5fIELU7KWqCkJdmOZuWU7ymzjcHtq8fFOM_u395FmPWm4OnFqjHtL6GZIM9hjDW4o1rP366Z5hJXx7UXf3SG7eNApYhDYoc/s640/0101-MAR-SUNRISE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382562192267922178" /></a><br />"SUNRISE - Sometimes one needs to wake up early, and that means a chance to catch a great sunrise picture!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLTxeb9G3jZXlomDlgYCD8ew515jSjPHFkWLCeCDv488cQwN_-ugHPA4O9U-RJfD6LggyK-7cKV37acntRyZhTZ6qQBP0A89x6tFDe5O0wKuJB9cFznARAtv44Z2Cdx9H6Mo8/s1600-h/0102-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLTxeb9G3jZXlomDlgYCD8ew515jSjPHFkWLCeCDv488cQwN_-ugHPA4O9U-RJfD6LggyK-7cKV37acntRyZhTZ6qQBP0A89x6tFDe5O0wKuJB9cFznARAtv44Z2Cdx9H6Mo8/s640/0102-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382562188047016914" /></a><br />"TAURUS - Early morning the Taurus Mountains seem to be on fire"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpVoSfzHncME48AzQjdYLAiTitJ_3Z9TGL4Gr-ThNpmnSj_BFjzg9nl8C36r4eMM3iUaH9-dnMLDtfmENtfyxnqv7nInXj9M_xVnH93CNQi2LGXOezFjVH9RayU_niGyT98iO/s1600-h/0103-KORKUTELI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpVoSfzHncME48AzQjdYLAiTitJ_3Z9TGL4Gr-ThNpmnSj_BFjzg9nl8C36r4eMM3iUaH9-dnMLDtfmENtfyxnqv7nInXj9M_xVnH93CNQi2LGXOezFjVH9RayU_niGyT98iO/s640/0103-KORKUTELI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382562176691263122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa-ol6aT_-7y_WlhpOT0A_GyoJKWwl_zwh9x5edXz07WWri9-9A1sJiGZIIX48AxyI1FhikFtJI0-O63nj18TBatEHdbUcNkZgFwevhrQxNXDfYEnqIBeZUqFK8MKj58PkNW4/s1600-h/0104-MESQUITA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa-ol6aT_-7y_WlhpOT0A_GyoJKWwl_zwh9x5edXz07WWri9-9A1sJiGZIIX48AxyI1FhikFtJI0-O63nj18TBatEHdbUcNkZgFwevhrQxNXDfYEnqIBeZUqFK8MKj58PkNW4/s640/0104-MESQUITA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382560022872902882" /></a><br />"KORKUTELI - A bus trip from Antalya's Palmiye to Hierapolis/Pammukale takes some four hours to cover the 260km, with a technical stop. On the way we crossed Korkuteli, a place where it seems that Antalya's middle-classes are building holiday homes to escape the summer heat on the coast. Not easy to find the beauty of such place..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6W45VWPQyPPrOTETvzsD3X8tObBRVL8Z5_I_juimhrSRnMSWgGGv0z6oVIH-_jMceNRr5A1PWHB-PWYZ2YrMUWhugwry6TC38t4W29m74zLt0eHHwe4CnQQEwPdfF7rzGkPaW/s1600-h/0105-MONTANHAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6W45VWPQyPPrOTETvzsD3X8tObBRVL8Z5_I_juimhrSRnMSWgGGv0z6oVIH-_jMceNRr5A1PWHB-PWYZ2YrMUWhugwry6TC38t4W29m74zLt0eHHwe4CnQQEwPdfF7rzGkPaW/s640/0105-MONTANHAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382560015301380786" /></a><br />"ARID MOUNTAINS - Some noticed that my previous posts were either too green or too blue, compared to the arid zones they've seen in Turkey. This post will show that we've also seen the arid side of the country!" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFvX_SPAWlRbDkmzbUUJIm-woyLEF7H5kEqnAmto2tDoGaRsuYZhIR7tEg2m8-FUlRtXewbo4JE9ejC8YGk5h9R2a74k5RTVeHk5rsu3Vmtcz6Brkhq3LwQHYQJXqPQnGan6N/s1600-h/0106-DENIZLI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFvX_SPAWlRbDkmzbUUJIm-woyLEF7H5kEqnAmto2tDoGaRsuYZhIR7tEg2m8-FUlRtXewbo4JE9ejC8YGk5h9R2a74k5RTVeHk5rsu3Vmtcz6Brkhq3LwQHYQJXqPQnGan6N/s640/0106-DENIZLI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382560010558674514" /></a><br />"DENIZLI, a city of some 300,000 people, has a name that means «with the sea». However, that is exactly what you won't see here. Sometimes, however, there is some green around..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQtKbsIxvRuqVDvM6HcE_8gf_kkt5DdCtOAPOth0SRyriyM6h7mSQS0ALaR2X4UbeZMxyBLX4XA-TfLaonr13w24glkXkxXhqeTJH6nxPqjaH1QXn0eCMqSeQKXWorMKnPpmM/s1600-h/0107-MAPA+HIERAPOLIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQtKbsIxvRuqVDvM6HcE_8gf_kkt5DdCtOAPOth0SRyriyM6h7mSQS0ALaR2X4UbeZMxyBLX4XA-TfLaonr13w24glkXkxXhqeTJH6nxPqjaH1QXn0eCMqSeQKXWorMKnPpmM/s640/0107-MAPA+HIERAPOLIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382560001353319906" /></a><br />"HIERAPOLIS was founded as a thermal spa early in the second century BC and given by the Romans to Eumenes II, King of Pergamon in 190 BC" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJeiuWgoKKJKQHfCPcXpcXgpPK-hqLnDh9plctMFHwo8aYAVSsv0mQyAy_EFZedndTnsKqToihsZ1aBtqok4gu0idWV-HI30sacsGAAxrqvW2GNAraTdnX0AMB8jrAMCOnUQQ/s1600-h/0108-PORTAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJeiuWgoKKJKQHfCPcXpcXgpPK-hqLnDh9plctMFHwo8aYAVSsv0mQyAy_EFZedndTnsKqToihsZ1aBtqok4gu0idWV-HI30sacsGAAxrqvW2GNAraTdnX0AMB8jrAMCOnUQQ/s640/0108-PORTAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559995123897538" /></a><br />"PORTAL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0RqOk4225SMts8AzeV0U8L-HnUKVtNd3ub_6seU96Tf-jvAYb6xH1JWItLOtyHi_4aiu-o2CQOgglEQ3WJGp85hIEuIkUHywylfZFlmUeY3Z8sD4b5Rz-wAteDq29EaATXc8/s1600-h/0109-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0RqOk4225SMts8AzeV0U8L-HnUKVtNd3ub_6seU96Tf-jvAYb6xH1JWItLOtyHi_4aiu-o2CQOgglEQ3WJGp85hIEuIkUHywylfZFlmUeY3Z8sD4b5Rz-wAteDq29EaATXc8/s640/0109-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559605886099922" /></a><br />"RUINS - Hierapolis' main street, about 1500 m long, 13.5 m wide and bordered on both sides by an arcade, ran from north to south"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-1kqYsBodxAI7OdI7kR6eRhJI9pEGzhCKe5W5okxYWtzyhCvc0DRLDIk4JDa2JkeDHSb_LWK1Mzlj82psia9Ig7G2l9EaIa3TF1QsfgP9upWvTE8BvZcBtFlBqXHphOfhs_y/s1600-h/0110-TURISTAS+AO+SOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-1kqYsBodxAI7OdI7kR6eRhJI9pEGzhCKe5W5okxYWtzyhCvc0DRLDIk4JDa2JkeDHSb_LWK1Mzlj82psia9Ig7G2l9EaIa3TF1QsfgP9upWvTE8BvZcBtFlBqXHphOfhs_y/s640/0110-TURISTAS+AO+SOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559596362790770" /></a><br />"BURNING - We visited Hierapolis around 1.30p.m. The temperature should be just below forty degrees centigrade, and the tourists were definitely burning in the sun..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wBNLTD5HDXOCjZl7ORHoKgMqJCRc33bWYpfQSjj_zmbcQbN3dOWjh8hzp8PzsvKpH7na9zC83XKksj7WoI4mSsza0ULn5OV27J126j5IBXtC2hofM0S61CUyDOiB1fwV1m_f/s1600-h/0111-HIERAPOLIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wBNLTD5HDXOCjZl7ORHoKgMqJCRc33bWYpfQSjj_zmbcQbN3dOWjh8hzp8PzsvKpH7na9zC83XKksj7WoI4mSsza0ULn5OV27J126j5IBXtC2hofM0S61CUyDOiB1fwV1m_f/s640/0111-HIERAPOLIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559587127894562" /></a><br />"DOMITIAN GATE - Close to the northern city gate, we may see a triumphal arch, flanked by circular towers, with three arches; the gate built by proconsul Frontinius"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKNmvnIjgWoTiHOArKfhjquyDVZFoVR6dfSBPsAaqpIV8Hh0pbr7Ca3p9MrMKIFzq_-gtkMnF9m6FZPeXat5b2zrXYELbrTWSCKHFhemWA0IBXP1Mgk540B2H_31XX5do3JTt/s1600-h/0112-TEATRO+HIERAPOLIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKNmvnIjgWoTiHOArKfhjquyDVZFoVR6dfSBPsAaqpIV8Hh0pbr7Ca3p9MrMKIFzq_-gtkMnF9m6FZPeXat5b2zrXYELbrTWSCKHFhemWA0IBXP1Mgk540B2H_31XX5do3JTt/s640/0112-TEATRO+HIERAPOLIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559582081514402" /></a><br />"THEATRE - After an earthquake and during the reign of Emperor Vespasianus a new theatre was built, using the remains and the seats of an old one. The auditorium could seat 15,000 and is divided in two by a horizontal corridor. The lower part originally had twenty rows, and the upper part twenty five rows, but only thirty rows altogether have survived. The auditorium is segmented into nine aisles"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ_B1lDyoQndoPuSGeCit73aNmRG0iIbheUIwqo5EjJtTftMDWiLS8ZYWsTcee2Ilwm6iCpjxFeacfBI0i7GFjDJoBdNilMVka-3Jz9vxOL_47Y5MMGzjtZ48YQgEP8lxKbY7/s1600-h/0113-EM+CIMA+DO+PALCO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ_B1lDyoQndoPuSGeCit73aNmRG0iIbheUIwqo5EjJtTftMDWiLS8ZYWsTcee2Ilwm6iCpjxFeacfBI0i7GFjDJoBdNilMVka-3Jz9vxOL_47Y5MMGzjtZ48YQgEP8lxKbY7/s640/0113-EM+CIMA+DO+PALCO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559576003152226" /></a><br />"STAGE - The proscenium consisted of two stories with ornately decorated niches off to the sides"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeChN430K2tr-qAwUhepz1BGEIUPXzAk2qit9HCCX6C1jOl-TearkVH2BiArnnXBOQhsONoo5Hwfa4uaeKdKof4WS9Cf9kJ3r20yQcx8zEQ7pp2OycdGoKU5aIrnIZtiw2Gxk/s1600-h/0114-SOLIT%C3%81RIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeChN430K2tr-qAwUhepz1BGEIUPXzAk2qit9HCCX6C1jOl-TearkVH2BiArnnXBOQhsONoo5Hwfa4uaeKdKof4WS9Cf9kJ3r20yQcx8zEQ7pp2OycdGoKU5aIrnIZtiw2Gxk/s640/0114-SOLIT%C3%81RIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559231749664546" /></a><br />"SOLITARY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaTB_3QiDTFEyJqufD-ja8ey4de6OI6tF1OeTG4RCDEL44ixMKFtyKfMqHjnmY2mLw-ySzGRetjIPwm9_2UFl5Hn6JcVMqCBk9B47wuIVharfo7ynmOfXvxvfRCo4YIRM1m9Q/s1600-h/0115-TEATRO-TRASEIRAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaTB_3QiDTFEyJqufD-ja8ey4de6OI6tF1OeTG4RCDEL44ixMKFtyKfMqHjnmY2mLw-ySzGRetjIPwm9_2UFl5Hn6JcVMqCBk9B47wuIVharfo7ynmOfXvxvfRCo4YIRM1m9Q/s640/0115-TEATRO-TRASEIRAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559226032798994" /></a><br />"BACKSTAGE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjez-Oc-agvsXC0orwj9P_JiMgUtsgRaBYcORcYShE18kXi_MEjTC4pdJ3ZVQl7MbzNXU5L4n5kgXWSM-n_GxsjNIWhxjaE8zDf7X_SeCymp3PFZoa69erdd6qZ6Lwcf-qTjy0j/s1600-h/0116-TERMAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjez-Oc-agvsXC0orwj9P_JiMgUtsgRaBYcORcYShE18kXi_MEjTC4pdJ3ZVQl7MbzNXU5L4n5kgXWSM-n_GxsjNIWhxjaE8zDf7X_SeCymp3PFZoa69erdd6qZ6Lwcf-qTjy0j/s640/0116-TERMAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382562175243030786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tG1fcq0CxLsZ6oWi8jBiYe3ZICj61CGuIXQ_4Z6EejNH_3_08-V6NKH6xRwok3XI1nelTZ0rjMng6a2exVOxZMq_6aJ2YVhXAqJDHZLvnETmoM-ZKLiL63as1k3K80YqWSB7/s1600-h/0286-TERMAS+PAMUKKALE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tG1fcq0CxLsZ6oWi8jBiYe3ZICj61CGuIXQ_4Z6EejNH_3_08-V6NKH6xRwok3XI1nelTZ0rjMng6a2exVOxZMq_6aJ2YVhXAqJDHZLvnETmoM-ZKLiL63as1k3K80YqWSB7/s640/0286-TERMAS+PAMUKKALE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383121574842156914" /></a><br />"ANTIQUE POOL - Hierapolis was known as a health centre, in particular during Roman times" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNIY9TqO5sX7G8b7ieZKV9s4_UflHQ2WXL87I6vbQMVml-YFe9Aojw3v7rvVKX-qRpp63k3CQv0ZScxYapScbW73V8rZPhv-xLd1_qK5wA2eCye1KfO37FUZg0nRzkDqQYaeT/s1600-h/0117-VACAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNIY9TqO5sX7G8b7ieZKV9s4_UflHQ2WXL87I6vbQMVml-YFe9Aojw3v7rvVKX-qRpp63k3CQv0ZScxYapScbW73V8rZPhv-xLd1_qK5wA2eCye1KfO37FUZg0nRzkDqQYaeT/s640/0117-VACAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559222392757922" /></a><br />"WAY BACK, with cows"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t7QKE1gPhAwzAqEU58NTJELDJdLyGHrmgiD6QDKQ_v1gKIN-e0xRHacMAxblMGhu5zppRHMwiXrZHa3fAKP6qga-z-uiX4D0VFbzSpY8JsNvuQs2c9LYPTek3OMgrLC1J7G8/s1600-h/0118-MONTES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t7QKE1gPhAwzAqEU58NTJELDJdLyGHrmgiD6QDKQ_v1gKIN-e0xRHacMAxblMGhu5zppRHMwiXrZHa3fAKP6qga-z-uiX4D0VFbzSpY8JsNvuQs2c9LYPTek3OMgrLC1J7G8/s640/0118-MONTES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559213921746354" /></a><br />"MORE ARID MOUNTAINS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMqITraSd3JeMtI7OARJs4mKLvYaSW48aG3o4cofNEhlZc_l5yqyasdUuE1wRh7FGZOHVDCuOVYBLg61vZyfL5mF0OPoGE7tSNl6x_ex0bxDqLSwyj6nfYpnhi1y2CLrjoyG9/s1600-h/0119-MONTES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMqITraSd3JeMtI7OARJs4mKLvYaSW48aG3o4cofNEhlZc_l5yqyasdUuE1wRh7FGZOHVDCuOVYBLg61vZyfL5mF0OPoGE7tSNl6x_ex0bxDqLSwyj6nfYpnhi1y2CLrjoyG9/s640/0119-MONTES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382559209779998690" /></a><br />"MOON - Started with sunrise, finished with the moon rising in the horizon"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjMNDcdA1jED0LEQu3oTPT4jY6EglnRrE7rhc7S5-6mDu7j_HVc2pFXEn-29EaYmoWHxCqm7RO9hs4D-Zw4HL5VzFYzLX3Eb8ZENEy0i1y5rzVXGk_9sD5aGcy6KiuJe_dKspNw/s1600-h/A+Fabulous+Blog+award.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjMNDcdA1jED0LEQu3oTPT4jY6EglnRrE7rhc7S5-6mDu7j_HVc2pFXEn-29EaYmoWHxCqm7RO9hs4D-Zw4HL5VzFYzLX3Eb8ZENEy0i1y5rzVXGk_9sD5aGcy6KiuJe_dKspNw/s200/A+Fabulous+Blog+award.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389424538978245314" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://khanamasala.blogspot.com/">Babli</a> was so kind to pass me this lovely award. Thanks Babli!!GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-65729186520329453662009-10-04T23:38:00.001+01:002009-10-18T10:06:20.349+01:00TAURUS, ANTALYA'S PORT & THE RESTANTALYA - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQl4HOmtjRIKlA49XFCZP8RFmrNIanpWoedEalB56hcYTUfHlZjjQ2qLLSZLms5LMMunUStScjGYJxDJwcqRj1IIGIckBVBa1-XsbFn8xKI8EHMqcSi6i8NsMA7VvLQbBTElwzg/s1600-h/0602-GOYNUK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQl4HOmtjRIKlA49XFCZP8RFmrNIanpWoedEalB56hcYTUfHlZjjQ2qLLSZLms5LMMunUStScjGYJxDJwcqRj1IIGIckBVBa1-XsbFn8xKI8EHMqcSi6i8NsMA7VvLQbBTElwzg/s640/0602-GOYNUK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385923130144962274" /></a><br />"GOYNUK - On our way from the Palmiye to Antalya we passed Goynuk, famous to trekkers for its gorge. Never saw a city gate like this... And the Taurus behind!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdU1CYRPfffrqoSZmRytXNOCqlWC9lfrEtNa0Tf6HkVW7CJ8UGTqwQ5PmA3WX1Pg2etuDjFg_2Df6y1GHOPHlo2ihsOvkt6Q2SJG923-EGS-cN9c84oENEEk4qQ4KVmo9yk3pYQ/s1600-h/0603-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdU1CYRPfffrqoSZmRytXNOCqlWC9lfrEtNa0Tf6HkVW7CJ8UGTqwQ5PmA3WX1Pg2etuDjFg_2Df6y1GHOPHlo2ihsOvkt6Q2SJG923-EGS-cN9c84oENEEk4qQ4KVmo9yk3pYQ/s640/0603-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385923125935070962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVFQvDVs6opUHJAesWFg4eoFeMvQKRWdixL4IExOUrQuTCQUeSAfpP0YUJV0aVgPxrTUrTH4sFsaN-cvszd4ptkPo6LXRNbi4MP7bo13IQlJbERyu0ohQt7_7xV7epD40AmBxUA/s1600-h/0604-MAR+E+TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVFQvDVs6opUHJAesWFg4eoFeMvQKRWdixL4IExOUrQuTCQUeSAfpP0YUJV0aVgPxrTUrTH4sFsaN-cvszd4ptkPo6LXRNbi4MP7bo13IQlJbERyu0ohQt7_7xV7epD40AmBxUA/s640/0604-MAR+E+TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385923119464992050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7OfA-PR1OHVn3t7D-pfRxVojVsURD6hANUk_QgQyyLuiFMIhmGVDd01q-LI1jtIUbkm9R6-TWJGv0Cs7H11KQMtQ2NfydMObUDCMD_laCQd7B-FFkMBMAvEogIyvtRU14WqYMw/s1600-h/0605-TAURUS+EMOLDURADO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7OfA-PR1OHVn3t7D-pfRxVojVsURD6hANUk_QgQyyLuiFMIhmGVDd01q-LI1jtIUbkm9R6-TWJGv0Cs7H11KQMtQ2NfydMObUDCMD_laCQd7B-FFkMBMAvEogIyvtRU14WqYMw/s640/0605-TAURUS+EMOLDURADO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385923114446008034" /></a><br />"TAURUS MOUNTAINS - As seen from a restaurant on the left side of Antalya's port" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXx3a4aTYrZLA787x5fP6u5SeLfwlskfJ8wDXVPcwPuSFq1Ug_d5_p8h5Zo9jz8C7jiiPL_HWfeuC5ItGUF_eC1Z0z2PpqkuAdVkwIE3yFLSiiMFzt-awoyQM5-yuoyGN6P8cLw/s1600-h/0606-ARCO-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXx3a4aTYrZLA787x5fP6u5SeLfwlskfJ8wDXVPcwPuSFq1Ug_d5_p8h5Zo9jz8C7jiiPL_HWfeuC5ItGUF_eC1Z0z2PpqkuAdVkwIE3yFLSiiMFzt-awoyQM5-yuoyGN6P8cLw/s640/0606-ARCO-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922676236091762" /></a><br />"ARCH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeka1AnQtNei1Rrofjq3h5rWLPRvI2YN1zT7GN_VGo5AQdqJri0noTRlLNMm8G477ng4nS3m1zc8UDGZPYxmNrYeD-WkcZ1Okhtcys6TSAew_Uhaor-L_anuo41MY5XGULMeaiw/s1600-h/0607-TORRE+PORTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeka1AnQtNei1Rrofjq3h5rWLPRvI2YN1zT7GN_VGo5AQdqJri0noTRlLNMm8G477ng4nS3m1zc8UDGZPYxmNrYeD-WkcZ1Okhtcys6TSAew_Uhaor-L_anuo41MY5XGULMeaiw/s640/0607-TORRE+PORTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922667238774034" /></a><br />"HIDIRLIK TOWER - Believed to be built in Hellenistic era, the tower is located at the site where the land walls of the city join the sea walls. The 14m high structure consists of a circular tower rising on a pedestal"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNK3fMzmsRxcZgQj3tfFYcV6sPQKDC16fWAsmZFUWdBZbvtmW-PoEc0p7E1fHTTxE9B1NhtyazWg87GjUGEN_vJeNC-MAQXFfuvj1p_6uac2dZo5IJkuqp78eJUr1bzhHLh1QdA/s1600-h/0608-DESCIDA+PARA+O+PORTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNK3fMzmsRxcZgQj3tfFYcV6sPQKDC16fWAsmZFUWdBZbvtmW-PoEc0p7E1fHTTxE9B1NhtyazWg87GjUGEN_vJeNC-MAQXFfuvj1p_6uac2dZo5IJkuqp78eJUr1bzhHLh1QdA/s640/0608-DESCIDA+PARA+O+PORTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922660136443954" /></a><br />"WAY DOWN to the port"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XFq0lz7QYiSyjAuylzaBP3-OETN9fpxsGMAfFqf2h1L23PFR-mu6ultGio4O0Z7pqUnKhqZZgnJGOqFPYsTxM_PamYHZQ_69i5K0CSR1Hnc-Ao0kkWQWSnP67cXW7MTR88mkPQ/s1600-h/0609-CASA+NA+MURALHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XFq0lz7QYiSyjAuylzaBP3-OETN9fpxsGMAfFqf2h1L23PFR-mu6ultGio4O0Z7pqUnKhqZZgnJGOqFPYsTxM_PamYHZQ_69i5K0CSR1Hnc-Ao0kkWQWSnP67cXW7MTR88mkPQ/s640/0609-CASA+NA+MURALHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922653316856210" /></a><br />"HOUSE ON THE WALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4e0DakrEwPM3UKdk5JfbQi4Bzgad-95iLnL58Jsj9DduK1Mb1fURbj7Pa6IhysFuUKs3cy1Xq6gBocer4bjrS9QMtM-znb-F43T9TxAJelYgM8hIYm6mZwF8nElX-xh6IkjNtg/s1600-h/0610-PORTO+ANTALYA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4e0DakrEwPM3UKdk5JfbQi4Bzgad-95iLnL58Jsj9DduK1Mb1fURbj7Pa6IhysFuUKs3cy1Xq6gBocer4bjrS9QMtM-znb-F43T9TxAJelYgM8hIYm6mZwF8nElX-xh6IkjNtg/s640/0610-PORTO+ANTALYA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922652261514034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhPcNYU2aydLWYQHb5DYvqr9jKzO3YCsrYvz0ZLH1Tec9NfkPwR8NsbSTDElpa964dQxkdHl_SoNodtPaY7Rrcd2N8r5U0Y3wEKa-hzQxWODKqyGIXTGqDyjEzRWrmVVCxH_Tdw/s1600-h/0611-PORTO-ANTALYA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhPcNYU2aydLWYQHb5DYvqr9jKzO3YCsrYvz0ZLH1Tec9NfkPwR8NsbSTDElpa964dQxkdHl_SoNodtPaY7Rrcd2N8r5U0Y3wEKa-hzQxWODKqyGIXTGqDyjEzRWrmVVCxH_Tdw/s640/0611-PORTO-ANTALYA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922250346255538" /></a><br />"ANTALYA'S PORT"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3h8RzgB97NutL5hjqKAdv1jofAMulA1CGS-pb_ITn5W4fZ1YSB9Eg3LmmSZRQkR1CSAYKJbF7UMUA7eMEo0wwJB-El5KyfGIgFCCafRlmjlq3-R8UgE3gh2SlvKLtvYHschfPw/s1600-h/0612-ANTALYA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3h8RzgB97NutL5hjqKAdv1jofAMulA1CGS-pb_ITn5W4fZ1YSB9Eg3LmmSZRQkR1CSAYKJbF7UMUA7eMEo0wwJB-El5KyfGIgFCCafRlmjlq3-R8UgE3gh2SlvKLtvYHschfPw/s640/0612-ANTALYA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922246628654498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEb9gSekrGQdVGm-GQg6MOVFaasBMLPTxQAKzXbuQunYDlLRCuAJ4huM34ZnT9tkouAeThv73-xapZQ-b0FhodR4skgMy2ivq9Xpgw30LZfJEC0Xa_0R3uRuPN_LoUwLqcA97cA/s1600-h/0613-CASCATA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEb9gSekrGQdVGm-GQg6MOVFaasBMLPTxQAKzXbuQunYDlLRCuAJ4huM34ZnT9tkouAeThv73-xapZQ-b0FhodR4skgMy2ivq9Xpgw30LZfJEC0Xa_0R3uRuPN_LoUwLqcA97cA/s640/0613-CASCATA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922237777322562" /></a><br />"ANTALYA CITY & WATERFALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSx2z0gAXenzhWcrS-fDsM067WditW9DON-9uZmXtDp44UEJVbYZrvglW-1qjeJLZzXSzSDfPwAXTlkI5WjQs9xzgFVqAn3dmzylTxcugw3c0_bt6nHTsDgQWmYx8Ri2YJH2Zfw/s1600-h/0614-JARDIM+PORTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSx2z0gAXenzhWcrS-fDsM067WditW9DON-9uZmXtDp44UEJVbYZrvglW-1qjeJLZzXSzSDfPwAXTlkI5WjQs9xzgFVqAn3dmzylTxcugw3c0_bt6nHTsDgQWmYx8Ri2YJH2Zfw/s640/0614-JARDIM+PORTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922234817904962" /></a><br />"GARDEN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DddSkLGFv1rw3CZh7H2tRyul-Qof5Hdv40x3dkGrbfW792p_y9Dv0sQlpmR4961URmFCXF6-UcaXhkoxvEibAAls2y20Zi9cI0hRnnruLbRZWKcstbzm0_U3t3XL4ovNhZ87ng/s1600-h/0615-PRAINHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DddSkLGFv1rw3CZh7H2tRyul-Qof5Hdv40x3dkGrbfW792p_y9Dv0sQlpmR4961URmFCXF6-UcaXhkoxvEibAAls2y20Zi9cI0hRnnruLbRZWKcstbzm0_U3t3XL4ovNhZ87ng/s640/0615-PRAINHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385922226519166594" /></a><br />"SMALL BEACH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEHMWU-efcAm3UBTjo_ai-JFZIi3wgGUciuct5fM1SbcgeprqkYQdruOCdMu0VBAvzOisnsKJpG7k-Ui_3EAqF98t-P0SYmRIP3HJzoNJwlmdRlcP_MieRfPZNHWpUQrpz9ABWw/s1600-h/0616-ANTALYA-CENTRO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEHMWU-efcAm3UBTjo_ai-JFZIi3wgGUciuct5fM1SbcgeprqkYQdruOCdMu0VBAvzOisnsKJpG7k-Ui_3EAqF98t-P0SYmRIP3HJzoNJwlmdRlcP_MieRfPZNHWpUQrpz9ABWw/s640/0616-ANTALYA-CENTRO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385919250002420178" /></a><br />"DOWNTOWN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TYf1V9z_UMZGJnGD0dfsokphlLJqhX5dIjXggbIYjJovg2wR6Z-tiIeHLmkSKAZB55LJ-ZIFmt-7HZQiHFEz6UbKRIXZLLGPCpAvblYmjaRFJa9-yTqdafPZGaBzCbMotD7s6g/s1600-h/0617-MESQUITA+PASHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TYf1V9z_UMZGJnGD0dfsokphlLJqhX5dIjXggbIYjJovg2wR6Z-tiIeHLmkSKAZB55LJ-ZIFmt-7HZQiHFEz6UbKRIXZLLGPCpAvblYmjaRFJa9-yTqdafPZGaBzCbMotD7s6g/s640/0617-MESQUITA+PASHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385919241721715362" /></a><br />"MURAT PASHA MOSQUE - It was commissioned by Grand Vizier Murad Pasha in 1570"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvRIM5g2GyaXqzND7ASWBqEGtvURikAF8JM9xGCx3CgVotZUCUmPJyv2E5gna484vrnbnmFLYMCcaD20pylpyiUg8pEIskaKlMOyO9yiUSgByi8F4nC1d4nrzU95by-AIi-yIqw/s1600-h/0618-MINARETES-EST%C3%81TUA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvRIM5g2GyaXqzND7ASWBqEGtvURikAF8JM9xGCx3CgVotZUCUmPJyv2E5gna484vrnbnmFLYMCcaD20pylpyiUg8pEIskaKlMOyO9yiUSgByi8F4nC1d4nrzU95by-AIi-yIqw/s640/0618-MINARETES-EST%C3%81TUA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385919238029902786" /></a><br />"ATATURK & THE MINARETS - The Yivli Minare Mosque is one of the first Islamic buildings in the city. Its fluted minaret is a symbol of the city"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PZHTqCQhVbPNFhmKukh-OHzgn_F6DqMPQqo1LcpZTWx_qwrX4v7_2eFWOFCeVNFBBrZd-SBJg1L04__VBvmDiBCR43vA8KGINuXDCliOCXuo9Hv7Om1V8cSyZCPzvCn0Pleqkw/s1600-h/0619-MESQUITA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PZHTqCQhVbPNFhmKukh-OHzgn_F6DqMPQqo1LcpZTWx_qwrX4v7_2eFWOFCeVNFBBrZd-SBJg1L04__VBvmDiBCR43vA8KGINuXDCliOCXuo9Hv7Om1V8cSyZCPzvCn0Pleqkw/s640/0619-MESQUITA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385919228502357026" /></a><br />"MOSQUE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimITXxlqPfxWSM5eRFVtvr42LDvl-mfKDytrEPApNIoujm9_TLNqkAqh0iopenhPthR5sNRn-CsObVMx4QYMNoGRlVgXKWvXiMK6f05ILLutkeRH5I8JnZBLSU34G3nbxy8F3caQ/s1600-h/0620-T%C3%9ANEL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimITXxlqPfxWSM5eRFVtvr42LDvl-mfKDytrEPApNIoujm9_TLNqkAqh0iopenhPthR5sNRn-CsObVMx4QYMNoGRlVgXKWvXiMK6f05ILLutkeRH5I8JnZBLSU34G3nbxy8F3caQ/s640/0620-T%C3%9ANEL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385919221885461602" /></a><br />"DRIVING SCHOOL"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-57702545981441140052009-09-28T00:33:00.001+01:002009-10-18T10:06:20.351+01:00KALEIÇI, OLD ANTALYAANTALYA - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />It is said that the site of the current city of Antalya was first inhabited when Attalos II, King of Pergamon, founded Attalia there, around 150 BC. However, recent excavations have uncovered remains from the 3rd century BC, suggesting that the site was already occupied earlier. King Attalos III of Pergamum willed his kingdom to Rome at his death and the city prospered during the Roman period.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_vuQau5y-pJSqrdlVxc5oyEp4w6OhpCPYw-MsfBCI-a5e3R8S8zC-3R790PD-2Gq9N79jbAiiSKyAJGd0HJkF_YJ9OgOEQFid74w7aPhxFZRxcNnMGrvBuVh_W7oHlCfpUEpUg/s1600-h/0501-ANTALYA-PORTA+ADRIANO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_vuQau5y-pJSqrdlVxc5oyEp4w6OhpCPYw-MsfBCI-a5e3R8S8zC-3R790PD-2Gq9N79jbAiiSKyAJGd0HJkF_YJ9OgOEQFid74w7aPhxFZRxcNnMGrvBuVh_W7oHlCfpUEpUg/s640/0501-ANTALYA-PORTA+ADRIANO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868857808168354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERPPi5oua2FwUsItvN9i3h5uumd09Yhdr6-sFsP1MpUZJ3-Mq1ODNNeghYBLGlHFtyO3O_NrVl-xzfGC5Y23Jq1DEOmAKF47fy92kQ9Zmypvo78La53dVRNXKe77ImU8Y6WUr4Q/s1600-h/0502-PORTA-ZOOM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERPPi5oua2FwUsItvN9i3h5uumd09Yhdr6-sFsP1MpUZJ3-Mq1ODNNeghYBLGlHFtyO3O_NrVl-xzfGC5Y23Jq1DEOmAKF47fy92kQ9Zmypvo78La53dVRNXKe77ImU8Y6WUr4Q/s640/0502-PORTA-ZOOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868851874133202" /></a><br />"HADRIAN'S GATE - The three arched triumphal gate was built to honour the Roman Emperor, who visited Antalya in 130 A.D. It is considered the most beautiful Gate in the region (Pamphylia). It seems that the original Gate had two storeys but there is no information on the top one"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3l1h1LGD76Z0pRBDnJkgibZwpuTQsLAU2yskPFs6yAdNjn4xid_r3E75ZcwmEp7_zytfGYRttnuz45-m1gDxNSf7OjWt60_bcSzD2w3bzLF10Z0iaf3GkNrMVslpAOmLw1r3hg/s1600-h/0503-TRAVE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3l1h1LGD76Z0pRBDnJkgibZwpuTQsLAU2yskPFs6yAdNjn4xid_r3E75ZcwmEp7_zytfGYRttnuz45-m1gDxNSf7OjWt60_bcSzD2w3bzLF10Z0iaf3GkNrMVslpAOmLw1r3hg/s640/0503-TRAVE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868842254933602" /></a><br />"DECORATION - Entirely built of white marble, the Gate has a remarkable ornamentation"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RzSoSzxTqN57QbesfaF201C-dTwMlpER_vGWff5llcMhY7sL9ZRDwcY6v7oV7v1MfpqjIZqJDeM_TwLZY8ge_bXOI2a2-aJwaG537ubA8Q-0mSmuvQkS-F7nCjeCKNTK9d8ZNg/s1600-h/0504-CASA+TURCA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RzSoSzxTqN57QbesfaF201C-dTwMlpER_vGWff5llcMhY7sL9ZRDwcY6v7oV7v1MfpqjIZqJDeM_TwLZY8ge_bXOI2a2-aJwaG537ubA8Q-0mSmuvQkS-F7nCjeCKNTK9d8ZNg/s640/0504-CASA+TURCA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868838940312482" /></a><br />"HALIHAN - Carpets in the old town"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8isoHRDx2tNLNmk9nb77oYwvkw3XnE2AcySqFRJ4-RX5axdngxgs3JmQdK_9LkXLHFepJHSRgwLG8KUO6e484NDARzvJjgejA0HR79pZ9-NNnO96o8ZeCi9SC-E_up9ITi8iV4A/s1600-h/0505-ANTALYA-CASA+DE+PASHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8isoHRDx2tNLNmk9nb77oYwvkw3XnE2AcySqFRJ4-RX5axdngxgs3JmQdK_9LkXLHFepJHSRgwLG8KUO6e484NDARzvJjgejA0HR79pZ9-NNnO96o8ZeCi9SC-E_up9ITi8iV4A/s640/0505-ANTALYA-CASA+DE+PASHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868829538284306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtGlw59URnbRHq89VYdeWDKfApAM4rK9Y6QsuHCB-VRIkPhb_j-r96SqrCDvklhW6XfVJ9NsQTaaluXXN8dEXusPLm04JuBvm_E5JGpoNkn3iE1Pv3J1AwxnrIQ9uSU6T452jPw/s1600-h/0510-CASA+PASHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtGlw59URnbRHq89VYdeWDKfApAM4rK9Y6QsuHCB-VRIkPhb_j-r96SqrCDvklhW6XfVJ9NsQTaaluXXN8dEXusPLm04JuBvm_E5JGpoNkn3iE1Pv3J1AwxnrIQ9uSU6T452jPw/s640/0510-CASA+PASHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868409907941954" /></a><br />"PASHA HOUSES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7yyCigIh2W6EqSckHaoXWlORBTytVN23w1PN1HmChpTZn75WeZULiEK_pwbmVO0POWLJDtmv1jypxqjHXuJfkMBMqf4YgUzx4j1XGU2iqpRMZUaok6zqZH4EOLZLHQxNWfYx3A/s1600-h/0506-ANTALYA-TURISTAS+CIDADE+VELHA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7yyCigIh2W6EqSckHaoXWlORBTytVN23w1PN1HmChpTZn75WeZULiEK_pwbmVO0POWLJDtmv1jypxqjHXuJfkMBMqf4YgUzx4j1XGU2iqpRMZUaok6zqZH4EOLZLHQxNWfYx3A/s640/0506-ANTALYA-TURISTAS+CIDADE+VELHA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868430921103714" /></a><br />"TOURISTS - Streets from the Ottoman era"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz3cExfkZGQ_58EO3gMA9jM4frWhUI8pyREBGPSaShzXrT1dqMPybafPMJsFafIbimRhvgloy5MJ-pkPDPxzSPzxCJgHs6W7akmei1XBKKdUjs-qyleepA-Z-Eg9Zsbr4BzTZzA/s1600-h/0507-RU%C3%8DNAS+MESQUITA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz3cExfkZGQ_58EO3gMA9jM4frWhUI8pyREBGPSaShzXrT1dqMPybafPMJsFafIbimRhvgloy5MJ-pkPDPxzSPzxCJgHs6W7akmei1XBKKdUjs-qyleepA-Z-Eg9Zsbr4BzTZzA/s640/0507-RU%C3%8DNAS+MESQUITA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868426994753890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvHBgidpqsVrB_bqJp1fIvjJxqX03g4MyLKXkggRkC8xRE_Iqs_0pDj36QmIAYlhPnU3mS_mUI4WYRpRtfxTlvGhks4uLL60kbdB1Xb9GBajMnAMfQZ-QIRP8Ej5QiWAbpoWO5Q/s1600-h/0508-RU%C3%8DNAS+MESQUITA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvHBgidpqsVrB_bqJp1fIvjJxqX03g4MyLKXkggRkC8xRE_Iqs_0pDj36QmIAYlhPnU3mS_mUI4WYRpRtfxTlvGhks4uLL60kbdB1Xb9GBajMnAMfQZ-QIRP8Ej5QiWAbpoWO5Q/s640/0508-RU%C3%8DNAS+MESQUITA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868420521164770" /></a><br />"KESIK MINARE (Broken Minaret) - Originally built as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD, it was converted into a Byzantine church in honour of Virgin Mary, in the 600s. Heavily damaged in the 700s during the Arab invasions, it was repaired again in the 900s. Converted into a mosque, it saw the addition of the minaret. However, in 1361, it became a church again, only to be reconverted into a mosque some time later. It was finally destroyed in a fire in 1846, but the minaret survived, as the Kesik Minare"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYqANZjm7G30fulioAQ3o5tLJPQ7IGFCRORanmXfWhab-xWR8tQNY7qgWM64wbVxunzG8aOlooXxSLIAhoRbBRHQhq04bkB4Oywv7r6LDTmHWv3xXYZBxNcO4Udf4uKNGLwfJRQ/s1600-h/0509-ANTALYA-CASAS+VELHAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYqANZjm7G30fulioAQ3o5tLJPQ7IGFCRORanmXfWhab-xWR8tQNY7qgWM64wbVxunzG8aOlooXxSLIAhoRbBRHQhq04bkB4Oywv7r6LDTmHWv3xXYZBxNcO4Udf4uKNGLwfJRQ/s640/0509-ANTALYA-CASAS+VELHAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385868414940003730" /></a><br />"OLDEST HOUSES in Old Town"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXlMmjdF9lxGTanfzyBxSs0oXMfHbQC5f2F2dK4VVj8-f-BvpllLKfLonmbAufo9dVuM6Pf4NKe1aykIskQf12iyqmJxgdf4svPfTkZpNFuoQJp9uOzdxr7GnD6bRtjflelWeyw/s1600-h/0511-ANTALYA-+CIDADE+VELHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXlMmjdF9lxGTanfzyBxSs0oXMfHbQC5f2F2dK4VVj8-f-BvpllLKfLonmbAufo9dVuM6Pf4NKe1aykIskQf12iyqmJxgdf4svPfTkZpNFuoQJp9uOzdxr7GnD6bRtjflelWeyw/s640/0511-ANTALYA-+CIDADE+VELHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867693735954306" /></a><br />"COCA COLA, CAMEL MARKET"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxS_sLXiYXwPYt3oE8qiZzX8VsiNQQ3viSFFqWHCyrbM5xzybzjApHS_QDW8rdVQ93W5335Z2xKAmZaX7aK6PyEQxd0qWPWi6K8amaeCXJzGbTc3uJcjlV7FztrleDylRg_34iQ/s1600-h/0512-ANTALYA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxS_sLXiYXwPYt3oE8qiZzX8VsiNQQ3viSFFqWHCyrbM5xzybzjApHS_QDW8rdVQ93W5335Z2xKAmZaX7aK6PyEQxd0qWPWi6K8amaeCXJzGbTc3uJcjlV7FztrleDylRg_34iQ/s640/0512-ANTALYA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867682367778738" /></a><br />"KILIMS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F_-r06Xl3RUiOlOvBVrMthelQjPIks90aRkX2rU40qWeZ1h1XXJp0elhcWYuWtHKs1o7yuG0V6CpD0wJf9ldC4MjCASnZwyVOMgClALvPL-mgZEgsO1lqmes6mWSPMs3wkemgg/s1600-h/0513-CASAS-FLORES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F_-r06Xl3RUiOlOvBVrMthelQjPIks90aRkX2rU40qWeZ1h1XXJp0elhcWYuWtHKs1o7yuG0V6CpD0wJf9ldC4MjCASnZwyVOMgClALvPL-mgZEgsO1lqmes6mWSPMs3wkemgg/s640/0513-CASAS-FLORES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867679532363266" /></a><br />"FLOWER HOUSE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcMxLOPxHN-uZy8fsRAfZbkdnWWvUShj61CkoCo5grc7kNqjnIWRcUZ77HRud5CqfQQ6HExqpPszYGpQ1DG_t9G_COJc_uXzAgiXBZRikUrs3o5P5D13Bff1vVO3bpo3QdYkMXQ/s1600-h/0514-MEDITERRA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcMxLOPxHN-uZy8fsRAfZbkdnWWvUShj61CkoCo5grc7kNqjnIWRcUZ77HRud5CqfQQ6HExqpPszYGpQ1DG_t9G_COJc_uXzAgiXBZRikUrs3o5P5D13Bff1vVO3bpo3QdYkMXQ/s640/0514-MEDITERRA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867676381225042" /></a><br />"MEDITERRA ART HOTEL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4chTIswpXSfHEvVgyaM3Rrz2wJSTfN0E7q3pBACL-3SWpS0FIdaqsvAxyZNmMuTlgxrpQA8ESfqwNWIJ6508nuFfP2zVgAp9iro2lAGwBUa1o8m2UcjXr3dnePZX0gwEbmzkIAQ/s1600-h/0515-CASA+PASHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4chTIswpXSfHEvVgyaM3Rrz2wJSTfN0E7q3pBACL-3SWpS0FIdaqsvAxyZNmMuTlgxrpQA8ESfqwNWIJ6508nuFfP2zVgAp9iro2lAGwBUa1o8m2UcjXr3dnePZX0gwEbmzkIAQ/s640/0515-CASA+PASHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867668577305490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkuxkXwgTe7SGOT9orVCopiTEqS3IkFTGP6OThbyr0ZCeLqiy0E3vBq7ga9RjjNLPANHB0NUQT-Mp37NIvd-YcvdPIvkIbt47gGwOT0Z2XI47q4QuxDqgV5ClgP6qWlXiFJMLZg/s1600-h/0516-CASAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkuxkXwgTe7SGOT9orVCopiTEqS3IkFTGP6OThbyr0ZCeLqiy0E3vBq7ga9RjjNLPANHB0NUQT-Mp37NIvd-YcvdPIvkIbt47gGwOT0Z2XI47q4QuxDqgV5ClgP6qWlXiFJMLZg/s640/0516-CASAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867011616817794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmsmbubxeIDBD4z3c8N431_LbhKp9SvmxNkQU6hOlR471QYqRylyZUW0DCjzLlhJxIzmh5vdw0Edv5VJPFf36QSRR9r8kPykThFCdkxp6D2deXivWRHwIDXDxEqceMwHR_J3S/s1600-h/0517-CASAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmsmbubxeIDBD4z3c8N431_LbhKp9SvmxNkQU6hOlR471QYqRylyZUW0DCjzLlhJxIzmh5vdw0Edv5VJPFf36QSRR9r8kPykThFCdkxp6D2deXivWRHwIDXDxEqceMwHR_J3S/s640/0517-CASAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867006300792978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-uaqG53-_h5ndn79Sm4sVKaPRbHKQFf-d5X-pQrDecx2YqT8TNWY8PGvYOd6QFE-ZurtGv8zBCc2qLIAuEyRtd06Sy71J8_V9hKXeu5hR56b8BFdp19pld-iFaM6VNxipKju/s1600-h/0518-PENS%C3%95ES+E+HOTEIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-uaqG53-_h5ndn79Sm4sVKaPRbHKQFf-d5X-pQrDecx2YqT8TNWY8PGvYOd6QFE-ZurtGv8zBCc2qLIAuEyRtd06Sy71J8_V9hKXeu5hR56b8BFdp19pld-iFaM6VNxipKju/s640/0518-PENS%C3%95ES+E+HOTEIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385867001567848978" /></a><br />"HOUSES, HOTELS & STREETS OF KALEIÇI"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX7UwT1AEFSJuS0R-PUK-XGQE_3ZwmUlYJZKpZDjEiILuaB9NYZioBrAVJSj6vGtn-BPqB9lcc8O8O0Z9WDBKkcJ40cUze1vY33mt9k8yA8oLzBavtGNRGND4pJrm20NHDokH/s1600-h/0519-BANHOS+TURCOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiX7UwT1AEFSJuS0R-PUK-XGQE_3ZwmUlYJZKpZDjEiILuaB9NYZioBrAVJSj6vGtn-BPqB9lcc8O8O0Z9WDBKkcJ40cUze1vY33mt9k8yA8oLzBavtGNRGND4pJrm20NHDokH/s640/0519-BANHOS+TURCOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385866993849772882" /></a><br />"TURKISH BATHS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16QQjRBTj4BZy0a1l0eaaf6hnE35Dy_rJmZv4FMQznQGEJc2KQZa54aQFWRAVEv32bLpG_sFBjorsIuNeGqaqAs93CmHSvz3jJhAyBIPc9quqQqCEhQ7AQ0avpiyZJPoPwrsr/s1600-h/0520-TORRE+REL%C3%93GIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16QQjRBTj4BZy0a1l0eaaf6hnE35Dy_rJmZv4FMQznQGEJc2KQZa54aQFWRAVEv32bLpG_sFBjorsIuNeGqaqAs93CmHSvz3jJhAyBIPc9quqQqCEhQ7AQ0avpiyZJPoPwrsr/s640/0520-TORRE+REL%C3%93GIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385866986674984034" /></a><br />"CLOCK TOWER - From the Roman times"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-29254737882197644602009-09-20T01:14:00.001+01:002009-10-18T10:06:20.353+01:00FUN IN TURKEYTURKISH RIVIERA - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVBCllxbKqKD8ezDWDA9xmOEPEL1sgNEtItlnCCm4LUxw8pv95iAoebQyo4YuMNFCITEvhUxwmtpcxD8vTl-iQ7dfD8iCtC8LqXxYQmIROVhai5aiXt2OTgPsFoyU2tZ29pdh/s1600-h/1000-PRAIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVBCllxbKqKD8ezDWDA9xmOEPEL1sgNEtItlnCCm4LUxw8pv95iAoebQyo4YuMNFCITEvhUxwmtpcxD8vTl-iQ7dfD8iCtC8LqXxYQmIROVhai5aiXt2OTgPsFoyU2tZ29pdh/s640/1000-PRAIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379977034872356434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGtr6A56A4JIy6v-1Rm_zq0oi1-swEcpdNnylvG13fjmwm61bGu2-wfH3IAklq3ahFCKv4qZuavtfszbzln25fk3cW2rTz3aOdGXIfa6SEWnVBPWNENeUwZ1wKxAX54h4hX7r/s1600-h/1001-PRAIA-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGtr6A56A4JIy6v-1Rm_zq0oi1-swEcpdNnylvG13fjmwm61bGu2-wfH3IAklq3ahFCKv4qZuavtfszbzln25fk3cW2rTz3aOdGXIfa6SEWnVBPWNENeUwZ1wKxAX54h4hX7r/s640/1001-PRAIA-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379977025171206418" /></a><br />"BEACH - Early morning, the water temperature was already around 30º centigrade, while outside the sun wasn't yet burning; so the swimming was perfect!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-g1JwfatMJDk-lFLJOUb2wCgDXCWH2IT3lO3jRPnqd2uOcYXM0iKFalL6V-rdIG8NCDvc3iWX1bT8m3ek7lKUZo_DYilVRu7t_A0-nC9EPEG7_bVoi0CzGB9_hRnPLeyi5N5/s1600-h/1002-HOTEL-POOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-g1JwfatMJDk-lFLJOUb2wCgDXCWH2IT3lO3jRPnqd2uOcYXM0iKFalL6V-rdIG8NCDvc3iWX1bT8m3ek7lKUZo_DYilVRu7t_A0-nC9EPEG7_bVoi0CzGB9_hRnPLeyi5N5/s640/1002-HOTEL-POOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379977022247199090" /></a><br />"POOL - For the lovers of pools, there were two; can't express my opinion,because I didn't use them. With such a lovely se just thirty metres away..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RHlJiTTiRoOvcfJi4ikzD5HIQdbQexIaDiiG2RWck5glVoijPIoGBlZslw13VUCO9JTemZszPoj3QDRJ-3i70OCvlSV4m5ecuMPt1g1-ZP_BsHgAJ8kXgp_LnWxLqIW33Z7s/s1600-h/1003-PARAPENTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RHlJiTTiRoOvcfJi4ikzD5HIQdbQexIaDiiG2RWck5glVoijPIoGBlZslw13VUCO9JTemZszPoj3QDRJ-3i70OCvlSV4m5ecuMPt1g1-ZP_BsHgAJ8kXgp_LnWxLqIW33Z7s/s640/1003-PARAPENTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379976739037818658" /></a><br />"PARAGLIDING - Then you have the sports available; for the extreme, the paragliding..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JNfgDSLrywbfO8ywHawIMdoTUYSp5evpWZvp6UzO57EprD3wvX3dZB4ZXCAq8apqgU4RfrWkwegJydAwQWVMCHNEy38mvHp9YF5b1tcuZJJxsEji_yAdaP63hOvDMX3CbLGj/s1600-h/1004-COURT+CENTRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JNfgDSLrywbfO8ywHawIMdoTUYSp5evpWZvp6UzO57EprD3wvX3dZB4ZXCAq8apqgU4RfrWkwegJydAwQWVMCHNEy38mvHp9YF5b1tcuZJJxsEji_yAdaP63hOvDMX3CbLGj/s640/1004-COURT+CENTRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379976729065384338" /></a><br />"TENNIS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpLIDFnmogqaMwIAT53blts-rWSBAMd4LDq6n5kFKqj54ifvaZ5ISGq2rkCkG1lzGTqvo5L6RhFo_F3D_9x6XuYs6KGOziZcre7BXZ6OaVk9U-OzJ00YBnBLo9ukme-twUOOj/s1600-h/1005-MED-FUTEBOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpLIDFnmogqaMwIAT53blts-rWSBAMd4LDq6n5kFKqj54ifvaZ5ISGq2rkCkG1lzGTqvo5L6RhFo_F3D_9x6XuYs6KGOziZcre7BXZ6OaVk9U-OzJ00YBnBLo9ukme-twUOOj/s640/1005-MED-FUTEBOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379976718942030866" /></a><br />"FOOTBALL AND ARCHERY"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0-cRAFesjcEJCpqm8WIDoXTeZBQFLt0VHXFKhpvu83CpWwjZgYIReuoK4QEjJAiUnaD1-dH8le5c-X1aVxSpBUtmTbZ1t8or35t2Q-djF23dWt9pzyRtuQb6FVla2F3L1Syg/s1600-h/1006-BAR+VILAGGIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0-cRAFesjcEJCpqm8WIDoXTeZBQFLt0VHXFKhpvu83CpWwjZgYIReuoK4QEjJAiUnaD1-dH8le5c-X1aVxSpBUtmTbZ1t8or35t2Q-djF23dWt9pzyRtuQb6FVla2F3L1Syg/s640/1006-BAR+VILAGGIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379976717222351394" /></a><br />"DRINKING - At the bar..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tcraazgHaBiaD3J4mTltUsDB46GK6SG8FQBjHq4gF6IZIb1CYad7TufAre4hLhK09DCPQzvsQhdFuqKX537_9jFgE9ettE5T1YmsDOydjx6SOtPwz5TXGcbQ9GaTKhet6im6/s1600-h/1007-BARCOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tcraazgHaBiaD3J4mTltUsDB46GK6SG8FQBjHq4gF6IZIb1CYad7TufAre4hLhK09DCPQzvsQhdFuqKX537_9jFgE9ettE5T1YmsDOydjx6SOtPwz5TXGcbQ9GaTKhet6im6/s640/1007-BARCOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379976708289329826" /></a><br />"SAILING"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokOJtPJergFXfCqkBTAK0CXMZ_InqycQuW5tLENB2R0lcGRsfAmwmqRHXJixZvMP-HD7dmm7L-R2qZJrbAq-wIvAAfUK6FiQSY5_-S1E0wEyyc8RWYdaQqSIui1lcorC3tLQB/s1600-h/1008-CIRCO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokOJtPJergFXfCqkBTAK0CXMZ_InqycQuW5tLENB2R0lcGRsfAmwmqRHXJixZvMP-HD7dmm7L-R2qZJrbAq-wIvAAfUK6FiQSY5_-S1E0wEyyc8RWYdaQqSIui1lcorC3tLQB/s640/1008-CIRCO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975543779764978" /></a><br />"CIRCUS - You may even improve your aptitudes at the Circus grounds"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZMvBLjhP5QNHB2vczphBB7qdsnX6anlsLkE_UsAWatElfwzSlz-9mO1AJ6JliJXsrI9tRfHYwP1Gbw291KiB0NejvcZhq9FjIfhfIcU548CXkmTELH3yh_sDvp1j7Txd9BAU/s1600-h/1009-PRAIA+EMOLDURADA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZMvBLjhP5QNHB2vczphBB7qdsnX6anlsLkE_UsAWatElfwzSlz-9mO1AJ6JliJXsrI9tRfHYwP1Gbw291KiB0NejvcZhq9FjIfhfIcU548CXkmTELH3yh_sDvp1j7Txd9BAU/s640/1009-PRAIA+EMOLDURADA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975535291626226" /></a><br />"DESERTED BEACH - By the end of the day, the beach is almost only for you"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fOSLx4bifSRF8Ys5KZohB00ArhIJqVuI_VH-tvtzDz3CjDdji1NBdeYhfdmxg8jYGShcLQlPqDnDff-QeQeGylijpjN5wxpp6uCdFRrQ6PcaVT0WVSRRZa8NWjjXgY-pgb9-/s1600-h/1010-TOPKAPI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fOSLx4bifSRF8Ys5KZohB00ArhIJqVuI_VH-tvtzDz3CjDdji1NBdeYhfdmxg8jYGShcLQlPqDnDff-QeQeGylijpjN5wxpp6uCdFRrQ6PcaVT0WVSRRZa8NWjjXgY-pgb9-/s640/1010-TOPKAPI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975526410089090" /></a><br />"DINNER TIME at the Topkapi Restaurant"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJw4hmVz94mXyJOTM6zvPY9aKHM99vHMNymQgywbKSB4BSucLCr-3ezibAi0L6cXq_V-gcZok9aPwSenQ9XfJGcsubk4U3VpK5Bkig-Iy_uvQRXxGf3ZTt7CUxaSpkFRFViZT/s1600-h/1011-BOLO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJw4hmVz94mXyJOTM6zvPY9aKHM99vHMNymQgywbKSB4BSucLCr-3ezibAi0L6cXq_V-gcZok9aPwSenQ9XfJGcsubk4U3VpK5Bkig-Iy_uvQRXxGf3ZTt7CUxaSpkFRFViZT/s640/1011-BOLO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975522424439522" /></a><br />"09.09.2008 - SPECIAL DINNER: Moet and a Cake!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vs2QzZTdD0q_RQndKTOaum_UwmGVPJUie00p26T4bKOAJHhD9CayZSY10S4fV2cO0-4o3KKn-ydxtS9sdkO5JKKIHYwjd0iNyezidioTj63LyH19XzqzjkFysgMh2k49idsb/s1600-h/2079-SHOW+CHIN%C3%8AS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vs2QzZTdD0q_RQndKTOaum_UwmGVPJUie00p26T4bKOAJHhD9CayZSY10S4fV2cO0-4o3KKn-ydxtS9sdkO5JKKIHYwjd0iNyezidioTj63LyH19XzqzjkFysgMh2k49idsb/s640/2079-SHOW+CHIN%C3%8AS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975512914330482" /></a><br />"SHOW TIME - Chinese performance"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTIV-gju89WMlD2bAeohhqAFuc-Wmwyi1F7Us-3lPGUDtcs3Oln6WOGMXH9XC9jDtpo6f7tsfL9H5R-wb-hAAFrlr70VwnVTZQHgGPY7Nu4-uk92jtJLJacsCDosgpWj3Qw12/s1600-h/2081-PRATOS+VOADORES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTIV-gju89WMlD2bAeohhqAFuc-Wmwyi1F7Us-3lPGUDtcs3Oln6WOGMXH9XC9jDtpo6f7tsfL9H5R-wb-hAAFrlr70VwnVTZQHgGPY7Nu4-uk92jtJLJacsCDosgpWj3Qw12/s640/2081-PRATOS+VOADORES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975118052018770" /></a><br />"DISHES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI97dYnrlTyvbtXKyC9v_sFryeypFN9AgoFUIYVGjztf7fVXPAIg49DuRvqt6hlAeBgbW5Gw4R8VF4XBz8bYZSWFE8J8K5qMBXhg5HzHVKvLAgrzpIEiseSNKJQ3zBTpvnYK4y/s1600-h/2087-CADEIRAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI97dYnrlTyvbtXKyC9v_sFryeypFN9AgoFUIYVGjztf7fVXPAIg49DuRvqt6hlAeBgbW5Gw4R8VF4XBz8bYZSWFE8J8K5qMBXhg5HzHVKvLAgrzpIEiseSNKJQ3zBTpvnYK4y/s640/2087-CADEIRAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975114627833698" /></a><br />"CHAIRS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5Q2KX6CKWpJ8LoaPex1myfahq3KmAYtBPYifeJ-gDG1cD8fGp3-Lz8OilYNmgsnM6axgrMsy1u3Radi434Y0PGUfFDm2vRHoyFRTYN3TV7N3XdMHWGfcjrZcXWOLENlsP_xs/s1600-h/2150-DERVICHE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5Q2KX6CKWpJ8LoaPex1myfahq3KmAYtBPYifeJ-gDG1cD8fGp3-Lz8OilYNmgsnM6axgrMsy1u3Radi434Y0PGUfFDm2vRHoyFRTYN3TV7N3XdMHWGfcjrZcXWOLENlsP_xs/s640/2150-DERVICHE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975108064824306" /></a><br />"TURKISH SHOW - DERVISH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YRTrmtAFCWmSndII38VGMjf1AMHDuoAF6iGCen_TIMjxmITlOttqZjiJP8gVBtHiqpJKpeuviTnmFyZV2uGwpb9DD5BokWLy4epJ4ss4tOZmROLFKEKJk2WKbnRHaYb-c0Zl/s1600-h/2824-GO-GG-AURELIE-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YRTrmtAFCWmSndII38VGMjf1AMHDuoAF6iGCen_TIMjxmITlOttqZjiJP8gVBtHiqpJKpeuviTnmFyZV2uGwpb9DD5BokWLy4epJ4ss4tOZmROLFKEKJk2WKbnRHaYb-c0Zl/s640/2824-GO-GG-AURELIE-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975098483661410" /></a><br />"CHAMPAGNE - Sometimes, there was a late night party, with champagne..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvx87hHOYAmwAYlsfX8CzGaSI9f_x3thIrgUJpnXWPrBazsemdXvFcaULLapiisxKrEFIl4YqEotitvDzgXSQ2tX-zJucpOLl-jxNbltG7fYGXwzNNZ6qGmrowYI7lHLp9Z8B/s1600-h/2865-LUAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvx87hHOYAmwAYlsfX8CzGaSI9f_x3thIrgUJpnXWPrBazsemdXvFcaULLapiisxKrEFIl4YqEotitvDzgXSQ2tX-zJucpOLl-jxNbltG7fYGXwzNNZ6qGmrowYI7lHLp9Z8B/s640/2865-LUAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379975096468016866" /></a><br />"FULL MOON - You have to take the right week..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-71550693555088473142009-09-13T20:18:00.002+01:002009-10-18T10:06:20.355+01:00BLUE BY THE MOUNTAINSON THE BEACH - TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5f6rRi95VmhWdVi9qITxWRMtWZQn3LCeu10s8JoyZ0vIXjID_xyynOUI3aa1DPWY99l8AjnrzqZ6d4a_qgI_nGIom1IWlMUTqBX_8z4SAA8UXVhXoLDmuPWwBGX-fahMwr2hY/s1600-h/2009-SOL+E+MAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5f6rRi95VmhWdVi9qITxWRMtWZQn3LCeu10s8JoyZ0vIXjID_xyynOUI3aa1DPWY99l8AjnrzqZ6d4a_qgI_nGIom1IWlMUTqBX_8z4SAA8UXVhXoLDmuPWwBGX-fahMwr2hY/s640/2009-SOL+E+MAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443891305082834" /></a><br />"SUN & SEA" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORKTdBvrOm7dniO7sDz-Mu0Lh356p9-0js0CrTNmYrPGU7HqfM1HjkQFo0aFN3rV1yDVonLJQXyIaXTJ5JFaPTwNy8pVTrrFV-YR-e_XJVq8Z_S_5RLwil0vs8wHPBd-0SZHa/s1600-h/2018-PRAIA+PALMIYE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORKTdBvrOm7dniO7sDz-Mu0Lh356p9-0js0CrTNmYrPGU7HqfM1HjkQFo0aFN3rV1yDVonLJQXyIaXTJ5JFaPTwNy8pVTrrFV-YR-e_XJVq8Z_S_5RLwil0vs8wHPBd-0SZHa/s640/2018-PRAIA+PALMIYE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443886922340162" /></a><br />"THE BEACH - At the Antalya Palmiye"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITwEzINebUc42KY3-kA3dLJc39MW6a1LzNjyQaEGIL_Y5JKtZMu86Qx1-0-ikh_c0GaXcDDkh821q-BxIzuzAnXVS4_UDgw22f2NcQpdmN78wNTNWb72clRQq8geusZa7t1C_/s1600-h/2028-PINHEIROS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITwEzINebUc42KY3-kA3dLJc39MW6a1LzNjyQaEGIL_Y5JKtZMu86Qx1-0-ikh_c0GaXcDDkh821q-BxIzuzAnXVS4_UDgw22f2NcQpdmN78wNTNWb72clRQq8geusZa7t1C_/s640/2028-PINHEIROS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443880613807682" /></a><br />"PINES BY THE SEA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZFK4eyT43bWSKG6QZkdTV9qF5oJTEfgxF_2p1tcNtbKPGiD_4qlPL8ccW1kyMbCMiZxEa1JbtFan_zgxOZTZ5fN4wATERswwvGYyx4OSbWRyEY-xVEghRQvHH7Xt7WXIOBCR/s1600-h/2039-KEMER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZFK4eyT43bWSKG6QZkdTV9qF5oJTEfgxF_2p1tcNtbKPGiD_4qlPL8ccW1kyMbCMiZxEa1JbtFan_zgxOZTZ5fN4wATERswwvGYyx4OSbWRyEY-xVEghRQvHH7Xt7WXIOBCR/s640/2039-KEMER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443578965825794" /></a><br />"KEMER at the distance"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4nH68zkkLqLVv-TCYHkImI7TrnnTam95k0TkYX1c-ItZ6COO1zEk_kpRhElsrERwxLW_Kd7L4XU6lNpeWozlNT595bXvwWnxomNk_mWzHYfLOPlwXUfHE-JE7i-kOfTzR5KR/s1600-h/2040-CABO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4nH68zkkLqLVv-TCYHkImI7TrnnTam95k0TkYX1c-ItZ6COO1zEk_kpRhElsrERwxLW_Kd7L4XU6lNpeWozlNT595bXvwWnxomNk_mWzHYfLOPlwXUfHE-JE7i-kOfTzR5KR/s640/2040-CABO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443575427685842" /></a><br />"CAPE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vbWqlCelBtHKhPj8jFTfPkh-YnizQbtbe6-UuSwimszILxrYevL61HKmHdzaMScw5qha5B4Ia_tU8i9O89sZgjy5yV54ZydVk2ViaW_Q9oVcttcnxDL3gNLIhmJ7HU7DJhFG/s1600-h/2041-VELA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vbWqlCelBtHKhPj8jFTfPkh-YnizQbtbe6-UuSwimszILxrYevL61HKmHdzaMScw5qha5B4Ia_tU8i9O89sZgjy5yV54ZydVk2ViaW_Q9oVcttcnxDL3gNLIhmJ7HU7DJhFG/s640/2041-VELA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443568576672210" /></a><br />"SAILS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hRmXhixcnikqEqoiPScA8YeZgqitKqvS8v7bG8yavp8XrxgmI4kfiBgxNmJIMapRfwPZ-jh9Y83CFhKXNI5bz3nmHRuxEaRcsO1VL336DJWjDnNQXM-8aAh8cEBL6AqRLrNM/s1600-h/2102-PRAIA+MAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hRmXhixcnikqEqoiPScA8YeZgqitKqvS8v7bG8yavp8XrxgmI4kfiBgxNmJIMapRfwPZ-jh9Y83CFhKXNI5bz3nmHRuxEaRcsO1VL336DJWjDnNQXM-8aAh8cEBL6AqRLrNM/s640/2102-PRAIA+MAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443562828202866" /></a><br />"WAY TO THE SEA - The «sand» can't be compared to the Algarve..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplOjDcIoDeFETPsiXBA-4fBSWhhRXLlyOoH5afV1BpzABVaKKLiEI7GOzInsjzj8moj-mKeD68zLYMiTKr5rw6_EJm4bho53dU0SXhQ2YhhE-weyJyEFwClxJXwKsMP54qs_4/s1600-h/2103-MELISA+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplOjDcIoDeFETPsiXBA-4fBSWhhRXLlyOoH5afV1BpzABVaKKLiEI7GOzInsjzj8moj-mKeD68zLYMiTKr5rw6_EJm4bho53dU0SXhQ2YhhE-weyJyEFwClxJXwKsMP54qs_4/s640/2103-MELISA+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443558188230898" /></a><br />"MELISA 4"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDI2Rkx4dWrTLUYFfH733yIoI0Fpv-hfbmexiUN-Fk_cRlJm4ofP7QWe3DLfVmTlrIMLoll9dEiiCcYJ7O7Il3ihxTUrNNSyGYUilss6RREWi-UzielRagtat8pVtUM6gN02u/s1600-h/2106-PONT%C3%83O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDI2Rkx4dWrTLUYFfH733yIoI0Fpv-hfbmexiUN-Fk_cRlJm4ofP7QWe3DLfVmTlrIMLoll9dEiiCcYJ7O7Il3ihxTUrNNSyGYUilss6RREWi-UzielRagtat8pVtUM6gN02u/s640/2106-PONT%C3%83O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443126255498610" /></a><br />"THE EASY WAY... into the water!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRPlydrb4HqYRLOtXTMRl3cUJu8vomSzLXnYMvTVUyVilTvK-kb0oxDAmMqrL7vMYupWICuSQDppBiyqSfGNUSUIXV5uNC1pjcbxGyfW0SCzt8KOwpU7ah_f78_FyHZ6DBa7r/s1600-h/2109-NADAR-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRPlydrb4HqYRLOtXTMRl3cUJu8vomSzLXnYMvTVUyVilTvK-kb0oxDAmMqrL7vMYupWICuSQDppBiyqSfGNUSUIXV5uNC1pjcbxGyfW0SCzt8KOwpU7ah_f78_FyHZ6DBa7r/s640/2109-NADAR-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443118126999266" /></a><br />"SWIMING"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tjTVlF-xm2jNYs1Ok6ySHY3PfEoGsMTVQitFhY6dg7knIK7pbDUrLQw7mCdxz_secxmB_eMngmR98lNmaQUikiDoFnQuxAvRyqLB6UFJXjPyCu_x1y-30-kiUrCOUhyUXyrK/s1600-h/2144-MAR-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tjTVlF-xm2jNYs1Ok6ySHY3PfEoGsMTVQitFhY6dg7knIK7pbDUrLQw7mCdxz_secxmB_eMngmR98lNmaQUikiDoFnQuxAvRyqLB6UFJXjPyCu_x1y-30-kiUrCOUhyUXyrK/s640/2144-MAR-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443108602636402" /></a><br />"ENJOYING"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-QJe5Yi4p5snDkLtTwJ16RaB51oXqQTD_KwREjAvGgElvgMlKnaNwRRYm79sR_mhmwm7JeWAINbJIGrPoLVXA5D6ERbhyphenhyphenM36l39YWmaHf-ZfsUg4sUyUH4ueEVGdu1uCj4tI/s1600-h/2875-KEMER-CABO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-QJe5Yi4p5snDkLtTwJ16RaB51oXqQTD_KwREjAvGgElvgMlKnaNwRRYm79sR_mhmwm7JeWAINbJIGrPoLVXA5D6ERbhyphenhyphenM36l39YWmaHf-ZfsUg4sUyUH4ueEVGdu1uCj4tI/s640/2875-KEMER-CABO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443103381541746" /></a><br />"KEMER CAPE - This one and the next five pictures are to be seen as a travelling from west to east, which means from the cape near Kemer to the east of the Palmiye Beach"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnCPx6S7PYouDCQyy1udBUS19Y7QcADPUA-0vLgK2taFNkO9s7RmsZzGJSQX9GT2XSfJaISIhG0tNFyrW3FrxkBZQjhx2AFEzTeWDTFpkhgiCJSgJZYlLimEuRfug0hLmvkUg/s1600-h/2876-PALMIYE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnCPx6S7PYouDCQyy1udBUS19Y7QcADPUA-0vLgK2taFNkO9s7RmsZzGJSQX9GT2XSfJaISIhG0tNFyrW3FrxkBZQjhx2AFEzTeWDTFpkhgiCJSgJZYlLimEuRfug0hLmvkUg/s640/2876-PALMIYE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373443095312327890" /></a><br />"BEACH - West side"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbU2uIGNl618J72eg6B9mjVgSSDwkshpXvzeWnOwLhfuSjrG9fvz9M4xnY83OTcjEwIFMjtEGkFgCJVKjDPwhB0svFqSsJt439iDn85z0mAaRixbEetORrE-77YnT2TrROj_BS/s1600-h/2878-PRAIA-HOTEL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbU2uIGNl618J72eg6B9mjVgSSDwkshpXvzeWnOwLhfuSjrG9fvz9M4xnY83OTcjEwIFMjtEGkFgCJVKjDPwhB0svFqSsJt439iDn85z0mAaRixbEetORrE-77YnT2TrROj_BS/s640/2878-PRAIA-HOTEL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373442451553318930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU3MnD6yCFX1L3DdaY5OrkQcU7M_RNCSloxRJYwxCxuWMnDWT8zuxWD-dzzgVlDZfZSQu6wugbplWQYV7CHsa_zaEr7XpCG7QH_mkpNLGbhI2HlGJxevm4XLjMuQ34bDA5hmg/s1600-h/2879-HOTEL-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU3MnD6yCFX1L3DdaY5OrkQcU7M_RNCSloxRJYwxCxuWMnDWT8zuxWD-dzzgVlDZfZSQu6wugbplWQYV7CHsa_zaEr7XpCG7QH_mkpNLGbhI2HlGJxevm4XLjMuQ34bDA5hmg/s640/2879-HOTEL-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373442443677418402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlWr-Yl0cGJ5FJEHOBM1i2YvEGQoJObD0k-g8C88p8EHUgE9kM5m9Dw7HLSxlzQtFwNpURceUoeFMk7xWkS_dMDSEjgs_WcTLy0HIeWxAScbro4GwbbOMOBKzkRvgUG7rd3B1/s1600-h/2880-PRAIA-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlWr-Yl0cGJ5FJEHOBM1i2YvEGQoJObD0k-g8C88p8EHUgE9kM5m9Dw7HLSxlzQtFwNpURceUoeFMk7xWkS_dMDSEjgs_WcTLy0HIeWxAScbro4GwbbOMOBKzkRvgUG7rd3B1/s640/2880-PRAIA-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373442435962463090" /></a><br />"HOTEL, TAURUS & BEACH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYiIRaXPd9wOHQkAsE6QSk633EWV1QzdFOwgazxBaeeYF6JEpxayagkBD2uO5a7Xb7fhr5MB3fZ-48gnf8XSPO8UUMV5wrm_zGoaUSgOOFp4t0dmJc-AzbsFodA8-w3de_k99/s1600-h/2882-PRAIA+CLUB+MED.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYiIRaXPd9wOHQkAsE6QSk633EWV1QzdFOwgazxBaeeYF6JEpxayagkBD2uO5a7Xb7fhr5MB3fZ-48gnf8XSPO8UUMV5wrm_zGoaUSgOOFp4t0dmJc-AzbsFodA8-w3de_k99/s640/2882-PRAIA+CLUB+MED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373442428315413666" /></a><br />"BEACH - East side"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlN2kIpzffx2bGKQcoCEcn5yz59zKAqyTKxuyCluQdDJ2C4XSecwhVgcweChYM-CTA1-JIWO2y4Y5uJootCpls5iwILlT4bG57QEgEWJX0UJeAGmGScai3Tu2FEago6ZYyA4Z/s1600-h/2927-SAILING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlN2kIpzffx2bGKQcoCEcn5yz59zKAqyTKxuyCluQdDJ2C4XSecwhVgcweChYM-CTA1-JIWO2y4Y5uJootCpls5iwILlT4bG57QEgEWJX0UJeAGmGScai3Tu2FEago6ZYyA4Z/s640/2927-SAILING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373442425206248802" /></a><br />"SAILING"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-37579709146463714962009-09-09T00:09:00.001+01:002009-10-18T10:06:20.356+01:00GREEN BY THE SEAANTALYA PALMIYE - TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 2009<br /><br />In 2008 we decided to spend my yearly vacation week in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Riviera">Turkish Riviera</a>. It was a nice choice and the posts will show why. This first one shows the environment where we lodge at the Antalya Palmiye!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXwAAu1rRPjYPnQuYlFxJlDXuTmsYNHjNOEOBafpCTmBXBWsHddlmnY6yI-zUpt4l_8p4LfFozdBYd283bDtM4PzxFJNP90KGJOmGTgKPPgpmNQux6e4c9RW4sV-DQ337jZDk/s1600-h/1001-PALMIYE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXwAAu1rRPjYPnQuYlFxJlDXuTmsYNHjNOEOBafpCTmBXBWsHddlmnY6yI-zUpt4l_8p4LfFozdBYd283bDtM4PzxFJNP90KGJOmGTgKPPgpmNQux6e4c9RW4sV-DQ337jZDk/s640/1001-PALMIYE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609860230330530" /></a><br />"PALMIYE - There are lots of Palm trees around, but these are fancy ones..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YLVZW06pEIkzYFOKBLUIg3R6tuc-ZuqFw9sBOqVzmyvo0o5egYS62jFejfrOztncmyRUUDiqneA-eYMV0X1u0ErvqcQp8pimV9janZlWlOEkkpsm9GAWKiR6ZFDwQBrF2GVN/s1600-h/1002-PRAIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YLVZW06pEIkzYFOKBLUIg3R6tuc-ZuqFw9sBOqVzmyvo0o5egYS62jFejfrOztncmyRUUDiqneA-eYMV0X1u0ErvqcQp8pimV9janZlWlOEkkpsm9GAWKiR6ZFDwQBrF2GVN/s640/1002-PRAIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609856963649522" /></a><br />"THE BEACH is quite close to the lawn..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgrdFQ0ovcRB_UF_xhVWCcYVteQKpCkQXrRLquKqSxDZDTCZsPHXQQQBI1LMvfIDbchI5bWhp5j_z2minsO_F8b_LvflkVY-H06EPL8PSL7Ebj1bCGaRb5rEgPGpCYJqB312h/s1600-h/1005-MED-PALMEIRAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgrdFQ0ovcRB_UF_xhVWCcYVteQKpCkQXrRLquKqSxDZDTCZsPHXQQQBI1LMvfIDbchI5bWhp5j_z2minsO_F8b_LvflkVY-H06EPL8PSL7Ebj1bCGaRb5rEgPGpCYJqB312h/s640/1005-MED-PALMEIRAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609834060451570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiwsBpNhmndSYlybrJInoXbVUAUGqcrHb9dUizVcfrdqQcAV0pW98JBThuNqw1pqkyO4_-iDVGhNP8DYoaeleRAocpLdRzh6FGOS_0QCwKhGEq9KW1APVnBK22bo4Ly5YZCT8/s1600-h/1004-MED.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiwsBpNhmndSYlybrJInoXbVUAUGqcrHb9dUizVcfrdqQcAV0pW98JBThuNqw1pqkyO4_-iDVGhNP8DYoaeleRAocpLdRzh6FGOS_0QCwKhGEq9KW1APVnBK22bo4Ly5YZCT8/s640/1004-MED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609842098416866" /></a><br />"AND TO THE PALMS..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31_A35qI8qH_58wQt6t_7CHmTweBg7b0oo8yzOpmo-nvfEnJJ4OOo7Diti4t1BqLXB0mi9YmEozPOVCwrgzkzrSx2u24p6cVOj7gWUBWeBkFfaGHkDFawHobCz4VLEHNjvR5x/s1600-h/1003-ESPIRAIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31_A35qI8qH_58wQt6t_7CHmTweBg7b0oo8yzOpmo-nvfEnJJ4OOo7Diti4t1BqLXB0mi9YmEozPOVCwrgzkzrSx2u24p6cVOj7gWUBWeBkFfaGHkDFawHobCz4VLEHNjvR5x/s640/1003-ESPIRAIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609848969049362" /></a><br />"TWISTING..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbtmwPm06Ee2rZ77KNhzxrF1DsaZbF60J_6EXXVPPJtTJTiW8y6a4pYiUxT-3u1zvQIW1aBgDdc4ki4g1DwqS_M0zA8v0Fs5-gF6uNIQevm0bDdzrhwjkQMT_MnogCo3KZgTz/s1600-h/1006-MED+CANAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbtmwPm06Ee2rZ77KNhzxrF1DsaZbF60J_6EXXVPPJtTJTiW8y6a4pYiUxT-3u1zvQIW1aBgDdc4ki4g1DwqS_M0zA8v0Fs5-gF6uNIQevm0bDdzrhwjkQMT_MnogCo3KZgTz/s640/1006-MED+CANAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609480351079058" /></a><br />"WATER CANAL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOFvRCBYRRJlIdpgjIHqGUB9HgQLxOJmOwe2hk1v3nXor5Z5S5zxJgHTlou1lmfNlxJKAC6TiXoqlNCFf-PF6Y_XJ_7MrYOtHzmQsyQSGSgR9n9757bsWRLfM1Ph540iwsGYY/s1600-h/1008-MED.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOFvRCBYRRJlIdpgjIHqGUB9HgQLxOJmOwe2hk1v3nXor5Z5S5zxJgHTlou1lmfNlxJKAC6TiXoqlNCFf-PF6Y_XJ_7MrYOtHzmQsyQSGSgR9n9757bsWRLfM1Ph540iwsGYY/s640/1008-MED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609464560263362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sbJqxqtiruVT5ZQnGXeY7DmNJSLKhCQPqCq-nPuYldpdJcKmaRV3bvGuHoX5Z13vcNDP_hIfHh0R-mvObR6ahCykD3QCgQzjM1SfCdf5Yb_oKL_Ehta0k0Gd08RDA5xeEqfm/s1600-h/1009-RELVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sbJqxqtiruVT5ZQnGXeY7DmNJSLKhCQPqCq-nPuYldpdJcKmaRV3bvGuHoX5Z13vcNDP_hIfHh0R-mvObR6ahCykD3QCgQzjM1SfCdf5Yb_oKL_Ehta0k0Gd08RDA5xeEqfm/s640/1009-RELVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609460129245922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48yPm7PmVVX1xhyl_v4Ppi09hFKQcWiooKDjoqWKbmnoETmrVBjvoT5dc04Yz4UdiW9hDhtffVi_toSUUgxr6aqFiBtjjTxPGt7GNw_NDzNNKXaOY94eIiPcD-K6tGcPkDqvE/s1600-h/1010-%C3%81RVORES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48yPm7PmVVX1xhyl_v4Ppi09hFKQcWiooKDjoqWKbmnoETmrVBjvoT5dc04Yz4UdiW9hDhtffVi_toSUUgxr6aqFiBtjjTxPGt7GNw_NDzNNKXaOY94eIiPcD-K6tGcPkDqvE/s640/1010-%C3%81RVORES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609452160612082" /></a><br />"LAWNS, HOUSES AND TREES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgqvVbNpw5n0NXkfZKGZmYzI4BJ1DuSKHViZGizg77gmkIEUTAwz77glohkXbS8SorttCk2iboejuhHoqp9JznqCWXSfojcmdbHbIpDvWE0XgkLqNTY0Vi_mjrVBkbOaWHdNl/s1600-h/1011-PASSEIOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgqvVbNpw5n0NXkfZKGZmYzI4BJ1DuSKHViZGizg77gmkIEUTAwz77glohkXbS8SorttCk2iboejuhHoqp9JznqCWXSfojcmdbHbIpDvWE0XgkLqNTY0Vi_mjrVBkbOaWHdNl/s640/1011-PASSEIOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608969666261330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNwPu7EXHwCgKhGaFhCsUm9rDj_5EWbxK0LgT6aJyhHV7HC36Y073cEU6G-XXH08CdvRdY5X4CO45Gy2sj0zEWPnaLhvxj4nOVU9eolVVHLg_LWYbFpYdHiJcrSkfTdXABJun/s1600-h/1007-CARREIROS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNwPu7EXHwCgKhGaFhCsUm9rDj_5EWbxK0LgT6aJyhHV7HC36Y073cEU6G-XXH08CdvRdY5X4CO45Gy2sj0zEWPnaLhvxj4nOVU9eolVVHLg_LWYbFpYdHiJcrSkfTdXABJun/s640/1007-CARREIROS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371609473211813922" /></a><br />"WALKWAYS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOtFPe7s7SDJY5JzJRf2ke7CTl6r3x-HoCam15W9VXYEmKsJx_4iW-fUxw_xEQDK4jeGbk5Asd6WJu5hTf8UBm-DLv012gz1Y8pRZTwHe9z61A4PgXizSlFCY6HxSVWRqjIch/s1600-h/1012-PALMEIRAS-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOtFPe7s7SDJY5JzJRf2ke7CTl6r3x-HoCam15W9VXYEmKsJx_4iW-fUxw_xEQDK4jeGbk5Asd6WJu5hTf8UBm-DLv012gz1Y8pRZTwHe9z61A4PgXizSlFCY6HxSVWRqjIch/s640/1012-PALMEIRAS-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608960557261074" /></a><br />"TAURUS MOUNTAINS and palm trees. The Taurus mountain complex in southern Turkey gives birth to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WdFL-3_qoYLpKaw0D0vWbIPJYicgYeArXqMX97bftFBDqCt8kOE_KxMHmOMssubDIWBYaBYcnU5issiSN7VMMHhYh8l52z9Wnmk4qg81tN_Ngv-SrmesbE1Pzv05Q_mNaKut/s1600-h/1013-LARANJA-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WdFL-3_qoYLpKaw0D0vWbIPJYicgYeArXqMX97bftFBDqCt8kOE_KxMHmOMssubDIWBYaBYcnU5issiSN7VMMHhYh8l52z9Wnmk4qg81tN_Ngv-SrmesbE1Pzv05Q_mNaKut/s640/1013-LARANJA-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608954543053042" /></a><br />"TAURUS and orange trees - It also divides the Mediterranean coastal region of southern Turkey from the central Anatolian Plateau».<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtJT5Gi_C9pqi2yjjrkBJWZO0fuAI30iy0IZ37wiy5WSfmxclHHS2DnodGAsagL72URnRADx6yB6al93kbmqOq_Dsc_VptbxHUpchaEQlwJlLNOVaxly-UZJXF_jB5jbnD7LB/s1600-h/1014-TAURUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtJT5Gi_C9pqi2yjjrkBJWZO0fuAI30iy0IZ37wiy5WSfmxclHHS2DnodGAsagL72URnRADx6yB6al93kbmqOq_Dsc_VptbxHUpchaEQlwJlLNOVaxly-UZJXF_jB5jbnD7LB/s640/1014-TAURUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608949635319234" /></a><br />"TAURUS MOUNTAINS - In this area, the peaks reach around two thousand four hundred metres and more"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA_LjdPh5Xx6oH2N4n15gPteOtZKblA5pp8wqNgZZOGZxmvNTBLkz5XDkvG66NPjVRHHFtCxaN4ln891y-BU9p-a9v-xpzDuynZFN6R_EpXj2ZxcxMp4HtSLGD24-nDzJP-mA/s1600-h/1015-119F-TENIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA_LjdPh5Xx6oH2N4n15gPteOtZKblA5pp8wqNgZZOGZxmvNTBLkz5XDkvG66NPjVRHHFtCxaN4ln891y-BU9p-a9v-xpzDuynZFN6R_EpXj2ZxcxMp4HtSLGD24-nDzJP-mA/s640/1015-119F-TENIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608943034664546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2E9oCOfhQ3u2sKZxIHgxofypeeVGBe5KK2rMFV9Jwt66zQcCdvetCKNy1x6wnvgR270TM7dus-0dl11SJw9yH3f7KpJms2MpJU_dZlcSgPrp9PvwczO0xhjCPvsPXErK5h1q/s1600-h/1016-ARVOREDO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2E9oCOfhQ3u2sKZxIHgxofypeeVGBe5KK2rMFV9Jwt66zQcCdvetCKNy1x6wnvgR270TM7dus-0dl11SJw9yH3f7KpJms2MpJU_dZlcSgPrp9PvwczO0xhjCPvsPXErK5h1q/s640/1016-ARVOREDO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608506439559154" /></a><br />"TAURUS and pine trees"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGP6yJ5qPImVFrULPmOS-VPgtQcRSDPZo8bdTFw3jh9DIYQgkZbwb1h7biVXjTGr5Ln8mU-8315IGMLVb6OuTAbb-OtLoWQtfLIIEzH8wuIC-1_xpp0poBwIkQLt4Arblqpu0a/s1600-h/1017-MED-ARVOREDO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGP6yJ5qPImVFrULPmOS-VPgtQcRSDPZo8bdTFw3jh9DIYQgkZbwb1h7biVXjTGr5Ln8mU-8315IGMLVb6OuTAbb-OtLoWQtfLIIEzH8wuIC-1_xpp0poBwIkQLt4Arblqpu0a/s640/1017-MED-ARVOREDO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608492638752114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mOPx92biyDafhGZAEMb4FJch7mZKpQSAybauJGvIhmZxeSHzZryDVzwH-ORFxRrh7V4pdMB9hbfNVAjCk-rXnPhmLpCrwHHe4MKrhq9cpX0OfgGyy0I1xAs7j-MkPC9aibxF/s1600-h/1018-RELVA+E+%C3%81RVORES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mOPx92biyDafhGZAEMb4FJch7mZKpQSAybauJGvIhmZxeSHzZryDVzwH-ORFxRrh7V4pdMB9hbfNVAjCk-rXnPhmLpCrwHHe4MKrhq9cpX0OfgGyy0I1xAs7j-MkPC9aibxF/s640/1018-RELVA+E+%C3%81RVORES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608485248994018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l3E5rAsiQLxrVxOR3CjPhFrr7TlgjDgLUp6IxRJUlhYSoJ8yerCkh5ABFc4_ckMObKz4LYi1Dw2pp3l1SYRwenh0rGuZhhYKRqwLatNmY-FGeZMjO480K6AvjikogAZ3QRiW/s1600-h/1019-FOLHAGEM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l3E5rAsiQLxrVxOR3CjPhFrr7TlgjDgLUp6IxRJUlhYSoJ8yerCkh5ABFc4_ckMObKz4LYi1Dw2pp3l1SYRwenh0rGuZhhYKRqwLatNmY-FGeZMjO480K6AvjikogAZ3QRiW/s640/1019-FOLHAGEM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608477497941202" /></a><br />"BACK TO GREEN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECHHWrZ6yf5XtonxdOARcD6DczU3ENH1JdhceifgSsy65k3MBdY_pY19qHZmVHpqZ6tVgsPj6UjPtz7X4M_vuxuS6Cv_267fUEhlYIYpzyWA1rFwN7H5gEMR8qJpHqDAq6o8E/s1600-h/1020-ESPIRAIS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECHHWrZ6yf5XtonxdOARcD6DczU3ENH1JdhceifgSsy65k3MBdY_pY19qHZmVHpqZ6tVgsPj6UjPtz7X4M_vuxuS6Cv_267fUEhlYIYpzyWA1rFwN7H5gEMR8qJpHqDAq6o8E/s640/1020-ESPIRAIS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371608475010129330" /></a><br />"CHERRY ON TOP..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-36600499659214140012009-08-24T08:52:00.003+01:002009-08-24T09:04:16.912+01:002008 LONDON STOPOVERSHOPPING, LEARNING AND DINING - SEPTEMBER 2008<br /><br />I've been one hundred and thirty eight times in London. Most of them were just to get a connection flight; many implied a change of airport; and some allowed a short visit to town, shopping or grabbing some lunch between flights... But in forty one of those visits, I spend at least one night, sometimes two, three or four at a hotel. And in some selected visits, I even spend a week or more in London or in the United Kingdom. In September 2008 we had just a short one night stop on our way to some summer vacation!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26pShUx1nqG6WJr63FzJHjAPA20hX1_-TVitkscU-1ga3Vocp5PVkB1d6EgotYof7y9u6JIHfYbnpauIzee9IFKp2g9IX46ccUIEOgA-dMXuTkQL8Z7QS8VRGowSuxnPmoxCD/s1600-h/001-LE+MERIDIEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26pShUx1nqG6WJr63FzJHjAPA20hX1_-TVitkscU-1ga3Vocp5PVkB1d6EgotYof7y9u6JIHfYbnpauIzee9IFKp2g9IX46ccUIEOgA-dMXuTkQL8Z7QS8VRGowSuxnPmoxCD/s640/001-LE+MERIDIEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329716431419874" /></a><br />"LE MERIDIEN PICADILLY - A great location!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbtQfl4RLD7hbiR-cyIalm2txtUmYa5yFvd8SWbAE9PbquaHU0GmFITd0fEwBNArY6GBhqqoPS777IurwGxT2OUVVtVdW6rlZLBVixyy5hR-ZvefCxCbk2KU_J-CpTCYMXjbN/s1600-h/003-AQUASCUTUM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbtQfl4RLD7hbiR-cyIalm2txtUmYa5yFvd8SWbAE9PbquaHU0GmFITd0fEwBNArY6GBhqqoPS777IurwGxT2OUVVtVdW6rlZLBVixyy5hR-ZvefCxCbk2KU_J-CpTCYMXjbN/s640/003-AQUASCUTUM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329704270528306" /></a><br />"AQUASCUTUM - Need a raincoat?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd7_IzxPMvCtcpacPppVRFRk6Hg_iWVmMdgwoPx9KV4PqsaaSpPArVkvYiz6XWs7jSxqLW5VgdPPvJsbB1trbM1IMaUkSCOw7L84c1O6Qnv8VHhkAu1XK3qDTcZbGJdHiXE6T/s1600-h/006-CARNABY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd7_IzxPMvCtcpacPppVRFRk6Hg_iWVmMdgwoPx9KV4PqsaaSpPArVkvYiz6XWs7jSxqLW5VgdPPvJsbB1trbM1IMaUkSCOw7L84c1O6Qnv8VHhkAu1XK3qDTcZbGJdHiXE6T/s640/006-CARNABY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329697947648738" /></a><br />"CARNABY STREET - Quite famous in the sixties..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoFoZhJDmo_5xR6lvzN-RxHtQ80hW_2PHckGQcE3z0m4TOBv-4MLQV9H2XSODXwkiuC3rp52gj59wcs6nc1CGlLZggQjW6D9PMcOK0KVXY9uDhS1VIp4lqOWCwhpKqsUTNRqy/s1600-h/009-BANANA+REPUBLIC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoFoZhJDmo_5xR6lvzN-RxHtQ80hW_2PHckGQcE3z0m4TOBv-4MLQV9H2XSODXwkiuC3rp52gj59wcs6nc1CGlLZggQjW6D9PMcOK0KVXY9uDhS1VIp4lqOWCwhpKqsUTNRqy/s640/009-BANANA+REPUBLIC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329427021665282" /></a><br />"BANANA REPUBLIC - Casual smart..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfU8qvq0-b2VYiwqKxaYP78yIlLT7Mzb08IfsuVqaWtTVPh6GRs8G9XT4MrvEdbDCnTik3BzMveMvKemhLCXDDP-ta4DEC1ReC31QEhAQZULWANRBYBm7CX5Q4xt0Aocu6kL4/s1600-h/010-OXFORD+STREET.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfU8qvq0-b2VYiwqKxaYP78yIlLT7Mzb08IfsuVqaWtTVPh6GRs8G9XT4MrvEdbDCnTik3BzMveMvKemhLCXDDP-ta4DEC1ReC31QEhAQZULWANRBYBm7CX5Q4xt0Aocu6kL4/s640/010-OXFORD+STREET.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329425944972162" /></a><br />"OXFORD STREET -In the Saturday morning the buses were still running" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6qFv6sJbZE_y2r3aYPflieuj-gx1xcb8sGztGlObBVuXOejRafpl_2hjKhiFRg-V7iQWd3pl5f6AvPDClOWT1i7Z-jzgGDeTRKfvFVHgMocykvN-_45V1alD2jKV4a343Zjn/s1600-h/019-FCUK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6qFv6sJbZE_y2r3aYPflieuj-gx1xcb8sGztGlObBVuXOejRafpl_2hjKhiFRg-V7iQWd3pl5f6AvPDClOWT1i7Z-jzgGDeTRKfvFVHgMocykvN-_45V1alD2jKV4a343Zjn/s640/019-FCUK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329414382871394" /></a><br />"OXFORD STREET - In the afternoon it was a pedestrian zone..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF8hlgsm32eTjQRWGru4KZ0vMwO7q8Iuz2b4bYSHw4u0MHIaPHbdGGTVDee-_FV94Q3kNshkL0mFLI-_KF70EncFK80jkKWs0cyV76Q0l8CcQqcNh1uJ_GFeiPCT3QhxCtnZ7/s1600-h/028-EROS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF8hlgsm32eTjQRWGru4KZ0vMwO7q8Iuz2b4bYSHw4u0MHIaPHbdGGTVDee-_FV94Q3kNshkL0mFLI-_KF70EncFK80jkKWs0cyV76Q0l8CcQqcNh1uJ_GFeiPCT3QhxCtnZ7/s640/028-EROS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329410706388402" /></a><br />"EROS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV15BvKH5d0YMO8d6svziVPzdITQpRiHQ8rjfcFKazYfo8JbfOt4lntnPp1Vynann1Y9yPjeBH3V7VLHvtqz_hY6kUfWXVilVZwPP83h2siI2QMhLJN1Af-YcnG2wht4Sg40R/s1600-h/029-THAMES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV15BvKH5d0YMO8d6svziVPzdITQpRiHQ8rjfcFKazYfo8JbfOt4lntnPp1Vynann1Y9yPjeBH3V7VLHvtqz_hY6kUfWXVilVZwPP83h2siI2QMhLJN1Af-YcnG2wht4Sg40R/s640/029-THAMES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329407998742546" /></a><br />"SOUTH BANK - Some new buildings""<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gK4Y0McOYpuEubWJWCC_PBk5JtN6RAmsQrbS049pua0sjg_yZfkU3YPlVHiJeVveobuOewIze_VQTscJXuclzznd1USr17-OffADvhYptBgWFkZppJknd6ZS4fmOZ2jtVu7u/s1600-h/033-TATE+MODERN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gK4Y0McOYpuEubWJWCC_PBk5JtN6RAmsQrbS049pua0sjg_yZfkU3YPlVHiJeVveobuOewIze_VQTscJXuclzznd1USr17-OffADvhYptBgWFkZppJknd6ZS4fmOZ2jtVu7u/s640/033-TATE+MODERN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329065805573490" /></a><br />"TATE MODERN - One of my favourite Galleries"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoqQzTQNk2T7dxb0TJ5B5FNBNBE4IBD93Dffc5psLBCVNrUTz0bcmBUFLisdF46aoThVP-ooMBbge05e3GbE9bo1g9Fu1WKLAnRfzrPFA8YOzZ1FxmSePiTR4jY2Uy_IrnLz3/s1600-h/035-MILLENNIUM+BR-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoqQzTQNk2T7dxb0TJ5B5FNBNBE4IBD93Dffc5psLBCVNrUTz0bcmBUFLisdF46aoThVP-ooMBbge05e3GbE9bo1g9Fu1WKLAnRfzrPFA8YOzZ1FxmSePiTR4jY2Uy_IrnLz3/s640/035-MILLENNIUM+BR-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329061710734018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZjD9_d05cxcvw94CRvSo2kk__jHrZFjuOhHclHxEnHcwa7BT5_gNQgvhkFG97JJ2iP6JG8ccSpIt3Qvq_MB7l-4bpmmemBMEtMPtbIt_4DDYsnaioVPEFN7w0IKEh0C99WEN/s1600-h/036-MILLENNIUM++BR-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZjD9_d05cxcvw94CRvSo2kk__jHrZFjuOhHclHxEnHcwa7BT5_gNQgvhkFG97JJ2iP6JG8ccSpIt3Qvq_MB7l-4bpmmemBMEtMPtbIt_4DDYsnaioVPEFN7w0IKEh0C99WEN/s640/036-MILLENNIUM++BR-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329054400472802" /></a><br />"MILLENNIUM BRIDGE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYOfoFG4vNUyGi2LkXw2aunOd5CXkx0-8M2Blj6JZ5glqWRhs3d7WsnBMBQ_VDb-cUq69ZUPJposaH74OlIXHQtwZIh4lh1U-1NvCmRXyp4Acq-Xtlkeb5-yfurVO_hXYprcu/s1600-h/039-VISTA+DA+TATE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYOfoFG4vNUyGi2LkXw2aunOd5CXkx0-8M2Blj6JZ5glqWRhs3d7WsnBMBQ_VDb-cUq69ZUPJposaH74OlIXHQtwZIh4lh1U-1NvCmRXyp4Acq-Xtlkeb5-yfurVO_hXYprcu/s640/039-VISTA+DA+TATE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329045682153410" /></a><br />"VIEW FROM THE TATE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia8rZfavRoUAQ-7i4cVB09q6p_y_v58H6Bj9jwL9GniutPzZ0luXKZvMJw_0egexFhu4mVhZfgxD5u7lIIP9TDItk0TAyZRUR62tqePmYw6mUTRY9HPgSgjz78EjipoAomQI1/s1600-h/041-NATWEST-GHERKIN-VINTNE'S+HALL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia8rZfavRoUAQ-7i4cVB09q6p_y_v58H6Bj9jwL9GniutPzZ0luXKZvMJw_0egexFhu4mVhZfgxD5u7lIIP9TDItk0TAyZRUR62tqePmYw6mUTRY9HPgSgjz78EjipoAomQI1/s640/041-NATWEST-GHERKIN-VINTNE'S+HALL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370329043341631090" /></a><br />"NATWEST & THE GHERKIN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Jsl54Z1OUFmadGC_a5Usz8ERMztnyyVPxbrtkx1g2erfBbIuV173Lx9BmgfyCGqYFsvRwIsqt2M_VNl5P4ZvfQa9hnYeHm_uefoFkESXLfJ12HfPuLGaD0zUdmc9BNYCEYmM/s1600-h/055-TATE-5%C2%BA+ANDAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Jsl54Z1OUFmadGC_a5Usz8ERMztnyyVPxbrtkx1g2erfBbIuV173Lx9BmgfyCGqYFsvRwIsqt2M_VNl5P4ZvfQa9hnYeHm_uefoFkESXLfJ12HfPuLGaD0zUdmc9BNYCEYmM/s640/055-TATE-5%C2%BA+ANDAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370328729216061346" /></a><br />"TATE FIFTH FLOOR"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cwvs9JeorGqIVeeEeLvcmwx8NBlPXqFtBAHbnP0vjy7n5-f0S2wkARGCWoQbUIO5e6UqRaREo6yJRujF3nWpQYrbgIPfwYATjRF8KHQx3X2ogY-IMYMIQl7uQTA2WEyD_Ro6/s1600-h/091-CHINATOWN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cwvs9JeorGqIVeeEeLvcmwx8NBlPXqFtBAHbnP0vjy7n5-f0S2wkARGCWoQbUIO5e6UqRaREo6yJRujF3nWpQYrbgIPfwYATjRF8KHQx3X2ogY-IMYMIQl7uQTA2WEyD_Ro6/s640/091-CHINATOWN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370328724070722242" /></a><br />"CHINATOWN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0iWcowimhrUoe63jI-BTW-p0PeaRtCWLS1VeDBagQoB2yhsQ-dv5dUAJfs1Nymc0utET8OsqshyphenhyphenGeLiqxgYan1Yz4fVQFng_7uf6wAuvPFZakws6eZ1SLCT0EhEUv-_afdEw/s1600-h/093-MAISON+TOUAREGUE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0iWcowimhrUoe63jI-BTW-p0PeaRtCWLS1VeDBagQoB2yhsQ-dv5dUAJfs1Nymc0utET8OsqshyphenhyphenGeLiqxgYan1Yz4fVQFng_7uf6wAuvPFZakws6eZ1SLCT0EhEUv-_afdEw/s640/093-MAISON+TOUAREGUE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370328713965617810" /></a><br />"MAISON TOUAREGUE - Couscous, tagine..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvJFuj9QewMfLbjyiD37LsqkhQeM41fWZ7zmCi7_Jj3Z0oGGmUJthpUQVnIhHvn6OGRcn3V3KaG8hFUenB7fWNYJftViqCmL3HRTfhkaEunDDz4qOuMAXWWjmWDYs-x5QRmvA/s1600-h/095-THREE+GREYHOUNDS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvJFuj9QewMfLbjyiD37LsqkhQeM41fWZ7zmCi7_Jj3Z0oGGmUJthpUQVnIhHvn6OGRcn3V3KaG8hFUenB7fWNYJftViqCmL3HRTfhkaEunDDz4qOuMAXWWjmWDYs-x5QRmvA/s640/095-THREE+GREYHOUNDS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370328706807738818" /></a><br />"THREE GREYHOUNDS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMIzkmYhg2ZRAyiHt4-v8WGoxUtsrT_UoB7S7hOxRgX74kdako0DaOHwbQKMZ7jEVBmMeaiBvdhn9mtyOnkzm6JgxBhyphenhyphenQ-b3Jd-99ZB7UJrDJ_T6ev64qCVSBChdEW7g5_1VD/s1600-h/097-STREET+JAZZ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMIzkmYhg2ZRAyiHt4-v8WGoxUtsrT_UoB7S7hOxRgX74kdako0DaOHwbQKMZ7jEVBmMeaiBvdhn9mtyOnkzm6JgxBhyphenhyphenQ-b3Jd-99ZB7UJrDJ_T6ev64qCVSBChdEW7g5_1VD/s640/097-STREET+JAZZ.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370328702519856162" /></a><br />"STREET JAZZ - Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club was fully booked..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-33552740687142598822009-08-16T00:06:00.001+01:002009-08-16T00:06:18.675+01:00A LAST STROLL, BLUE LAGOON & AWAYICELAND - AUGUST 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOWUNI50B1Cx1obv5DvwTGRC37EVKL073Py4xez3vCGq-TNUZ3hA9r7bYTVM-2qWo3UnEzSV_f-U0iwj-WqgH1q9uJib7zJRDMIi6V2dAUOmvsDD9TQMkFWjHuiecM3_jKHqJ/s1600-h/520-FILME.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOWUNI50B1Cx1obv5DvwTGRC37EVKL073Py4xez3vCGq-TNUZ3hA9r7bYTVM-2qWo3UnEzSV_f-U0iwj-WqgH1q9uJib7zJRDMIi6V2dAUOmvsDD9TQMkFWjHuiecM3_jKHqJ/s640/520-FILME.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687934982269858" /></a><br />"MOVIE STARS in Reykjavik's main shopping street"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77m_cl9NInhdddpRgN_zuD_eKzOmEXmZoMXmb0rR8ggs7pLnjo55VATwjTxZXzkNhoHu0n3WHQLlcYp71p-kx8EmUZrgvZ9cTDIN-gLCrY4hI56QSq8MEpgCv2oG2AvHj_7D2/s1600-h/521-FASHION.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77m_cl9NInhdddpRgN_zuD_eKzOmEXmZoMXmb0rR8ggs7pLnjo55VATwjTxZXzkNhoHu0n3WHQLlcYp71p-kx8EmUZrgvZ9cTDIN-gLCrY4hI56QSq8MEpgCv2oG2AvHj_7D2/s640/521-FASHION.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687931525199186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0AW8iQW1N_WG2NOc3s5sQ8iBAadaGI9boRGMcNGcyswbVZP2Os5KwaS8mPNJriMghQJV6z5adQUDg5yqDUl_olZf0IGyzLv9JQLllwCz60OsdTHGM_4WSXlf0_nMH5XVz3G9/s1600-h/522-ICELANDIC+DESIGN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0AW8iQW1N_WG2NOc3s5sQ8iBAadaGI9boRGMcNGcyswbVZP2Os5KwaS8mPNJriMghQJV6z5adQUDg5yqDUl_olZf0IGyzLv9JQLllwCz60OsdTHGM_4WSXlf0_nMH5XVz3G9/s640/522-ICELANDIC+DESIGN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687743245568210" /></a><br />"ICELANDIC DESIGN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY86ooDrg637GtkL-S70I2aevkromJwi79BuXIKrnIfH-D5nHuGre5SyOCZsvT_bNLpU-XpP3dB-T62XJCiEupHOl1kmDAAuvS6uyH8EKFErq08boSOQL1AgNS3GnRb4R1G-3/s1600-h/550-ESCULTURAS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY86ooDrg637GtkL-S70I2aevkromJwi79BuXIKrnIfH-D5nHuGre5SyOCZsvT_bNLpU-XpP3dB-T62XJCiEupHOl1kmDAAuvS6uyH8EKFErq08boSOQL1AgNS3GnRb4R1G-3/s640/550-ESCULTURAS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687738504729314" /></a><br />"SCULPTURE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbF6rx4gLstTB3epe_g9x18_QoG_vajXqw0f2OoZehLSN742kk4GiOlqmEcetMZAvyhjE0d9xiZEekNDqDcD72QtVOAUMqVV7h4cJI_pBY0XLVQe4-GlIQzaGBDU8i4LrwJwH/s1600-h/560-PEARL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbF6rx4gLstTB3epe_g9x18_QoG_vajXqw0f2OoZehLSN742kk4GiOlqmEcetMZAvyhjE0d9xiZEekNDqDcD72QtVOAUMqVV7h4cJI_pBY0XLVQe4-GlIQzaGBDU8i4LrwJwH/s640/560-PEARL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687733652253138" /></a><br />"PERLAN - <a href="http://www.perlan.is/index.php/en/perlan-mainmenu-118">The Pearl</a>, built in 1988 and open to the public in 1991, is a unique building, with six huge tanks storing natural hot water for heating the city. On the top of it, we have a dome with our known revolving restaurant and a viewing platform with panoramic 360 degree views of the city and its surroundings"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiTjPD_-mVu0RA_vepW3w7aATcsKDP6nBtxn9GGn-Mk7MZtw20wAvdOBw8pvIubGCzHd0Qmo9t3pUzCOGCzgpWaWpK1MQijg1MiGvgGtsajPNoePLdmQNSy4IPnEz1cLHOSIF/s1600-h/566-PEARL-GEISER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiTjPD_-mVu0RA_vepW3w7aATcsKDP6nBtxn9GGn-Mk7MZtw20wAvdOBw8pvIubGCzHd0Qmo9t3pUzCOGCzgpWaWpK1MQijg1MiGvgGtsajPNoePLdmQNSy4IPnEz1cLHOSIF/s640/566-PEARL-GEISER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687724106883170" /></a><br />"INSIDE GEYSER - Below the dome, between the hot-water tanks, is a small artificial geyser. This picture is dedicated to <a href="http://pottedfrog.wordpress.com/">Louise</a>, who used to get up there when in Iceland..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfsyCQUAYXQEuAVsR6PVqoHm4VrreoJjE1bpQ4VtsXbX0hP74IXw7A__Z275E5h_j9xa_n-Sat8TdQTSPqjWDQVkyZT2swuktWC-WkL2tIfE8oBtWdY1U5d-wuLfyrCZQYugG/s1600-h/567-HALLGRIMSKIRKJA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfsyCQUAYXQEuAVsR6PVqoHm4VrreoJjE1bpQ4VtsXbX0hP74IXw7A__Z275E5h_j9xa_n-Sat8TdQTSPqjWDQVkyZT2swuktWC-WkL2tIfE8oBtWdY1U5d-wuLfyrCZQYugG/s640/567-HALLGRIMSKIRKJA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687723358962242" /></a><br />"HALLGRIMSKIRKJA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk87JCzNRPWOksrrTdWWcFCC2rYIQYib-DaWomFv9YYiI271ySGvfO1PFDCoMit7Ud2wRWQxw9yruJlv-m9btaMiPxzbl4BlXq-tw3olAPcHUQN2wzOeJqEw9w0_haMjUrQpH/s1600-h/570-REIQUEJAVIQUE-MONTE+ESJA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk87JCzNRPWOksrrTdWWcFCC2rYIQYib-DaWomFv9YYiI271ySGvfO1PFDCoMit7Ud2wRWQxw9yruJlv-m9btaMiPxzbl4BlXq-tw3olAPcHUQN2wzOeJqEw9w0_haMjUrQpH/s640/570-REIQUEJAVIQUE-MONTE+ESJA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687397612867682" /></a><br />"REYKJAVIK & MOUNT ESJA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldyrt11-K4ot-el2rvHeDCNuTe9IyTRSGsV2zQk9QZFkhSz073o59wng44qTBZDTyGmrccHrDmj2zkTMXSwPKnd6PqojLdjfTIJog9lbu66A_coHDN-K6qV6x-tmu7ABRhDnr/s1600-h/598-PEARL-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldyrt11-K4ot-el2rvHeDCNuTe9IyTRSGsV2zQk9QZFkhSz073o59wng44qTBZDTyGmrccHrDmj2zkTMXSwPKnd6PqojLdjfTIJog9lbu66A_coHDN-K6qV6x-tmu7ABRhDnr/s640/598-PEARL-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687392203892338" /></a><br />DOME REFLECTION"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLZtb0dMcotSTlcKbcydzn6uRnjyd_q3Emm2-yiKMiFNR6kW_sLUDzaouZAYl8qSZCNna-zLzqAOOgRQ09fFEEWbzJZoV1_OL9A9Ucovk1BIhyphenhyphenV6bNYFY7gkIJeOVVXrJ_PM4/s1600-h/640-FJORD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLZtb0dMcotSTlcKbcydzn6uRnjyd_q3Emm2-yiKMiFNR6kW_sLUDzaouZAYl8qSZCNna-zLzqAOOgRQ09fFEEWbzJZoV1_OL9A9Ucovk1BIhyphenhyphenV6bNYFY7gkIJeOVVXrJ_PM4/s640/640-FJORD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687391108474610" /></a><br />"SUNNY FJORD"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI_e2uyFKZKsHxIauqnqYCwwTmRODcNN_YutrS1QAgJIxHyEqOCyYRhfHNWAVm0fdGEMidF6CrtouG9z2kBUNznpAIw5XwAR8nBSTdc82pjt_LWKNVTpZ9FVMHhI7giQJiqc1/s1600-h/643-BANDEIRA+AZUL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI_e2uyFKZKsHxIauqnqYCwwTmRODcNN_YutrS1QAgJIxHyEqOCyYRhfHNWAVm0fdGEMidF6CrtouG9z2kBUNznpAIw5XwAR8nBSTdc82pjt_LWKNVTpZ9FVMHhI7giQJiqc1/s640/643-BANDEIRA+AZUL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687383911938258" /></a><br />"BLUE FLAG AT BLUE LAGOON - Beach?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZZZNdBiIfxsXRw4ZnO8xMxhdu_95hNcq3JxENepickLTGmGHs-5i7XEOu7b5vRzX8ZuO8F9CggTZMp52dPwW6YMnhCgyal3B4tQPHF4WOM5o18r2haaG0LuymX-YHBjQLGoV/s1600-h/644-BLUE+LAGOON-FORA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZZZNdBiIfxsXRw4ZnO8xMxhdu_95hNcq3JxENepickLTGmGHs-5i7XEOu7b5vRzX8ZuO8F9CggTZMp52dPwW6YMnhCgyal3B4tQPHF4WOM5o18r2haaG0LuymX-YHBjQLGoV/s640/644-BLUE+LAGOON-FORA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362687381286882418" /></a><br />"OUTSIDE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ80IxqqBcggn1Yn39cOBjBHf98mCC-u6OdnMVOmz7wi6Z53BIJeciL4uF3fgZx5LJHYl5otLc8dSzrWh5CABAh7AYatictp9i9WQsO5CD0SFrilkpKR7JEXZ-t17NBOxTBsHN/s1600-h/653-BLUE+LAGOON.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ80IxqqBcggn1Yn39cOBjBHf98mCC-u6OdnMVOmz7wi6Z53BIJeciL4uF3fgZx5LJHYl5otLc8dSzrWh5CABAh7AYatictp9i9WQsO5CD0SFrilkpKR7JEXZ-t17NBOxTBsHN/s640/653-BLUE+LAGOON.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686917430225090" /></a><br />"INSIDE - Blue Lagoon is a Geothermal Spa, located close to Keflavik Airport. The 40º Celsius waters are rich in minerals and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help many people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbYBBGjkRvVC4syfa2U7ika7VN2ZOTYqLkpUbnxT0TjA9ca9knynkZam3yYcxxaMmbQ-MUNMwfHu4oy9KjFWYluWG2US9pfWHPxGcBYmwCH3IzeNw8DSB3u4apygqnTw-ad46/s1600-h/649-BL+PISCINA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbYBBGjkRvVC4syfa2U7ika7VN2ZOTYqLkpUbnxT0TjA9ca9knynkZam3yYcxxaMmbQ-MUNMwfHu4oy9KjFWYluWG2US9pfWHPxGcBYmwCH3IzeNw8DSB3u4apygqnTw-ad46/s640/649-BL+PISCINA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686915801236210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACm683Dj1L-7BRG4THTpnQhyw3j-_gurWv2_c_YFbqnc0tgMmN_tDKF2ThzP0HwBe-E7fk9vMY5w8zPBCWd8LOt71cxX2q5mCIY2iaHPWrP2MXZLZbeR7R6VhVFttyQzNgYpW/s1600-h/660-BL-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACm683Dj1L-7BRG4THTpnQhyw3j-_gurWv2_c_YFbqnc0tgMmN_tDKF2ThzP0HwBe-E7fk9vMY5w8zPBCWd8LOt71cxX2q5mCIY2iaHPWrP2MXZLZbeR7R6VhVFttyQzNgYpW/s640/660-BL-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686910603841618" /></a><br />"BATH TIME"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQTDMsz_LqMXX5TOaWd4uAuBROXPlm6LunHwV6f_nwDb6UZuZShVUUjSYA9TyR_yiP-dGEMaOP5DghJ14FcwUREOAF16E6vd7NyMrzfKYe4GxtQkhnpqb7WElrW4HuKeoIy0J/s1600-h/669-BLUE+LAGOON%2BCENTRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQTDMsz_LqMXX5TOaWd4uAuBROXPlm6LunHwV6f_nwDb6UZuZShVUUjSYA9TyR_yiP-dGEMaOP5DghJ14FcwUREOAF16E6vd7NyMrzfKYe4GxtQkhnpqb7WElrW4HuKeoIy0J/s640/669-BLUE+LAGOON%2BCENTRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686906684098530" /></a><br />"BLUE LAGOON is a by-product of the nearby Svartsengi power plant"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WLyzWtDvj1CqW0QSEdM8GM_WU4ifulJ2_BeAqOGda7BVg79ciJ8T1tabJmL61H1yl6GcGc9FD_2DwGnD4LTmQSdS7ck5GlYBnlTPL1UOktydWerQ-7oFD-ZffNQoRg5t2ups/s1600-h/672-REST.ROCHA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WLyzWtDvj1CqW0QSEdM8GM_WU4ifulJ2_BeAqOGda7BVg79ciJ8T1tabJmL61H1yl6GcGc9FD_2DwGnD4LTmQSdS7ck5GlYBnlTPL1UOktydWerQ-7oFD-ZffNQoRg5t2ups/s640/672-REST.ROCHA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686901583255010" /></a><br />"ROCK RESTAURANT inside the complex"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCoS34BWFdlvdNUybGFUpPIGv7p7ajYJibqSARM_HWI-u9DODU80UFBOIG_YSU3hhPvRfeGGyoqURdBXZx2wEPMePgfFrDBJuW5D3ANIMmQg9zFjz_zjwZJ52aToBGRotfo_T/s1600-h/694-ESCULTURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCoS34BWFdlvdNUybGFUpPIGv7p7ajYJibqSARM_HWI-u9DODU80UFBOIG_YSU3hhPvRfeGGyoqURdBXZx2wEPMePgfFrDBJuW5D3ANIMmQg9zFjz_zjwZJ52aToBGRotfo_T/s640/694-ESCULTURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686542212454914" /></a><br />"SCULPTURE - Outside Keflavik Airport"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2T4J3g1fGxLOpAgzELO5SNAXt8L2MzfUv7goQc0Nre6LXQnBHUOKRYpiiiHyFuS5uGk6lvFoTRSpY4pHyVxLkQZ6fUVmesRHuC01K6MhHdGINT-SLLPxHrNQ8HRjmTguouA8j/s1600-h/696-BACALHAU+LUMINOSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2T4J3g1fGxLOpAgzELO5SNAXt8L2MzfUv7goQc0Nre6LXQnBHUOKRYpiiiHyFuS5uGk6lvFoTRSpY4pHyVxLkQZ6fUVmesRHuC01K6MhHdGINT-SLLPxHrNQ8HRjmTguouA8j/s640/696-BACALHAU+LUMINOSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686532719186066" /></a><br />"ENLIGHTED COD FISH...."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VPV6OcXY1thh3Yoni10W_jTgKKusYpae8nSNdMVIscQmdwx8iMXSjUQmjiYMkVeLK8QbBMiT1ymOYbx3Db0jc6BxyIEXtPssPTfoTL3NM0SF8jj64KPhtJzSvw_nzLuaKdIA/s1600-h/698-ESCULTURAS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VPV6OcXY1thh3Yoni10W_jTgKKusYpae8nSNdMVIscQmdwx8iMXSjUQmjiYMkVeLK8QbBMiT1ymOYbx3Db0jc6BxyIEXtPssPTfoTL3NM0SF8jj64KPhtJzSvw_nzLuaKdIA/s640/698-ESCULTURAS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686530877856322" /></a><br />"MORE SCULPTURES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvPpBpfMYh_w8nKAUm7scNWeynLHIBSt_5HdzDYEe4IUnfwxwy8KFGAwSUp2HMMKru-PA4MjSlZ9MN2GoD5siuk6zJf28SWF5VEErMLHqxWkIgWmDWSiRchiwyul3F7M7MgP7/s1600-h/700-TAKE+OFF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvPpBpfMYh_w8nKAUm7scNWeynLHIBSt_5HdzDYEe4IUnfwxwy8KFGAwSUp2HMMKru-PA4MjSlZ9MN2GoD5siuk6zJf28SWF5VEErMLHqxWkIgWmDWSiRchiwyul3F7M7MgP7/s640/700-TAKE+OFF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686523588182114" /></a><br />"TAKE-OFF as landing: grey and rainy..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5s7KZIC5nTGtd8Dzkwfyt5s-x_kACPXEb8nigQo6ylWFHCsdMOYOI5e41YSJzCE_iMC8di9WTCk5la24IfiQnRgo31S37vx-Lp90c2F6HQN6mF0_SJHPr1lCHo6O9jDAbWfn/s1600-h/718-SHETLAND.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5s7KZIC5nTGtd8Dzkwfyt5s-x_kACPXEb8nigQo6ylWFHCsdMOYOI5e41YSJzCE_iMC8di9WTCk5la24IfiQnRgo31S37vx-Lp90c2F6HQN6mF0_SJHPr1lCHo6O9jDAbWfn/s640/718-SHETLAND.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362686522439650978" /></a><br />"SHETLAND ISLANDS IN THE BLUE!"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-68503536959634006752009-08-11T09:28:00.002+01:002009-08-12T11:33:27.912+01:00RURAL ICELANDICELAND - AUGUST 2008<br /><br />Iceland is famous for its Sagas. The Icelandic Sagas, some quasi-historical texts, were mostly written anonymously between the 12th and 13th centuries. Some of them recount the discovery and first populators of Iceland, at a time when the people were Pagans, worshipping the old Norse Gods: Odin, Thor, and Frigga. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmpFJbkivNtrCLpI8HrGlnQwv25vEUvkkYbmCxX_zZg_AprCd-75zwvAsJvV_QcXNJXJMQBD-r12cE0cMQG5lEeSha9Avd0I0UOFpGcJA-CK4UaTAGaF2tVgNdM7pXgLroxIY/s1600-h/1550-SAGA+MUSEUM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmpFJbkivNtrCLpI8HrGlnQwv25vEUvkkYbmCxX_zZg_AprCd-75zwvAsJvV_QcXNJXJMQBD-r12cE0cMQG5lEeSha9Avd0I0UOFpGcJA-CK4UaTAGaF2tVgNdM7pXgLroxIY/s640/1550-SAGA+MUSEUM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354721323375432850" /></a><br />"SAGA MUSEUM"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSd9fd296pnKdfe0p-RukVOR7n1Paufb0BKanNG61eX3wo8n413tPalG9Lr5AbMYe5JaIvMTgE0xoZdSWCwqqdhugbEhk_-HyZeacjBh1t27cIUU7_9bmsusOI6rrc9MFRu_Q/s1600-h/3614-ASSASSINATO+BISPO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSd9fd296pnKdfe0p-RukVOR7n1Paufb0BKanNG61eX3wo8n413tPalG9Lr5AbMYe5JaIvMTgE0xoZdSWCwqqdhugbEhk_-HyZeacjBh1t27cIUU7_9bmsusOI6rrc9MFRu_Q/s640/3614-ASSASSINATO+BISPO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352458900379761874" /></a><br />"JON ARASON - Late in the 10th century, Christianity began to spread into Norway, and soon reached Iceland, which converted to Christianity in the early parts of the 11th century. In 1550, Jon Arason, then bishop of Hólar, was captured after some disputes with Lutheranism and beheaded. He was the last Roman Catholic bishop in Iceland"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hrtKbYyTK6Xp2y40yR5UaeODHO1rV_ZVSpuSVcGIekxOKQP6_QTflI_dkoIvmp9u4_owzq6U_NCYD2PghlZF79cAqIWA3j7sWqscKbiwoxw1OCcD1IwR_QZVCP3L0H-Umg-E/s1600-h/3461-THINGVELLIR-ALTHING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hrtKbYyTK6Xp2y40yR5UaeODHO1rV_ZVSpuSVcGIekxOKQP6_QTflI_dkoIvmp9u4_owzq6U_NCYD2PghlZF79cAqIWA3j7sWqscKbiwoxw1OCcD1IwR_QZVCP3L0H-Umg-E/s640/3461-THINGVELLIR-ALTHING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352458904038134082" /></a><br />"THINGVELLIR, ALTHING - During the time of the Sagas, the main feature of the political system in Iceland was the annual assembly called the Althing, being held during two weeks in the month of June. Estate holders had the power to decide judicial and legislative issues at the event, though their ruling power depended on the voluntary adherence of their supporters, the free farmers. This is the place where the original Parliament or Althing was established in 930 and where it remained until 1789"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWTFpj1pl9gSh9AYfHpJCk31ZqgGsrlXzIpwZxx6_sczCqgwezVKmF7VJC4QcZ_2i5t9VV4sOBpR69bxhICcSTprFat5EDECCae8ipLMPqwc9UteZnVuCkZ5dk4wcggrZJSpH/s1600-h/3617-LIVRO+LEIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWTFpj1pl9gSh9AYfHpJCk31ZqgGsrlXzIpwZxx6_sczCqgwezVKmF7VJC4QcZ_2i5t9VV4sOBpR69bxhICcSTprFat5EDECCae8ipLMPqwc9UteZnVuCkZ5dk4wcggrZJSpH/s640/3617-LIVRO+LEIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352458896431062386" /></a><br />"BOOK OF LAWS - In the winter of 1117-18 someone set to work in a farmhouse in northern Iceland and wrote out the whole code. Five winters later, the laws of the church got written down, too. The Book of Law had a primacy in Iceland that had few parallels in Europe until the Code Napoleon was drawn up in France at the beginning of the 19th century. Not only was it the book by which everyone lived, but it was also the book with which everyone learned to read"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvK_V8t-41jQIN9Au2fP5q0DVVVJjp7M_Rcog4ZsY_xnnDtrBAuIeXiAf0f04JoPPITNyqGij1c3sxUUZpk-av8BYzbKSB7x1EvoZN9n-ltO_XDG0DEvBtPGP0pibmwTFIB8q/s1600-h/3465-GREAT+ATLANTIC+RIFT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvK_V8t-41jQIN9Au2fP5q0DVVVJjp7M_Rcog4ZsY_xnnDtrBAuIeXiAf0f04JoPPITNyqGij1c3sxUUZpk-av8BYzbKSB7x1EvoZN9n-ltO_XDG0DEvBtPGP0pibmwTFIB8q/s640/3465-GREAT+ATLANTIC+RIFT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352458896560626994" /></a><br />"THINGVELLIR is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is on a power spot, along the Mid Atlantic Ridge separating the North American and European Continental plates"<br /><br />***<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnLG8McJG3WNvKPNQ7t8kP6WuAd744bPMsGMVeeRVlw1hCtjdIvXp5Qe0pq0W9lRj4uotJzX4zu5OZJr3Y0JVrir3LCBJ64yjIaEou0hypIT9V4sQTXktkcjYzoF9t8UuMOyT/s1600-h/3067-HEKLA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnLG8McJG3WNvKPNQ7t8kP6WuAd744bPMsGMVeeRVlw1hCtjdIvXp5Qe0pq0W9lRj4uotJzX4zu5OZJr3Y0JVrir3LCBJ64yjIaEou0hypIT9V4sQTXktkcjYzoF9t8UuMOyT/s640/3067-HEKLA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352525194579090562" /></a><br />"HEKLA, at 1,491 metres, is Iceland's most active volcano; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HHxoTO_yQSOvvmIojukNxFnyaEfc3lpOj6fPoqbYiS5tJMCj_De3FchMjKGgN346dPZD0qiWREvQlLnySlsT8pR4cTS8YN9WeY8zZd2gHeyItE3psex-upmD0b0bdkkTyHtS/s1600-h/3039-ESTUFA+HVERAGERDI-IELTSIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HHxoTO_yQSOvvmIojukNxFnyaEfc3lpOj6fPoqbYiS5tJMCj_De3FchMjKGgN346dPZD0qiWREvQlLnySlsT8pR4cTS8YN9WeY8zZd2gHeyItE3psex-upmD0b0bdkkTyHtS/s640/3039-ESTUFA+HVERAGERDI-IELTSIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352525194237227794" /></a><br />"YELTSIN? - On a tour in Iceland we made a stop at the Greenhouse Hveragerdi. I wonder what was this one doing there..." <br /><br />***<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5kmlSZY0-xFddOy3HygiVKZGApsCpZ4yHZPHVFXCp81ghpWRb6bknZRFgAxrBCV-PkozzZq1qJoSmTcinaN71597CETFjueK1ZJNUSLxQI8bo3szrp9GyjaSMqAnbEVJDV5m/s1600-h/3082-VIK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5kmlSZY0-xFddOy3HygiVKZGApsCpZ4yHZPHVFXCp81ghpWRb6bknZRFgAxrBCV-PkozzZq1qJoSmTcinaN71597CETFjueK1ZJNUSLxQI8bo3szrp9GyjaSMqAnbEVJDV5m/s640/3082-VIK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352525190303647682" /></a><br />"VIK I MYRDAL, the wettest place in Iceland, is also its southernmost village, located 180 km of Reykjavík. Despite having only 300 inhabitants, it is the largest settlement for some 70 km around"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPQSwJZtdduUDQ9MnpuIbEk6dycnNM-V8ktjl41smHdJUGYv4Y4xEcZaF1fT1c823TzE2jvm8I6RBgYXGw5sYF75bg_I8gJb5uiY5nsRSdkzh82VHdzTTKesI9y2xeywi1aW7/s1600-h/3085-VIK+I+MYRDAL-ROCHEDOS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPQSwJZtdduUDQ9MnpuIbEk6dycnNM-V8ktjl41smHdJUGYv4Y4xEcZaF1fT1c823TzE2jvm8I6RBgYXGw5sYF75bg_I8gJb5uiY5nsRSdkzh82VHdzTTKesI9y2xeywi1aW7/s640/3085-VIK+I+MYRDAL-ROCHEDOS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523510704094274" /></a><br />"REYNISDRANGAR - These three rocks, the tallest standing at 66m, are the subject of another Icelandic story. They were formed when two trolls dragged a three mast ship to the shore. However, as trolls do not survive in daylight, when the sun rose, the trolls and the ship turned to stone. The ship's masts are the only parts visible above the water. They are named Landdrangur, Háidrangur and Langsamur"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-mhtBtvx1UxjnJkXnrcMchASQvmszzVFtOKG2jhaEq1nvor22sAsFCcqWdZUM3mrf0LLQuDk_BH3PbW1LyUoIGkT4EAjZuCzJyV0Y-_ga5JO699bKys2A1iFFbwvAdGSxRbH/s1600-h/3084-GERMAN+STONE-CHUVA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-mhtBtvx1UxjnJkXnrcMchASQvmszzVFtOKG2jhaEq1nvor22sAsFCcqWdZUM3mrf0LLQuDk_BH3PbW1LyUoIGkT4EAjZuCzJyV0Y-_ga5JO699bKys2A1iFFbwvAdGSxRbH/s640/3084-GERMAN+STONE-CHUVA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352525192163852978" /></a><br />"GERMAN MEMORIAL - It commemorates a German fishing boat that was wrecked off the beach and was erected by the fishing company to thank the Icelanders who had risked their lives to save crew members"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DibfxopLncic1GRwU5CMZzbZLGXNwsaOLTtFuXbxUQa82ujCDahFoLdeC5i-Uer92hn0ehUy_F_qctpJ6FetIiBMzHHsmHAUzE98pTaFJnPr4Qe4mbKAMHWTLcpgflGAJH0y/s1600-h/3087-VIK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DibfxopLncic1GRwU5CMZzbZLGXNwsaOLTtFuXbxUQa82ujCDahFoLdeC5i-Uer92hn0ehUy_F_qctpJ6FetIiBMzHHsmHAUzE98pTaFJnPr4Qe4mbKAMHWTLcpgflGAJH0y/s640/3087-VIK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523513413805378" /></a><br />"VIK"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNtHqI3ZUXDZ3oAVGBMyW5dxOkptPI2rJXvwBJMemqnn37nysRio8QSZUjI3Fs7Z4G1i-Z9kJAypcLHI4gWYhBkr5wPcvZCR6_quKf3Y7vWTHD63QBW4iu_d2YtKORFFXX49V/s1600-h/3089-IGREJA+VIK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNtHqI3ZUXDZ3oAVGBMyW5dxOkptPI2rJXvwBJMemqnn37nysRio8QSZUjI3Fs7Z4G1i-Z9kJAypcLHI4gWYhBkr5wPcvZCR6_quKf3Y7vWTHD63QBW4iu_d2YtKORFFXX49V/s640/3089-IGREJA+VIK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523508406825714" /></a><br />"CHURCH IN VIK"<br /><br />***<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9gtz9jUzV-eeKca3ymcXb82cskUIaJcplA8jo52E6g3iD_uQbplDauccRSLRbqyBLYAIqkht6BH6yoG2KeS8L09zagaRSPdD9XN7-SxVZUEhuaheDxrY6hrnC41wK6bzCNf0/s1600-h/3099-MUSEU+SK%C3%93GASAFN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9gtz9jUzV-eeKca3ymcXb82cskUIaJcplA8jo52E6g3iD_uQbplDauccRSLRbqyBLYAIqkht6BH6yoG2KeS8L09zagaRSPdD9XN7-SxVZUEhuaheDxrY6hrnC41wK6bzCNf0/s640/3099-MUSEU+SK%C3%93GASAFN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523504649562018" /></a><br />"SKOGASAFN - The Skogar Museum, one of the best folk museums in Iceland, has a collection of over 6000 artefacts and examples of various types of dwellings in Iceland since the early times"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9gosukNHUIOA5n34FWKyGGzVDlP_5fUVfSAkSeDj1Ziu6fFxeXdKmX-rA7lbuv361Endg9rejuLXAXfHGEypWVvnVFNp-0qFljU2hHbKtU5ZCSdIvS1bdYJXT20vlbHHaLN6/s1600-h/3101-TUG%C3%9ARIO-MUSEU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9gosukNHUIOA5n34FWKyGGzVDlP_5fUVfSAkSeDj1Ziu6fFxeXdKmX-rA7lbuv361Endg9rejuLXAXfHGEypWVvnVFNp-0qFljU2hHbKtU5ZCSdIvS1bdYJXT20vlbHHaLN6/s640/3101-TUG%C3%9ARIO-MUSEU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523499444425650" /></a><br />"DWELLINGS - The museum also has an old turf farmhouse, where guests can experience the standards of living in Iceland in past centuries"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDXb4ef11BVjZGnpJhvXa5qhaUZvgJfISksTvnohfIYH4mqnCpHlk8UfEC8HMSAw-Yk85PWo3UQoDNcfjJ7Vsjz-UZNCxgieK-U4x0Qr9R6GvAnHyUGToJOvB5fMoHvrkaxY_/s1600-h/3103-CASA+RICA-MUSEU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDXb4ef11BVjZGnpJhvXa5qhaUZvgJfISksTvnohfIYH4mqnCpHlk8UfEC8HMSAw-Yk85PWo3UQoDNcfjJ7Vsjz-UZNCxgieK-U4x0Qr9R6GvAnHyUGToJOvB5fMoHvrkaxY_/s640/3103-CASA+RICA-MUSEU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523060646825730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP1R6qu0I4wKp0shQedXXkyVsSohfvUYteSwaCJPs1EyYDlNM-abXYqY_Are7D8sNq-o5G3lUv-IqJSYr-1FnbXckM8fpOUm8S9DJEgrqNILQOmRRwEgUJJuUOKiOm1veXNOp/s1600-h/3104-QUARTO+RICO-MUSEU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP1R6qu0I4wKp0shQedXXkyVsSohfvUYteSwaCJPs1EyYDlNM-abXYqY_Are7D8sNq-o5G3lUv-IqJSYr-1FnbXckM8fpOUm8S9DJEgrqNILQOmRRwEgUJJuUOKiOm1veXNOp/s640/3104-QUARTO+RICO-MUSEU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523058172629586" /></a><br />"RICH HOUSE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIqz2RW-nzOecqxkbs09i1yJYK10PX-U-rOiuTXi0DdrycHIuvcF0ntxX6Lc1arUFBGEXaHwIbExO_GADeqDRKewCLF7uGbshmJOJfNzVowl0VNz8zvqCAykiSXbuS2ZkfuS6/s1600-h/3102-MUSEU-BACALHAU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIqz2RW-nzOecqxkbs09i1yJYK10PX-U-rOiuTXi0DdrycHIuvcF0ntxX6Lc1arUFBGEXaHwIbExO_GADeqDRKewCLF7uGbshmJOJfNzVowl0VNz8zvqCAykiSXbuS2ZkfuS6/s640/3102-MUSEU-BACALHAU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523063631677106" /></a><br />"CODFISH - The collection of tools and equipment used at land and sea is outstanding, but the dried codfish is amazing. It shouldn't be forgotten than the Portuguese had in the past one of the most important fleet of cod fishing ships and are probably the largest consumers of dried cod in the world..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgXnDUxgnB5zCqAsQL_ebo-dyParYbf5yp4g3PLxfGtfthh6yOHTm9C6qu6p9O6biPUU80ta9YZ0Cymw3EfJ-cQ8t3lthoId8L9pKx4hXIOB8wgNpbGSe9jaS9ptR2uOoRK0m/s1600-h/3105-ESCULTURA-MUSEU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgXnDUxgnB5zCqAsQL_ebo-dyParYbf5yp4g3PLxfGtfthh6yOHTm9C6qu6p9O6biPUU80ta9YZ0Cymw3EfJ-cQ8t3lthoId8L9pKx4hXIOB8wgNpbGSe9jaS9ptR2uOoRK0m/s640/3105-ESCULTURA-MUSEU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523056413493202" /></a><br />"SCULPTURE"<br /><br />***<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJtefoT3feGtE2CtvEZpRc_K4gnrXdIRUcw98a9qqtCLkKMAihhseKjm9OPvTQUkZMF6n7ROXRISDOJL-9X6VqS_ZSZ4XRNR5G2l5O-loCruhwBbZiNifc-rbNaF5zVXM8UDi/s1600-h/3151-MONGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJtefoT3feGtE2CtvEZpRc_K4gnrXdIRUcw98a9qqtCLkKMAihhseKjm9OPvTQUkZMF6n7ROXRISDOJL-9X6VqS_ZSZ4XRNR5G2l5O-loCruhwBbZiNifc-rbNaF5zVXM8UDi/s640/3151-MONGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352523051535546770" /></a><br />"WHO'S THIS?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPWgn5ItmdelhiKObApTe6nGcP2x_sGBKwA-Ki_mFgeAhYaH4Rd7qfXcEJAM59dMAPqASnSpg6pfc9zrUi5-3C00qruTyFQK3BCgBQ9fkazZofHHTN0PEFBl1egQmVW7zx-lM/s1600-h/timeless+friendship+award.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPWgn5ItmdelhiKObApTe6nGcP2x_sGBKwA-Ki_mFgeAhYaH4Rd7qfXcEJAM59dMAPqASnSpg6pfc9zrUi5-3C00qruTyFQK3BCgBQ9fkazZofHHTN0PEFBl1egQmVW7zx-lM/s400/timeless+friendship+award.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368613068736623602" /></a><br /><br />My Canadian Blogger friend of <a href="http://baronsview.blogspot.com/">Baron's Life</a> was so kind to pass this award to me. Thanks Baron!GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com51