Click on a photo to see the big version. Cityscapes, Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Miro Art Museum, and Parc Guell Ceramics
Spain
Travel in the Time of Coronavirus
Well, sigh . We had to change our plans again because the entire country of Italy is now shut down until April 3. It’s surreal. Like something Antoni Gaudi might have dreamed up. And we spent today exploring two of his most famous creations: Park Guell and Sagrada Familia...
Valencia Pride / Italy Caution
We visited Valencia partly on the recommendation of a restaurant server of ours in Copenhagen last spring who was from there. She insisted that it was one of the best places to visits and “like Barcelona, without the tourists.” When we arrived at the train station, the man at...
Holy Toledo!
A church , a mosque , and a synagogue walk into a city. And they’re still there centuries later. The town prides itself on having all three and the idea of religion as a bridge or door. It’s a city of bridges. And doors . And Manchego cheese. I...
Fever/Dream
Well, people’s fear of fever (coronavirus) led to a dream flight with hardly anyone on the plane. I had a whole row to myself across which to stretch for sleep. Though I don’t sleep well on moving things (trains, boats, planes, planet Earth). It’s more like a fever dream...
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