 | | Kathy taking a nap on the couch while i'm packing.... sorry babe!
San Diego, CA
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 | | The site of the 11-M bombings in early 2004. 191 people were killed and 1755 people were wounded 6 weeks or so before. I had forgotten about the bombings until I came across a shrine. Until that moment it was just another euro train station to me...
Atocha Station, Madrid, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Yeah, this is a european city I thought as i approached. City walls, towers, and a river that goes around it... way cool.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Walking around the city where the locals live. There were very few foreigners in the town which i thought was surprising considering it's history.
Old Toledo, Spain
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Toldeo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | This is the main road 'into' the heart of the old city. It switchbacks its way up the hill. I walked it a few times, it's a pain. No wonder the locals are all in shape.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | View of the surrounding area. Fertile ground for Franco and his allies with tigers and stukas. It must have sucked to been on side of the artists at the time...
Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | The cathedral in town. Construction began in 1266 but it was closed so i couldn't get in. I did find an open door though....
Primate Cathedral of Toledo, Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Old Toledo is known for its art, religion, and steel.
Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | I took a walk to see where my legs would take me and wandered into the new section. Here you can see the Alcázar where the nacionals famously holed up during the civil war.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | So strolling around i stumbled into the artsy area all rundown with lots of graffiti, burn marks, and general signs of trouble. I'm guess this is all was built for the olympics then once all the tourists left it all went to the punks. I'm just speculating though...
new Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | My guess is that some unfortunate Republican was taking pot-shots at Franco's boys from here in '36.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Well... spanish influences have to come from somewhere right? The city has a long history with many cultures and coexistance of many religions.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Um.... some dead guy's tombstone?
Toledo, Spain
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Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Oh hell yeah! I'm a sucker for any euro plaza and spain is no exception. We were up eating dinner until 10-11pm... Throw in a ciesta and i'm not sure why i came back to the states for the 9-5...
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Just wandering around town taking pictures of stuff. This looks very municipal like. Caution: more educational stuff- over the years the town (like many spainish towns) switched hands depending on which civilization had power. I'm not sure why i'm telling you this but if my town was ruled by the visgoths and moors and others i'd would be inclined to think that was way cool.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Back to the gothic cathedral at night...
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | The view from my hotel room. "Room" is generous word, but it beats a bivy.
Carlos V, Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Dammit, here i am getting artsy again. Getting vs being....
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Believe it or not this was a business trip. Pretty sweet one, i had to work maybe 8 hrs over two weeks. So i got to do a lot of walking around while not flying biz class : ) Anyways here i'm walking around the city overlooking the famous Tagus River and the bridge of San Martin
Toledo, Spain
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Old Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Err.... MickyD's delivers? Or an ad? I take pictures of quirky stuff as you probably figured out by now (especially if you're this far into my website : )
Outside the city walls, Toledo, Spain
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Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Hi Veronica! Your store doesn't sell shoes, handbags, or home accessories. Knowing V that does seem odd. But Toledo is known for it's medieval steel and weapons of not so massive destruction.
Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Holy Shit! Yes, this is just a train station. It doesn't show me running 2 miles with luggage down a giant cobblestone mountain to make the trainride, on a day which i kinda overslept. Doh- Good thing they weren't running on time. Joe (the white of white guy i was traveling with) had a funny look on his face as i came running up... ha! It's funny now : )
Toledo, Spain
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Antwerpen, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | Didn't you know i'm going to hell anyways?
Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | Where they kept some dead guys under the church. That's one solid crypt.
Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | Um, i think there's a dead guy in that artwork.
Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | They have buildings there that we can't even begin to dream about...
Antwerp, Belgim
save file: small medium large |  | | Lynn's going to hell too. That's her leg.
Antwerpen, Belgie
save file: small medium large |  | | The way all the people are looking at this artwork suggests it's famous. Or something.
Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | Ok, have you seen enough pictures of this one building yet?
Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | One of the squares in town. I love this stuff! We had dinner in one of thes restaurants or maybe on the square over one block.
Antwerp, Belgium
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | The river castle defending the town. And taking taxes. Of course the city is named for the guy not paying taxes who cut off the hand of the local ruler. Funny that the Belgians are such rule followers. The Germans are good at teaching that lesson i suppose.
Antwerp, Belgium
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Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | The castle is now a museum and they charge you a few bucks to look at old stuff.
Antwerp, Belgium
save file: small medium large |  | | The Thalys, train that runs around the quad-country area of Be-Fr-D-Ne
Antwerp, Belium
save file: small medium large |  | | A euro to take a dump? Damm... i think going #1 was free. I had to wander in to check it out and make a deposit of course. I mean, how often do i get to experience this?
Paris, France
save file: small medium large |  | | Damm, everywhere i go there's another cathedral. They seem to sprout like McDonald's or Starbucks on this side of the pond.
Rouen, France
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Rouen, France
save file: small medium large |  | | So i'm sitting in my 'hotel' jetlagged and thinking of the cute french girl that helped my stumbling american ass drag luggage down a cobblestone street when i hear these bells just go off. I popped outside to see Notre Dame and lots of people milling about. Cool. I'll find out later there's more than one Notre Dame...
Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, France
save file: small medium large |  | | Welcome to Normandie! Is this French of what? Dude leaning up on a wall with a beret playing an accordian on a narrow cobblestone street lined with Normandy architecture. Ok, the it was staged. I had the city made for this shot. Hehehe.. how many americans would ask to take a picture -after- making a donation? Just about everyone i bumped into pegged me for something else besides an amerikaner. I did ID myself as such in town. Hehehe... was Bush ever popular anywhere?
Rouen, France
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Rouen, France
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Rouen, France
save file: small medium large |  | | he Church of Joan of Ark. Funny how we even spell her name differently.
Tour Jeanne d'Arc, Rouen, France
save file: small medium large |  | | I had to include this because, well, how often will i get to cross the Seine?
Seine, Rouen, France
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Rouen, France
save file: small medium large |  | | The nightlife of the town. Too bad i never learned how to pronounce the town's name- my mouth just won't move right. But i can drink their espresso (see chair on the left- the scene of my afternoon postcard/espresso session : )
Rouen, France
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Rouen, France
save file: small medium large |  | | So this is just weird. Kathy seems to be in the exact place i left her two weeks ago! Must be that REI catalog on the table. Riveting reading you know.
San Diego, CA
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Toledo, Spain
save file: small medium large |  | | Ah Paris! The main train station, and the (not so) wonderful parisians. I really enjoyed the rest of France tho : ) 1.24mb
Paris, France
save file: small medium large | | | Wow! Toledo is a beautiful town and this 1.3mb pic doesn't do it justice. You have to go there. (it's not foe everyone tho)
Toledo, Spain
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