For the Easter break we hosted Angela's mom, or mi suegra. It was a great trip, everything was strategically planned for efficiency and we moved at a maddening pace for seven days. Only stopping to grab café con leche or vino tinto con tapas. Thankfully Daneen was at ease with our nutty routines and didn't gripe when we paced the blocks looking for the perfect meal, and by 9pm she probably should have. But for us, it's typical. Here's our trip in chronological order.
Madrid 1
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| Pick up Mom at Madrid Airport, photo op at Parque Retiro. |
Toledo 2
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| Visit Toledo, dinner with Spanish ham. I just remember the ice cream. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Captivated by this Ent of a tree in Valencia. |
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Martos 3
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| Two nights at home, we visited with our friends, walked the town, ran the Via Verde, and shopped at the markets. |
Valencia 4
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| Behind the tree is the smallest gas station. |
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| Valencia Science Park with amazing futuristic buildings. |
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| Valencia, met with Becca, Ed, Clint, Sara, and Jenny for dinner in the Plaza de la Reina |
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| Valencia -We biked around and around, then made a crazy sprint back before closing time. If it wasn't cold we would have swam in the ocean too. |
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| Mom and Ang in front of the Cathedral |
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Barcelona 5
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| Favorite Tour, Sagrada Familia, giant church by Gaudi. Also saw his Park Güell. |
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| View from MNAC, Nat'l Museum of Art, and adjacent to the site of the 1992 Olympics. |
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| We toured on rainy days too. |
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| Downtown after a great meal of tapas we ordered from the buffet along with fresh sangria. |
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| Gaudi Sagrada Familia Church, building in progress. |
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| Museum of Arts, celebrating 1000 years of art. |
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| sink/shower |
Zaragoza 6
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| We drove back to Madrid, had an excellent dinner of tapas and dropped Mom back at the airport in the morning. |
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| Cathedral, in preparation for Easter processions. | |
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Burgos 7
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| Ceiling of Cathedral. It's a beautiful place, we made a quick 30 minute stop, running to the church in the cold rain. |
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| Everything is greener up north. |
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| Preparation for the elaborate Easter processions. |
Bilbao 8
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| Happy to visit the wild Guggenheim Art Museum by Frank Gehry in '97 |
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| All from Flowers, a big dog by Jeff Koons. |
San Sebastian aka Donostia 9
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| The first of three pincho bars with cidra. The best food and cider we've had yet. |
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| We stayed in the attic of this old home, great place. Marleen our wonderful host made us breakfast. |
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| Shot of the old town with Santa María Church behind. |
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| Buen Pastor Cathedral - NeoGothic, housed an amazing exhibit of the life of Mother Teresa |
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| Hope all is well. |
2 comments:
Love the pictures, looks like a great visit. We love you guys.
Wow, y'all sure are making your way around! It makes my head spin, but I'm sure you're enjoying it. Glad Daneen got to visit you! That's sweet. Looking forward to hanging out in central Texas in a few months. :)
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