Friday, 14 July 2017

Genoa and Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre village Riomaggiore

Riomaggiore

Manarola Cinque Terr

Manarola. Lovely cliff walks

Anchovies in Riomaggiore
Hotel in Genoa

Typical lift in our Genoa hotel

Operating the lift is an art

Genoa Art Gallery

Genoa is a wonderful surprise. Lots of magnificent old palaces that belonged to wealthy merchants


Palace art

Cool city

Palaces everywhere

Holding up a palace

We caught the funicular rail and arrived above Genoa

Great cafes in Genoa

Another palace near the docks

Avignon Nice and Monte Carlo

TGV train at Nimes in France

Avignon

Avignon

Avignon Palais de Bishops. Three popes lived here in 1300s

Popes palace in Avignon
Le Pont de Avignon

Nice beach is pebbles. Quelle horreur

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

The yachts and money of Monte Carlo

Into Italy with a free cake from a Ventimiglia drink shop. Grazie

Toledo and Barcelona





Walking from Toledo station to the old town

Don quixote was here

Armour everywhere from Don Quixote's age of chivalry

Toledo in the Spanish civil war

Army museum in Toledo well worth a visit

Looking back to Toledo from the station

Train from Madrid to Barcelona at 300km per hour.

Barcelona street

Lots of interesting people in Barcelona

La Sagrada church . Gaudi masterpiece

A magical place


Looking back to Barcelona

La Sagrada from the hill top

Segovia and Madrid

Roman aqueduct in Segovia. So impressive and even better than Accrington viaduct



Segovia speciality baby pig

Segovia (Disney) castle

A walk around this superb castle

Madrid Maccas and a very flat breakfast muffin

Madrid ham shop

Madrid cathedral

Madrid cathedral

Don Quixote and Sancho Pancha ( Dave and Youngmi?)

Grand Madrid building

Preparations for Madrid Mardi Gras


Madrid Attocha station. Garden and turtles in the centre of the station

100 Montaditos again. A highlight of Spain for Dave

Madrid orchestra in the Plaza Real. Magnificent

Cordoba

Cordoba was the hottest city in Europe in June 2017 but there was a 100 Montaditos



Cordoba mosque/ cathedral free from 8 to 9am

Cathedral

Youngmi helping out


With the turkish friends we first met in Seville