tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189655822024-03-13T04:59:53.551+00:00Blogtrotter Revival - the 70s & 80sAll started in August 1969 when I decided to hitch Europe - Lisbon to Stockholm. From the two-and a-half month hitch-hike trip I don't find any pictures, only memories. Probably the most impressive for me was waking-up on the day of my 20th anniversary in a sleeping bag, under a highway bridge near Husqvarna, Sweden.
Like in Paul Nizan’s Aden-Arabie, quoting from memory, “J’avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserais jamais personne dire que c’est le plus beau age de la vie"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-3920420348362031902011-02-20T22:23:00.002+00:002011-04-25T19:32:22.395+01:00ISOLA BELLA & SURROUNDINGS - AUGUST 1986LAGO MAGGIORE - ITALY <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZQWU6LBziQkN_pU72s4Y_NuUz5xUbw1uOLqgu8i0l3f3Z4yqIk2lT4oYgAResc4TJA8mfdqWQknaCKlTG7PbUQgHgzXqYrS0ki6x2lDZ1lZbbB7CNsFYxJqTcqCSEdErJ9Y8/s1600/030-AGOSTO-1986-LAGOMAGGIORE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZQWU6LBziQkN_pU72s4Y_NuUz5xUbw1uOLqgu8i0l3f3Z4yqIk2lT4oYgAResc4TJA8mfdqWQknaCKlTG7PbUQgHgzXqYrS0ki6x2lDZ1lZbbB7CNsFYxJqTcqCSEdErJ9Y8/s640/030-AGOSTO-1986-LAGOMAGGIORE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575897556072949042" /></a><br />"LAGO MAGGIORE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpz3v-QKHO9OpNrEMS-AZFlMGgK7l8FKALWI9-By1BjZA0skvcRbtLAsuuNzpME7vTl9kS21b8OE-0QSnzAPcgPn65d934dBJI2WL4PfC54YwMLyBkiUjPLdGlAZy9yqGBdH8/s1600/034-STRESALIDO-MM.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpz3v-QKHO9OpNrEMS-AZFlMGgK7l8FKALWI9-By1BjZA0skvcRbtLAsuuNzpME7vTl9kS21b8OE-0QSnzAPcgPn65d934dBJI2WL4PfC54YwMLyBkiUjPLdGlAZy9yqGBdH8/s640/034-STRESALIDO-MM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575897539901627426" /></a><br />"STRESA - LIDO. Isola Bella"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhbHT6riJm9VHFxACd0oTEEZnyt_weWuntjkXfqNRhQ8rH8GMwVPajAGV-cC6CdL1iyP8-wLZ8TYHfZX40ilE7spAExYJYcvVyevbWecPRBDb115XpGqj5L8DFabg6hhDI0Ba/s1600/031-STRESA-PERLA+NERA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhbHT6riJm9VHFxACd0oTEEZnyt_weWuntjkXfqNRhQ8rH8GMwVPajAGV-cC6CdL1iyP8-wLZ8TYHfZX40ilE7spAExYJYcvVyevbWecPRBDb115XpGqj5L8DFabg6hhDI0Ba/s640/031-STRESA-PERLA+NERA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575897551569647346" /></a><br />"STRESA - PERLA NERA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY81MzXzoU-sJQvsr-ZRzCeHPREGxMp1S537nHHD9WingUr02Bh7BV3FubihpDQD7z3NEoTSSK6ItBFIOwCs9UdUEufk94UTKr3p6kiPjR2WqQJS0OhgmCnLgB5hccimm_Loy/s1600/038-STRESA-PERLA+NERA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY81MzXzoU-sJQvsr-ZRzCeHPREGxMp1S537nHHD9WingUr02Bh7BV3FubihpDQD7z3NEoTSSK6ItBFIOwCs9UdUEufk94UTKr3p6kiPjR2WqQJS0OhgmCnLgB5hccimm_Loy/s640/038-STRESA-PERLA+NERA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575897537588487746" /></a><br />"STRESA - PERLA NERA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqnGq-Vqir9n5CkeNCmb5WDdWaXurQx2X3BIXwiOuEQoXdk05M7e_drJTAw9C9ttD3ElaWIwGpEgv3ye6CSOL4pDX-1BxbZQce2WcMXxFRvbrODLlH9LvGlS3iCTC0Fbgdyww/s1600/039-ISOLA+DEI+PESCATORI.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqnGq-Vqir9n5CkeNCmb5WDdWaXurQx2X3BIXwiOuEQoXdk05M7e_drJTAw9C9ttD3ElaWIwGpEgv3ye6CSOL4pDX-1BxbZQce2WcMXxFRvbrODLlH9LvGlS3iCTC0Fbgdyww/s640/039-ISOLA+DEI+PESCATORI.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575897533927927938" /></a><br />"ISOLA DEI PESCATORI"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVE_OK6ZIcvQ39SPpxRN3eweAxT8ec4L9Dn00vJb-2If42P1WKGwbOo_wsHmTwccUnHSt0a-k4805aBGfKHsaI0_uqIEyL949VCkB8IdT5tD-bBXifpGUNQIxmxCtCQzOZxx7/s1600/040-BAVENO.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVE_OK6ZIcvQ39SPpxRN3eweAxT8ec4L9Dn00vJb-2If42P1WKGwbOo_wsHmTwccUnHSt0a-k4805aBGfKHsaI0_uqIEyL949VCkB8IdT5tD-bBXifpGUNQIxmxCtCQzOZxx7/s640/040-BAVENO.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896841060713090" /></a><br />"BAVENO"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDwTvGWGkPP9yMgbUdXhRR5MyyUz4tAeCG0zwKEsxhb2B27A77HICKGIdarywbplIaog7k1oXSBgVcbpm-KaECr_WBu3qbCuuRYZIqY1fXkmqdtOlnoDjoF6e1s338KreOPk6/s1600/041-ISOLA+BELLA-GG.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDwTvGWGkPP9yMgbUdXhRR5MyyUz4tAeCG0zwKEsxhb2B27A77HICKGIdarywbplIaog7k1oXSBgVcbpm-KaECr_WBu3qbCuuRYZIqY1fXkmqdtOlnoDjoF6e1s338KreOPk6/s640/041-ISOLA+BELLA-GG.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896837635241970" /></a><br />"ISOLA BELLA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWGOqg3vgaVsHRDaPaTQ6yXjqXXLPgm3TZytcXfaoU0bSGbr4kbzYLWEVauLhX1_LU4EUPc40si1evN9Hr8L19YMneiAl8rOPoKfqBFtzvp-PYgLVLH5wpWS7AVG153UiiZeg/s1600/044-ISOLA+BELLA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWGOqg3vgaVsHRDaPaTQ6yXjqXXLPgm3TZytcXfaoU0bSGbr4kbzYLWEVauLhX1_LU4EUPc40si1evN9Hr8L19YMneiAl8rOPoKfqBFtzvp-PYgLVLH5wpWS7AVG153UiiZeg/s640/044-ISOLA+BELLA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896839118993570" /></a><br />"ISOLA BELLA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGvKIFaHni8FpOOB_IRerCIpbMT-eA4iWtwlMkgu0vPpjmlaNBoedpUCvedJWGCCTEm4XRiwluHng-X1Fsp501X1-ivPOAodDe_vjuMKGq8lrL1ZWvPhmS1TbYfzD-sESvkgP/s1600/045-ISOLA+BELLA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGvKIFaHni8FpOOB_IRerCIpbMT-eA4iWtwlMkgu0vPpjmlaNBoedpUCvedJWGCCTEm4XRiwluHng-X1Fsp501X1-ivPOAodDe_vjuMKGq8lrL1ZWvPhmS1TbYfzD-sESvkgP/s640/045-ISOLA+BELLA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896829570967106" /></a><br />"ISOLA BELLA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8j6CA8jr6Wn5w6fjnlH4cPP63KFlNPfgeANpQuwi77b_0XhrF9oLnTZd2E5JZzWhCmPl6jKcLz3RE6qS0leEu9Gmq3KQ3vEyTG7YTH7LrQn0g_CfkiARV3yGrIlxQgABOUS0/s1600/051-MOTTARONE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8j6CA8jr6Wn5w6fjnlH4cPP63KFlNPfgeANpQuwi77b_0XhrF9oLnTZd2E5JZzWhCmPl6jKcLz3RE6qS0leEu9Gmq3KQ3vEyTG7YTH7LrQn0g_CfkiARV3yGrIlxQgABOUS0/s640/051-MOTTARONE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896822356296418" /></a><br />"MOTTARONNE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVfGcARdBCPR78QpG7h6DAUVuh_Jt60S20KlgpGuacAJlej9opkc_-Qxaya9olgZ4ztVO-WNnMZtvtdmOFT_yk2O-T9ycUY2hiq9pyfwLZz_Aapc-1UzrSTsJvrQkPCKHa534/s1600/053-MOTT.MONTE+ROSA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVfGcARdBCPR78QpG7h6DAUVuh_Jt60S20KlgpGuacAJlej9opkc_-Qxaya9olgZ4ztVO-WNnMZtvtdmOFT_yk2O-T9ycUY2hiq9pyfwLZz_Aapc-1UzrSTsJvrQkPCKHa534/s640/053-MOTT.MONTE+ROSA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896544171318994" /></a><br />"MOUNT ROSA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QrdcLgPzP6wDHEgwJq30ItnIZ-88D4LGy8g4gQ6DCXUQ_rFlFcr7JpCB6PpX99sOH3O7DX8S2VpKP_2w_TtpPwg5q_Pwsw_k1HbSo6RjuduSJictYWT90ZxGhCYJlbocBv1q/s1600/054-MOTTARONE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QrdcLgPzP6wDHEgwJq30ItnIZ-88D4LGy8g4gQ6DCXUQ_rFlFcr7JpCB6PpX99sOH3O7DX8S2VpKP_2w_TtpPwg5q_Pwsw_k1HbSo6RjuduSJictYWT90ZxGhCYJlbocBv1q/s640/054-MOTTARONE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896539069309394" /></a><br />"MOTTARONE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsopgw6GfCi5DPWOg9_L5Iak05lgPw0IPDHh5tcy2jXS1PhfTJLcgsrOeV-yfv-ViCcmaQfrZ3C1th9Fb13wVqRWGbLp0lcQwXwWX2EBWMiOz6uFVskgX4nqva75fZd-HWE4Z/s1600/056-MOTTARONE-MM-GG.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsopgw6GfCi5DPWOg9_L5Iak05lgPw0IPDHh5tcy2jXS1PhfTJLcgsrOeV-yfv-ViCcmaQfrZ3C1th9Fb13wVqRWGbLp0lcQwXwWX2EBWMiOz6uFVskgX4nqva75fZd-HWE4Z/s640/056-MOTTARONE-MM-GG.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896527893910194" /></a><br />"ON THE TOP OF THE HILL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQhArdzm5E2AOwG-cpS5jqB7P5dYILigm2lOsfrUHKhgyRejfIk-juzRT5pU78d6IsDAp4NVF8nnuQ6tjGSDkz5NTAUlqCBUV_SfMAkRWZu0JgYN4pnG3-wD1zFizeACyKXrP/s1600/057-MOTT.ZERMATT....JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQhArdzm5E2AOwG-cpS5jqB7P5dYILigm2lOsfrUHKhgyRejfIk-juzRT5pU78d6IsDAp4NVF8nnuQ6tjGSDkz5NTAUlqCBUV_SfMAkRWZu0JgYN4pnG3-wD1zFizeACyKXrP/s640/057-MOTT.ZERMATT....JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896524751954594" /></a><br />"MATTERHORN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUd52LC82t4z7JS-84BiCSkRnSRc0FkLwlK7Y94DPFBwTU6LCXlP_1t-Wa0KMn_7WpRANJUQ1LyVrwbMXT_9PvUZpR3OkXThHyEqX5XOfJeqqXxO8Lv9eubzCre6E8ffo4JQG/s1600/059-FUNIVIA-I.BELLA.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUd52LC82t4z7JS-84BiCSkRnSRc0FkLwlK7Y94DPFBwTU6LCXlP_1t-Wa0KMn_7WpRANJUQ1LyVrwbMXT_9PvUZpR3OkXThHyEqX5XOfJeqqXxO8Lv9eubzCre6E8ffo4JQG/s640/059-FUNIVIA-I.BELLA.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575896517071041938" /></a><br />"ISOLA BELLA - From the funivia..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-34266848422123782712009-12-22T11:45:00.003+00:002009-12-26T11:06:57.152+00:00BERNER OBERLAND - AUGUST 1986A TOUR IN BEAUTIFUL SWITZERLAND<br /><br />The Bernese Oberland is one of the most beautiful places in Switzerland and in the Alps! The Interlaken region is wonderful and the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountains are awesome. Here we'll see mostly a journey towards the Jungfraujoch, said to be the Top of Europe in winter times!! It started and ended at Interlaken and used one of the most famous routes of the unbeatable Swiss Railways: Interlaken Ost - Lauterbrunnen - Wengen - Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch - Grindelwald - Interlaken Ost!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikt99buV97w3E-jJsd5f5Ll6-iUXeE-35lvDyVLUXUma3X4tqz66hV_fK7uens4gQU6i3MwgDEUQLQ30CitoUJv9u5SHwmNjhCyP-IJuFoUfeImmaeb4bRZgIIzX7KmDJqgiBn/s1600-h/004-INTERLAKEN-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/AVvXsEikt99buV97w3E-jJsd5f5Ll6-iUXeE-35lvDyVLUXUma3X4tqz66hV_fK7uens4gQU6i3MwgDEUQLQ30CitoUJv9u5SHwmNjhCyP-IJuFoUfeImmaeb4bRZgIIzX7KmDJqgiBn/s640/004-INTERLAKEN-GG.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418005245174225506" /></a><br />"INTERLAKEN - Nestled between Lakes Thun and Brienz at an altitude of 570 metres above sea level and boasting a fantastic view of the Jungfrau Massif, Interlaken is the ideal departure point for a tour of the region. Like Felix Mendelssohn wrote: «If you haven’t seen the Interlaken countryside, you haven’t seen Switzerland»" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE66FDdHkv5DcHEf2T8Zi6F8_nekH_tS6UhPseesuRJtJz4qB2qLENMfViFy4Cp5zPkmREoCF0dhyphenhyphenq94hQmBV6vE4YkjlQXpUkLxrV_8n0k9AmW-u7WEW78L4FhCZAwnAHj5E/s1600-h/006-LAUTERBRUNNEN.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfE66FDdHkv5DcHEf2T8Zi6F8_nekH_tS6UhPseesuRJtJz4qB2qLENMfViFy4Cp5zPkmREoCF0dhyphenhyphenq94hQmBV6vE4YkjlQXpUkLxrV_8n0k9AmW-u7WEW78L4FhCZAwnAHj5E/s640/006-LAUTERBRUNNEN.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418005119811518930" /></a><br />"LAUTERBRUNNEN - Famous for its waterfalls and for the huge and much needed parking for all those heading to the car-free villages of Wengen and Mürren..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZfkHFTJ761AvpNijNgmwHJLBJeosPaRO_IDo0elH4suAmgQ9uxZ3nEbf46_jZDA5qQdLDKaS5sj1y8i6miNYRSQQhxXQQWQMCeR3xSq0Gq8f9z9Es_6gjDricD5nAvQM3rX_/s1600-h/007-WENGEN.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZfkHFTJ761AvpNijNgmwHJLBJeosPaRO_IDo0elH4suAmgQ9uxZ3nEbf46_jZDA5qQdLDKaS5sj1y8i6miNYRSQQhxXQQWQMCeR3xSq0Gq8f9z9Es_6gjDricD5nAvQM3rX_/s640/007-WENGEN.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418005115587354834" /></a><br />"WENGEN - In the fog..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo2PL3MUyGc4sG0mZh3MC1E4JQwR-Z69-i2F9uWzMaBKSrVtc7Mhqp-1agmhzF37dOaXc9u6IV0rW53MTfT_al9d2KkRTQoKHw71ojbcpu6hNVolDbd5FR4fKF-cShVtqL8xd/s1600-h/009-WENGENALP.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo2PL3MUyGc4sG0mZh3MC1E4JQwR-Z69-i2F9uWzMaBKSrVtc7Mhqp-1agmhzF37dOaXc9u6IV0rW53MTfT_al9d2KkRTQoKHw71ojbcpu6hNVolDbd5FR4fKF-cShVtqL8xd/s640/009-WENGENALP.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418005112629152594" /></a><br />"WENGENALP - An alpine meadow at an elevation of 1874m"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGwmIkesbhvUKpjqbJMKiZp8Y97WjXRV5sBtDl7RIhg2ZHKSTz2xlJXEANisOLPT021to5QaOSh0NJvOpUFCloepouugA5ZQTvXevNS03wT_23lOw5Y6Yz0b-HrzpNV8LBe4s/s1600-h/011-KL.SCHEIDEGGE-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/AVvXsEhBGwmIkesbhvUKpjqbJMKiZp8Y97WjXRV5sBtDl7RIhg2ZHKSTz2xlJXEANisOLPT021to5QaOSh0NJvOpUFCloepouugA5ZQTvXevNS03wT_23lOw5Y6Yz0b-HrzpNV8LBe4s/s640/011-KL.SCHEIDEGGE-MM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418003965952722402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofe6bg_OjoANn7mpgo7HfZJDTDRrZa-yTJ66GcqtF6ObSzg4rH9onZzR46a_Ka0atxdnzX-O6nRXl9q2ZNCo3dZMWAk1Zewrfa6RUwMcxXSkdG9lG4x5_FF4OjXPmlCut7P9b/s1600-h/012-KL.SCHEIDEGGE-GG.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/AVvXsEiofe6bg_OjoANn7mpgo7HfZJDTDRrZa-yTJ66GcqtF6ObSzg4rH9onZzR46a_Ka0atxdnzX-O6nRXl9q2ZNCo3dZMWAk1Zewrfa6RUwMcxXSkdG9lG4x5_FF4OjXPmlCut7P9b/s640/012-KL.SCHEIDEGGE-GG.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418003960258574258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNw-SiTMYsxJL0AIhmM7W1aYF2imR29QZp70Jri4Dx9x7tu9cekhm79Ufld2za9Vyp2JMwf7URJ6b-_xyNQTWkrxhOY84lVU6BffL0_7YkEl9eS-ykJlEu-KjctCywFzHie5U/s1600-h/029-KL.SCHEIDEGGE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNw-SiTMYsxJL0AIhmM7W1aYF2imR29QZp70Jri4Dx9x7tu9cekhm79Ufld2za9Vyp2JMwf7URJ6b-_xyNQTWkrxhOY84lVU6BffL0_7YkEl9eS-ykJlEu-KjctCywFzHie5U/s640/029-KL.SCHEIDEGGE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418003946685666770" /></a><br />"KLEINE SCHEIDEGG - Twenty years and twenty pounds less... At least..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJhSI0LkDVeBykXrz9ZAM8LaG-p2nZnR2BJkeqU95V4M1YfjeNDB_mF-iLfNopupsdktd-tl5Wh__6SYPQuiurgLea28wie62F5VUXydriHw9VlXeE3mLB0takMA2rpUv0s33/s1600-h/028-KL.SCHEIDEGGE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJhSI0LkDVeBykXrz9ZAM8LaG-p2nZnR2BJkeqU95V4M1YfjeNDB_mF-iLfNopupsdktd-tl5Wh__6SYPQuiurgLea28wie62F5VUXydriHw9VlXeE3mLB0takMA2rpUv0s33/s640/028-KL.SCHEIDEGGE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418003955646130322" /></a><br />"KLEINE SCHEIDEGG - At an altitude 2061 m, the pass between the Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald Valleys, lies directly beneath the trio: Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mjuW9h67NVhwy2IfgxEIGhCRrA29I51ob2pbyS3c3QyTaencKMzVuhqXgBt2A-A9P1uywftz2ERA20qY7Onhsw9XRBg0apwsfiqDfqnseubbzdRf8RgVOSdw6_rFg9TWHIJ2/s1600-h/014-JUNGFRAU-RAIL.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mjuW9h67NVhwy2IfgxEIGhCRrA29I51ob2pbyS3c3QyTaencKMzVuhqXgBt2A-A9P1uywftz2ERA20qY7Onhsw9XRBg0apwsfiqDfqnseubbzdRf8RgVOSdw6_rFg9TWHIJ2/s640/014-JUNGFRAU-RAIL.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418005107020480642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZ9Ryej4_5Uc0MD9_7-Pve7u_nEfnaVM4obSnqp9PsBN9RrpnUxbW7wLLFLI8t21OxF55DgXOgs6A_vQKBFm5Lv3bxnmp4Ifs6EZkFgQ0ZtVry0PAy-Wup2K7_eujMgw6AsTe/s1600-h/015-JUNGFRAU.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZ9Ryej4_5Uc0MD9_7-Pve7u_nEfnaVM4obSnqp9PsBN9RrpnUxbW7wLLFLI8t21OxF55DgXOgs6A_vQKBFm5Lv3bxnmp4Ifs6EZkFgQ0ZtVry0PAy-Wup2K7_eujMgw6AsTe/s640/015-JUNGFRAU.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418005100297481698" /></a><br />"JUNGFRAU RAIL - From Kleine Scheidegg the Jungfrau Railway climbs to the station at Eigergletscher and then the trip continues through the Eiger tunnel to the stations at Eigerwand and Eismeer. The large observation windows provide spectacular sightseeing of the solid Alpine rock"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRURkGGUhnPXy88IUgrpKdMjisiWH9C0yoOdq_r3hiMm8jGyxn-IlVl4_MWjvbHrYkbikaDU-Lw7-jVIu3bkz3PLEXKAoyQSIP7TY2ddHeSTpgYeYzOEU_86hO0EG4CPRUr04/s1600-h/017-JUNGFRAU-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/AVvXsEjVRURkGGUhnPXy88IUgrpKdMjisiWH9C0yoOdq_r3hiMm8jGyxn-IlVl4_MWjvbHrYkbikaDU-Lw7-jVIu3bkz3PLEXKAoyQSIP7TY2ddHeSTpgYeYzOEU_86hO0EG4CPRUr04/s640/017-JUNGFRAU-MM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418004735179199970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxxWNJat82xH1hf9zEgtWsUn_9WXxXMB7uNLiQ7tK1CAwiOCm4YErPjfe-0V5AjQOY3HE7kRqtbjoFutm7vi9iZxuU9iKQlRvopCXE270XVBrtA91YNqV8s04ZBHsGTnnudG8/s1600-h/020-JUNGFRAU.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxxWNJat82xH1hf9zEgtWsUn_9WXxXMB7uNLiQ7tK1CAwiOCm4YErPjfe-0V5AjQOY3HE7kRqtbjoFutm7vi9iZxuU9iKQlRvopCXE270XVBrtA91YNqV8s04ZBHsGTnnudG8/s640/020-JUNGFRAU.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418004728237664018" /></a><br />"JUNGFRAUJOCH - At an amazing 3454 metres, this is Europe's highest-altitude railway station! And there one may find the Ice Palace, the Ice Gateway, the Sphinx observation terrace, the Plateau for hikes in the eternal snow, the «Top of Europe» Glacier Restaurant and the High Alpine Research Exhibition..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNzdUhVQk0Sa-QdtaU8IR_JvkxZGBNWLS6LzoPGaUU5_Z-vPYZ3jZEN5ymAeEu-s6v-ndW0YcalZU00_aPySGp2r0apGK1GYeQCdt03nZHDruEC94Uq3_vDhhhNJuvMsjQWAm/s1600-h/024-JUNGFRAU.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNzdUhVQk0Sa-QdtaU8IR_JvkxZGBNWLS6LzoPGaUU5_Z-vPYZ3jZEN5ymAeEu-s6v-ndW0YcalZU00_aPySGp2r0apGK1GYeQCdt03nZHDruEC94Uq3_vDhhhNJuvMsjQWAm/s640/024-JUNGFRAU.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418004723862529410" /></a><br />"JUNGFRAU - But the best is the mountain!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtG5uz5F6J8gttcUMx8kvwy_F_9E9xtBuYAZnveNgYl5e0i3UFNE4ibUm0Z-UpJFkCMEFQ8aNkMxq5F6qQrJlmbIetuKpPyUhf3cMipyLHd3rUJzgM6OYO8kcszAxVb_b95aX/s1600-h/025-JUNGFRAU-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/AVvXsEhMtG5uz5F6J8gttcUMx8kvwy_F_9E9xtBuYAZnveNgYl5e0i3UFNE4ibUm0Z-UpJFkCMEFQ8aNkMxq5F6qQrJlmbIetuKpPyUhf3cMipyLHd3rUJzgM6OYO8kcszAxVb_b95aX/s640/025-JUNGFRAU-GG.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418004721635575330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mOa5TbGLbuy1pbtRpFIjmGzTw4OCpWmRJ9Y7yIepfUDlGBhqh7bdAOQrQrazv-zvHglsZIkO6CXltRnbD5MgufhFA1ctsuZLNuBInx4wXQJeb2IsEkz7CTnC_hIQcOCgpGKY/s1600-h/016-JUNGFRAU.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mOa5TbGLbuy1pbtRpFIjmGzTw4OCpWmRJ9Y7yIepfUDlGBhqh7bdAOQrQrazv-zvHglsZIkO6CXltRnbD5MgufhFA1ctsuZLNuBInx4wXQJeb2IsEkz7CTnC_hIQcOCgpGKY/s640/016-JUNGFRAU.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418004738057631938" /></a><br />"GLACIER - The Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region, listed in the UNESCO's World Heritage List, is the most glaciated part of the Alps. Here we find the Aletsch Glacier, Europe’s longest, and a whole range of classic glacial features including U-shaped valleys, glacial basins, horn peaks and moraines"<br /><br /><<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5_MGmWV0zs1Bx46L1pkmdH1psfNy7BvJvEIl13hEZhBeKPDtZ26DBfdcKs1XQv6nBJ6FtarvumIkDEInSToJoafVfJnYBTRu9Dpi8VuaiBQEN83Q8jhXVPSOIhrLUSMOEDUt/s1600-h/030-GRINDELWALD.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 438px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5_MGmWV0zs1Bx46L1pkmdH1psfNy7BvJvEIl13hEZhBeKPDtZ26DBfdcKs1XQv6nBJ6FtarvumIkDEInSToJoafVfJnYBTRu9Dpi8VuaiBQEN83Q8jhXVPSOIhrLUSMOEDUt/s640/030-GRINDELWALD.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418003947406491570" /></a><br />"GRINDELWALD - A bit blurred..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-483269079424023132008-08-08T08:08:00.001+01:002008-08-08T08:22:34.528+01:00THE ENGLISH RIVIERA - AUGUST 1986FROM DÜSSELDORF (APRIL 1986) TO EXETER (AUGUST 1986)<br /><br />After the wet 1985 summer in Ireland, I had a quiet travel year and stayed most of the time at home. In April 1986 nonetheless, I had a professional trip to Düsseldorf. The only views I had, however, further to my room at the old Breidenbacher Hof Hotel (before the new owners from Kuwait had torn it down and built a brand new one) were these two lousy pictures taken from the room where meetings were held!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2a6r7mqHcLjY38aQriDw59-U3U9OaNRsvzpQ5xENjaGDmlxZQWbRAYfFg2klMzqMkc9wknsycLzOXqmRvOguotPyxCx5GTQ54lCCU9UZdclE1VlVxe1BrQjjgSMvhsIdugg6/s1600-h/00-DUSSELDORF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2a6r7mqHcLjY38aQriDw59-U3U9OaNRsvzpQ5xENjaGDmlxZQWbRAYfFg2klMzqMkc9wknsycLzOXqmRvOguotPyxCx5GTQ54lCCU9UZdclE1VlVxe1BrQjjgSMvhsIdugg6/s640/00-DUSSELDORF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845805242098386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmLmQ2ZGZo6RWoJcYBjq09f4wg0MmCPmjN3t8TbT76Sj_NIf9RXpSCRg3Jhji48oBdnqft6JHKHcA3ElhlLs9BpkUtM4rOrRaND7ptZPwrBVUwfXbhPnPi_wNct4VWSxgGXTL/s1600-h/01-DUSSELDORF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmLmQ2ZGZo6RWoJcYBjq09f4wg0MmCPmjN3t8TbT76Sj_NIf9RXpSCRg3Jhji48oBdnqft6JHKHcA3ElhlLs9BpkUtM4rOrRaND7ptZPwrBVUwfXbhPnPi_wNct4VWSxgGXTL/s640/01-DUSSELDORF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845810994733634" /></a><br />"DÜSSELDORF - I wonder where <a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/">Peter</a> was on these days..."<br /><br />***<br /><br />In August 1986, I went back to the University. Actually, I attended a conference on European Law (Portugal had just acceded to the European Communities), which took place at the University of Exeter, in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom! On its margins, I profited to have a look at what is known as the English Riviera, the area around Torquay! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjln0hzrEKMIOYkt3A8l3UJXZQQJ-zYf8CXgin9Mf_DDwxvpdxjdjG4EecF-vF7IoSFgdENS6cO9d4I1Aw2eWV0cjASAjeQhf26CHJ9xygJ8OF88Wu_oPOgzI6tyircZk6479Rm/s1600-h/05-EXETER-CAMPUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjln0hzrEKMIOYkt3A8l3UJXZQQJ-zYf8CXgin9Mf_DDwxvpdxjdjG4EecF-vF7IoSFgdENS6cO9d4I1Aw2eWV0cjASAjeQhf26CHJ9xygJ8OF88Wu_oPOgzI6tyircZk6479Rm/s640/05-EXETER-CAMPUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845550032965298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnxjEE7crkaX74gs1DxS2HiN6KLJE_c-Op-_mh8kNflgvlCLK52akrSXRHNybT5Y_bIHnjbTgFJo7USiba87PXcjFuWwsvYEO2hWVI63YJStAO6utj6eCJA_rJ7HmmpnqqSkB/s1600-h/07-EXE-CAMPUS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnxjEE7crkaX74gs1DxS2HiN6KLJE_c-Op-_mh8kNflgvlCLK52akrSXRHNybT5Y_bIHnjbTgFJo7USiba87PXcjFuWwsvYEO2hWVI63YJStAO6utj6eCJA_rJ7HmmpnqqSkB/s640/07-EXE-CAMPUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845551151097378" /></a><br />"THE CAMPUS - It is said that the University of Exeter has one of the most beautiful campuses in England, in one of the most beautiful counties in Britain"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZ9kOlinvHOr5QuOU9TQGl9kf43L3yOLSxTgnSn1mMQUeBqQVl1JHgumI-C8bGKHx9jVNJeP9pwyJkxr7croCwX2eta5Vg8nWN1_QVDKfMcC_tobFN-syd0XsZuzJU4pQjY0A/s1600-h/08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZ9kOlinvHOr5QuOU9TQGl9kf43L3yOLSxTgnSn1mMQUeBqQVl1JHgumI-C8bGKHx9jVNJeP9pwyJkxr7croCwX2eta5Vg8nWN1_QVDKfMcC_tobFN-syd0XsZuzJU4pQjY0A/s640/08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845557158208562" /></a><br />"THE PROSPECT INN - A bar and restaurant at Exeter Quay"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqAI33K8ayJUniwDyoyaNGSNVK8SeSe8SIrwWB_sMyI2LqxRlJjWYCGULQxkLLrMXBLMUPaazUKVGfJxmBnaxmK5bHQz31Oc7EAvDyJjuShGiPXYq-5AfrM2rQfCnCqFfCWUN/s1600-h/09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqAI33K8ayJUniwDyoyaNGSNVK8SeSe8SIrwWB_sMyI2LqxRlJjWYCGULQxkLLrMXBLMUPaazUKVGfJxmBnaxmK5bHQz31Oc7EAvDyJjuShGiPXYq-5AfrM2rQfCnCqFfCWUN/s640/09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845559162030962" /></a><br />"WHARFINGERS HOUSE - The Wharfingers Office was built in 1778 to house the City's harbour master. From 1981 it housed the Exeter Quay and Canal Trust, formed to develop the Quay and Canal area"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfENwfy-Bcz7-vMtPW6ocJm1x_IdquhFPwf_mF3MDZodr1Bv3M9c0tVUYi8x9OJPiYvV6kpxUCPAvPW_y2lEclkP_B4-k0uftDhYC5ToLfykhSpRlYDJKNz6KXKMBTLCBzLpFj/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfENwfy-Bcz7-vMtPW6ocJm1x_IdquhFPwf_mF3MDZodr1Bv3M9c0tVUYi8x9OJPiYvV6kpxUCPAvPW_y2lEclkP_B4-k0uftDhYC5ToLfykhSpRlYDJKNz6KXKMBTLCBzLpFj/s640/10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845563662025378" /></a><br />"EXE RIVER - It was responsible for the development of Exeter city in medieval times" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcE-jut1OwKWOAWS_Lw_f9IqX6HyOJQZH3DxmSx64UZ9TR3CPxeIL3PAj70xIcQH97RYQoS-TDOM0pYc2B2ZH2wo6IlwOGSJgq8DVJyQlwGEeZj6p2Rqv2VJcSZclvH4rmg01/s1600-h/12-ROYAL+CLARENCE+HOTEL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcE-jut1OwKWOAWS_Lw_f9IqX6HyOJQZH3DxmSx64UZ9TR3CPxeIL3PAj70xIcQH97RYQoS-TDOM0pYc2B2ZH2wo6IlwOGSJgq8DVJyQlwGEeZj6p2Rqv2VJcSZclvH4rmg01/s640/12-ROYAL+CLARENCE+HOTEL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845159258881490" /></a><br />"ROYAL CLARENCE HOTEL - The historic Hotel is located in the heart of Exeter's Cathedral Yard"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrK9SA9kMzgkCge4-0fk-W7pxOWmF6EOOEo5D1YJpjZhyphenhyphenmkIugJ6hO2bxZrim5jNg51YrRfq8G3jlqhwdWHujhjSNKJ6ZpUcUlDdeVJpc4jeg5qMr3zKmPBnbHlAorrC6-qi0u/s1600-h/13-EXETER+CATHEDRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrK9SA9kMzgkCge4-0fk-W7pxOWmF6EOOEo5D1YJpjZhyphenhyphenmkIugJ6hO2bxZrim5jNg51YrRfq8G3jlqhwdWHujhjSNKJ6ZpUcUlDdeVJpc4jeg5qMr3zKmPBnbHlAorrC6-qi0u/s640/13-EXETER+CATHEDRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845157389598578" /></a><br />"CATHEDRAL - The Anglican cathedral in Exeter is the seat of the bishop of Exeter. The original cathedral, dedicated to Saint Peter, dates from 1050; the present building was completed by 1400, and has the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aWVW1bKgN4fcyrUAWVhpvNdgloOq1rsUAMJ2XAlxhCYwlhhjBs0caoKgLHoD-N83rP6bARSkQVxVhfUcYweYm4KbyDe8K_4sT_3ISmWfPwiyNxntVhkVJtmqD-CzpH_U52ZQ/s1600-h/17-EXE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aWVW1bKgN4fcyrUAWVhpvNdgloOq1rsUAMJ2XAlxhCYwlhhjBs0caoKgLHoD-N83rP6bARSkQVxVhfUcYweYm4KbyDe8K_4sT_3ISmWfPwiyNxntVhkVJtmqD-CzpH_U52ZQ/s640/17-EXE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845168001592114" /></a><br />"MOL'S COFFEE HOUSE - It is said that Mol's was a coffee house opened by an Italian in the 16th century. In addition, it's also said that Drake, Raleigh and Hawkins met to discuss their victory over the Armada, in the upper room of Mol's. However, it seems that much of the history of this building was concocted by a Mr Worth, who ran a gallery from the premises in the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1986, it was occupied by the jewellers Nottingham and Walsh, but they also left the premises some time later. It seems that the present occupier is Connection South West, a high-class boutique that sells everything from Mont Blanc pens to expensive handbags..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC7AMZq05IeTHKGz7RafMpDKly1P6JKMJ247Dv-QWfAMbQqddDgD8KlgG8cByh1Dj724YtQJJzEBAMbg5cvxMzSk1SaosibaGLj4WhSz6W_Gqhd8yYOtKvw4w6lPgcVQiGqiP/s1600-h/15-EXETER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC7AMZq05IeTHKGz7RafMpDKly1P6JKMJ247Dv-QWfAMbQqddDgD8KlgG8cByh1Dj724YtQJJzEBAMbg5cvxMzSk1SaosibaGLj4WhSz6W_Gqhd8yYOtKvw4w6lPgcVQiGqiP/s640/15-EXETER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845163450538802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCOFzRRN9jKPWUR27Ou5ACGughXCJWpfTEhN8oxaGM2R5QXuT4mw_pGAhtlo2_DBQDQn-9W5PWcM_XumzskBiH7qI80oeJk3RufKXzLzdLPXJA3qJBZeaCt8aNsTF5M9MRdjI/s1600-h/18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCOFzRRN9jKPWUR27Ou5ACGughXCJWpfTEhN8oxaGM2R5QXuT4mw_pGAhtlo2_DBQDQn-9W5PWcM_XumzskBiH7qI80oeJk3RufKXzLzdLPXJA3qJBZeaCt8aNsTF5M9MRdjI/s640/18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231844568023806866" /></a><br />"SHOPPING STREET - Is C&A still named for Cheap & Awful?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlCkafh2iBiFGQlCyZ91MITGXKqO4LyJgT0rs0tjPfyxdLKD5iV1jQM1AE1k6qFeBiSYJ1G3oo3hyphenhyphenOvDb5G4oaeHvAmiUevRLtGgRDhq-Dy4DLtQq95PqaSbQzOYKrb707sGy/s1600-h/16-EXE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlCkafh2iBiFGQlCyZ91MITGXKqO4LyJgT0rs0tjPfyxdLKD5iV1jQM1AE1k6qFeBiSYJ1G3oo3hyphenhyphenOvDb5G4oaeHvAmiUevRLtGgRDhq-Dy4DLtQq95PqaSbQzOYKrb707sGy/s640/16-EXE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845160635715746" /></a><br />"ST. STEPHENS CHURCH on High Street was probably built by a wealthy patron for the use of his family. The church was first mentioned in 1086, although the crypt is probably of Saxon origin. In 1658, Cromwell decreed that all churches in Exeter be closed apart from four. St Stephen's was then sold, to be used as a stable. Four years later, St Stephen's was in the process of restoration when it was destroyed by fire. In 1664, the people of the parish rebuilt the church"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZXxf09HDZEYsgYvZ24iPx7hpWk90LHRChcexKW7wPVl81FLmVYRRhYpsy2RVBoENxSYR4_Qu7UYyLIWuj7MD6jCbWb0fvsj8ffqXBqS9tou-7Qw9J8okNo1nq1HbGJDpXqvQ/s1600-h/19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZXxf09HDZEYsgYvZ24iPx7hpWk90LHRChcexKW7wPVl81FLmVYRRhYpsy2RVBoENxSYR4_Qu7UYyLIWuj7MD6jCbWb0fvsj8ffqXBqS9tou-7Qw9J8okNo1nq1HbGJDpXqvQ/s640/19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231844567422656338" /></a><br />"EXETER WAR MEMORIAL - Dedicated on 29th April, 1923, it is considered to be one of the finest of its type. It shows figures in bronze of a soldier at rest, a sailor, a prisoner of war, a group of Exeter men with prisoners of war in Germany and a nurse. The 2.5 metre high figure of Victory trampling over the Demon of Tyranny and Wrong stands on the top of the granite pedestal. A bronze plaque is dedicated to the 958 men and women of Exeter who died between 1914 and 1918. Additional bronze plaques for the dead of the Second World War were also included"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqUJSGwg3KIGa5moOFJ5sWztbDpKnLIYiElByMFKvKiV1nCID_4Ug4FZV8jdn9Ggpe2NDxM6v_20C_2jvtbaH-AAK_ZItdYSE06QXKtCiTstL7akM7zexdMmoJydZ71qfVNzi/s1600-h/20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqUJSGwg3KIGa5moOFJ5sWztbDpKnLIYiElByMFKvKiV1nCID_4Ug4FZV8jdn9Ggpe2NDxM6v_20C_2jvtbaH-AAK_ZItdYSE06QXKtCiTstL7akM7zexdMmoJydZ71qfVNzi/s640/20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231844571715988130" /></a><br />"EXETER"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIE_mf1FcKYXvoQoqNZQ4x8djC67n_FMQh5zDb4bQMlcEaAZiuyvsiIFhRFOrz97_nQg9ZYjjfgpLgqYjhRMUwJ6DwzB-IZd0TVIDRYk5jPOuyAChQjophA5qUPdTWaNsS7ZN/s1600-h/02-DART.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIE_mf1FcKYXvoQoqNZQ4x8djC67n_FMQh5zDb4bQMlcEaAZiuyvsiIFhRFOrz97_nQg9ZYjjfgpLgqYjhRMUwJ6DwzB-IZd0TVIDRYk5jPOuyAChQjophA5qUPdTWaNsS7ZN/s640/02-DART.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845810510629266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsedb3gjkSWZtn-_-0SFx3c83vJnXs_xsSEsLqWi9INruBavAgYBhsROJLP6wAhA5zwEYQiRt_aGI64nmoLFcrlxSObBX7uPUqGJV8gpW1vFRmi2lkq4mGP893-AT_43SNtH02/s1600-h/03-DART.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsedb3gjkSWZtn-_-0SFx3c83vJnXs_xsSEsLqWi9INruBavAgYBhsROJLP6wAhA5zwEYQiRt_aGI64nmoLFcrlxSObBX7uPUqGJV8gpW1vFRmi2lkq4mGP893-AT_43SNtH02/s640/03-DART.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845809923404834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dUeR2_HRIEjUAmgmaAcipibZCOTjQNgKz07MhIJTCv1li-Vld_GrHJutd76woIqthKF3ZbB-Q1hxFqFNCBJO5haBWIuypYkM2ycCMwC7sDj5LQPuq-BxontjUxFIZ1oL8YpH/s1600-h/04-DART.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dUeR2_HRIEjUAmgmaAcipibZCOTjQNgKz07MhIJTCv1li-Vld_GrHJutd76woIqthKF3ZbB-Q1hxFqFNCBJO5haBWIuypYkM2ycCMwC7sDj5LQPuq-BxontjUxFIZ1oL8YpH/s640/04-DART.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845814257788354" /></a><br />"DARTMOUTH is a town in Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, also famous for its Royal Regattas"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqOMYQMRUXS5MNyHbzT0tLBqw3o1YKDPL767CG_IIx8fAFGb6MgCnx_0Evfb1eMQ94YF-CnTyera1a7ZO2D5XS7NoLFi6FWPfTSUgInAkSIFSUSifYDiGg7TRwYUVRZrm0y2s/s1600-h/21-BRIT.RIVIERA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqOMYQMRUXS5MNyHbzT0tLBqw3o1YKDPL767CG_IIx8fAFGb6MgCnx_0Evfb1eMQ94YF-CnTyera1a7ZO2D5XS7NoLFi6FWPfTSUgInAkSIFSUSifYDiGg7TRwYUVRZrm0y2s/s640/21-BRIT.RIVIERA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231844571323120706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV64yrzV_M_ijiampvV_5nPJ1YDF98EHA4lm9BX6QLS2U25fNxjh6Y3bV0DYBaHQt9zswvNelTZr3nKu-odg4BumvYkjgBDuviPoEDvBjXX5R-rpcLw1WXC0nJGTgZeePUvEuP/s1600-h/22-BR.RIVIERA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV64yrzV_M_ijiampvV_5nPJ1YDF98EHA4lm9BX6QLS2U25fNxjh6Y3bV0DYBaHQt9zswvNelTZr3nKu-odg4BumvYkjgBDuviPoEDvBjXX5R-rpcLw1WXC0nJGTgZeePUvEuP/s640/22-BR.RIVIERA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231844579563195634" /></a><br />"TORQUAY is a city at Torbay, an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay. It lies 26 kilometres south of Exeter and 61 km north-east of Plymouth. Tourist authorities call it the English Riviera on account of its beaches and mild climate"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-85466965059756486562008-05-24T16:43:00.001+01:002008-05-25T02:02:38.927+01:00GOODBYE IRELAND - AUGUST 1985SOMEWHERE IN IRELAND, THE WETLAND!<br /><br />By the end of our tour the weather improved a little bit; a way to try to bring us back one day...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCACus15cw7ilIRYQ6_8-gOfYVUpAJBPTbNX7w9gXOj4T4qcMr9JSkCXzXFuWCG7VsWmiWWJ2amUi6XP48NJOUcu8aJTTdVPMFIEFgxWPrSLt0HXjWhBMDtrIIh3FLagmdCgw9/s1600-h/099-ENNIS-CASTELO-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974284416856770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCACus15cw7ilIRYQ6_8-gOfYVUpAJBPTbNX7w9gXOj4T4qcMr9JSkCXzXFuWCG7VsWmiWWJ2amUi6XP48NJOUcu8aJTTdVPMFIEFgxWPrSLt0HXjWhBMDtrIIh3FLagmdCgw9/s640/099-ENNIS-CASTELO-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrFHUuu520A5JSYwJFxEpBOq766XG68oHL0k_IwU-RBiXl6p7Nd6eBnm-ngTySqAoiBOoDouZ-wgE_f2gSJwBJ-wAOnzl86yYQD48C7sn2xsqJVA4DXUbi4IxRnQkXgfK_NB9/s1600-h/100-CASTELO-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974284416856786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrFHUuu520A5JSYwJFxEpBOq766XG68oHL0k_IwU-RBiXl6p7Nd6eBnm-ngTySqAoiBOoDouZ-wgE_f2gSJwBJ-wAOnzl86yYQD48C7sn2xsqJVA4DXUbi4IxRnQkXgfK_NB9/s640/100-CASTELO-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ENNISKILLEN CASTLE, located by the River Erne in County Fermanagh, was built in the fifteenth century by Gaelic Maguires. It was strategically important throughout its history, as it was the guard of one of the few passes into Ulster. In the 17th century it became an English garrison fort and later served as part of a military barracks"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vu6awzI_DpyuRTAjK4YQkMeJwNpu9ux6uzq1IdfYBCgz31Ech3zkzncTkLpS1hGYFhHQJS7NUv0m66v42N4y7AY8cqrIdRJxbrSy5QzufUARwapuHJjjdLKwJ4HA7JgMqTC7/s1600-h/102-DERRAGARRA+INN-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974052488622706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vu6awzI_DpyuRTAjK4YQkMeJwNpu9ux6uzq1IdfYBCgz31Ech3zkzncTkLpS1hGYFhHQJS7NUv0m66v42N4y7AY8cqrIdRJxbrSy5QzufUARwapuHJjjdLKwJ4HA7JgMqTC7/s640/102-DERRAGARRA+INN-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"DERRAGARRA INN - According to the publicity in the Internet, «The main bar & restaurant will cater for 70 people in comfort and style. The Auld Bar is a separate function room for private parties, so why not have your birthday, christening or any other celebration here. Outside, there is a beautiful wooden decked area overlooking the River Annaly, where you can eat & drink with only the geese to disturb you». Impressed?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36o-Uh7Dq5DWPBSE3OghyphenhyphenldHZRlDOkAKcIddrhwxknFjcr1by_q5agf23TTnnXlurNOFdd_lMPbvhMNEBSzXp02sBl4wufPH20D4uS4zVx_Kd2f5wbKO280Q-hX2N3qD9vaVv/s1600-h/101-RIVER+ANNALY-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974288711824098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36o-Uh7Dq5DWPBSE3OghyphenhyphenldHZRlDOkAKcIddrhwxknFjcr1by_q5agf23TTnnXlurNOFdd_lMPbvhMNEBSzXp02sBl4wufPH20D4uS4zVx_Kd2f5wbKO280Q-hX2N3qD9vaVv/s640/101-RIVER+ANNALY-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"RIVER ANNALY - As the picture was next to the Inn, I believe this is the Annaly River. Correct me if I'm wrong..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZ3CrDkyWv51_GV66ft4_7bOYQ5P5flCRULvME7avn7kV4wuGvHBMYHeITrUBFSz5UIst8MtIAuJP_2HEBIO_3b0qdjDZHa5OUarf_EFnlSpYM0P-CDgCvcVHT9S7ElhwtcJF/s1600-h/105-GRUPO-NEWGRANGE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974056783590034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZ3CrDkyWv51_GV66ft4_7bOYQ5P5flCRULvME7avn7kV4wuGvHBMYHeITrUBFSz5UIst8MtIAuJP_2HEBIO_3b0qdjDZHa5OUarf_EFnlSpYM0P-CDgCvcVHT9S7ElhwtcJF/s640/105-GRUPO-NEWGRANGE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"TOURIST GROUP arriving at Newgrange"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDqpPh3TXJCfzJvytcufzn09iYNBkb7xTZlU5RCutquymx1KoMkbT91BVvpiRX0UgNU1RpDVB9wXLK-xvxL9rm-S4XoqXEkQ0Jxk8c-IgyCBD-HGOFJWuScwRTMCNY_2jsx4Z/s1600-h/133-NEWGRANGE-QUARTZFA%C3%87ADE-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203973627286860354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDqpPh3TXJCfzJvytcufzn09iYNBkb7xTZlU5RCutquymx1KoMkbT91BVvpiRX0UgNU1RpDVB9wXLK-xvxL9rm-S4XoqXEkQ0Jxk8c-IgyCBD-HGOFJWuScwRTMCNY_2jsx4Z/s640/133-NEWGRANGE-QUARTZFA%C3%87ADE-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"NEWGRANGE - The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange in County Meath was built about 3200 BC, thus being more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predating Stonehenge by about 1,000 years. It's the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites and one of the most famous in the world"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhner6HldHR-qTAQrI64nZg71UKjtHTgbQFOKsx9gNSe-6S8Wt3FDXclT8EH3i8MMe8DBJUcgTDdoXOwQekiY38EwmHVcE3UBsRu2Vypa03nOw1ciUhPtz7klsV2euuBa3-AKE4/s1600-h/103-NEWGRANGE+ENTRANCESTONE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974056783590018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhner6HldHR-qTAQrI64nZg71UKjtHTgbQFOKsx9gNSe-6S8Wt3FDXclT8EH3i8MMe8DBJUcgTDdoXOwQekiY38EwmHVcE3UBsRu2Vypa03nOw1ciUhPtz7klsV2euuBa3-AKE4/s640/103-NEWGRANGE+ENTRANCESTONE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ENTRANCE STONE - Named «one of the most famous stones in the entire repertory of megalithic art», the entrance stone includes a triple spiral motif found only at Newgrange and repeated along the passage and again inside the chamber" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMn06q6mDk3qhJcGWx20L-fgN25DEjp0jfDfadojxZ_cuyfdg_lhBdnJzce4QdEtA-P4c4PHn-zRzPg2u4PAOq6iE8lGhBLtKO95wy9gp9kIHYG5ZagT4fEKDYAnDk46Ud4ta/s1600-h/132-NEWGRANGE-ROOFSTONE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203973622991893042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMn06q6mDk3qhJcGWx20L-fgN25DEjp0jfDfadojxZ_cuyfdg_lhBdnJzce4QdEtA-P4c4PHn-zRzPg2u4PAOq6iE8lGhBLtKO95wy9gp9kIHYG5ZagT4fEKDYAnDk46Ud4ta/s640/132-NEWGRANGE-ROOFSTONE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ROOFSTONE - According to Wikipedia this motif «is reminiscent of the triskelion motif of the Isle of Man, of ancient Sicily and of several passage tombs on the island of Anglesey in North Wales»"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylwcjPrd9wmRoi93n6-ibVFZPn3uilydcStXOjHkHs93eIaxsQS4t3NxsQyQQTIJS_Gtobz5mL86jGOptkqm_6hXPzYSgC7QuBxjwxtnrL8GpF1NUmUHqGQRF-aXudMA0otuV/s1600-h/129-NEWGRANGE-STONE+BASIN.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203973618696925730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylwcjPrd9wmRoi93n6-ibVFZPn3uilydcStXOjHkHs93eIaxsQS4t3NxsQyQQTIJS_Gtobz5mL86jGOptkqm_6hXPzYSgC7QuBxjwxtnrL8GpF1NUmUHqGQRF-aXudMA0otuV/s640/129-NEWGRANGE-STONE+BASIN.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"WINTER SOLESTICE - The passage and chamber of Newgrange are illuminated for some 17 minutes at sunrise on the Winter Solstice and for a few minutes in the mornings either side of the Winter Solstice. A shaft of sunlight shines through a specially contrived opening, known as a roofbox, which is directly above the main entrance, and penetrates the passage to light up the chamber. Nowadays, the phenomenon occurs four minutes after sunrise, but calculations show that when it was built, the event would have occurred right at sunrise"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgbXbP-OIJjr0tBi43WiOtluYQEA6XhMgZgDXXc5oVi9THceUC7imCig0bAAd5m8WmiZAISsM9KHF3rRusd1dqASZGqMEWFX645675wOXIUiuTwFE_uCmCsTx7aGkEUBEWk_8/s1600-h/107-CARROUSSEL.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974065373524642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgbXbP-OIJjr0tBi43WiOtluYQEA6XhMgZgDXXc5oVi9THceUC7imCig0bAAd5m8WmiZAISsM9KHF3rRusd1dqASZGqMEWFX645675wOXIUiuTwFE_uCmCsTx7aGkEUBEWk_8/s640/107-CARROUSSEL.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"CARROUSSEL - Always loved merry-go-rounds..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtlPL8-8P0zeEqQBEASW1N7N45Jd7E4TECxTEt4dF6ZVhyphenhyphent2RPnmtXt0WrEOa_4BcBKgeVzsQHlFtu_XYzmMaSfHCY50FOLXTc6nEImR5z2HA-xlqLbc57LxfVgigU8jxBeva/s1600-h/108-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203974069668491954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtlPL8-8P0zeEqQBEASW1N7N45Jd7E4TECxTEt4dF6ZVhyphenhyphent2RPnmtXt0WrEOa_4BcBKgeVzsQHlFtu_XYzmMaSfHCY50FOLXTc6nEImR5z2HA-xlqLbc57LxfVgigU8jxBeva/s640/108-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7TaKf2NOh8yeMtdzu8sllZy6hlF5t_KLqStJUmTpcsftweeWly5rss0WnRt5DMu32Ly4oPEHjzXK3wJm2BDFpBJeEEq3Uuqt5gL706ROFc5MHFq5T9VZYkNQlTXeQLzGyKC5/s1600-h/134-IGREJAS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203973631581827666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7TaKf2NOh8yeMtdzu8sllZy6hlF5t_KLqStJUmTpcsftweeWly5rss0WnRt5DMu32Ly4oPEHjzXK3wJm2BDFpBJeEEq3Uuqt5gL706ROFc5MHFq5T9VZYkNQlTXeQLzGyKC5/s640/134-IGREJAS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZH6skHxjPqjcJ9T-HXiKmEGA_iccOdfBVlzux6wjkXmktDIhVCHX_5gIrewwQZ6QeFmD8auPrAPL3bk08ZiUglEYBcsMLWTSxTRYtO_IojLWhzTcWIyCDZ5P3bMUYyHR8W0RC/s1600-h/138-IGREJA-MM-AC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203973635876794978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZH6skHxjPqjcJ9T-HXiKmEGA_iccOdfBVlzux6wjkXmktDIhVCHX_5gIrewwQZ6QeFmD8auPrAPL3bk08ZiUglEYBcsMLWTSxTRYtO_IojLWhzTcWIyCDZ5P3bMUYyHR8W0RC/s640/138-IGREJA-MM-AC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"CHURCHES - Somewhere in Ireland. Maybe some Irish expert will identify the temples..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xr7WScVsmsxUnDw7woqQn9KMGXPTP0YP1-jsLLD4pj6YG0IHk83zBPxHpdm2d-5LUDUK9CyNrJ1BzT_3HZClZ-ijWuejw-OqWN8gPt3pAhGC9A191xOvsxFrxTum6_DmCOty/s1600-h/139.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203972849897779666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xr7WScVsmsxUnDw7woqQn9KMGXPTP0YP1-jsLLD4pj6YG0IHk83zBPxHpdm2d-5LUDUK9CyNrJ1BzT_3HZClZ-ijWuejw-OqWN8gPt3pAhGC9A191xOvsxFrxTum6_DmCOty/s640/139.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxN_ze-Rn7wVr0mEmNWaapmpl1H6dVQliqRxwZfw83ZxQ1T6rDB9YB1jA_aPnpGxbjC7DlnhIFGmftoiOCTJqqpDyU3pc_3dPTTlz24cMxcxPPYRnnS0YLZbhuPqQ4R7VU7fTi/s1600-h/140-COTTAGE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203972849897779682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxN_ze-Rn7wVr0mEmNWaapmpl1H6dVQliqRxwZfw83ZxQ1T6rDB9YB1jA_aPnpGxbjC7DlnhIFGmftoiOCTJqqpDyU3pc_3dPTTlz24cMxcxPPYRnnS0YLZbhuPqQ4R7VU7fTi/s640/140-COTTAGE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"NICE COTTAGES"<br /><br />***<br /><br />LONDON STOPOVER<br /><br />On the way out from Ireland, we made a stopover in London. St. James Park was at its best!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinEY9MUF1DeifEB8fGyWNFK5RmbvMjC1SLAYlCl2KlvkXWqgxHnU8k7OFONUlfgpMZN06AiMq8ZD2M6_EJr3ZIPuesKn_95lTMOP6o3ltrOR5FXYDla6baPz827VlSAuSpap5/s1600-h/143-TRAFALGAR-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203972854192746994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinEY9MUF1DeifEB8fGyWNFK5RmbvMjC1SLAYlCl2KlvkXWqgxHnU8k7OFONUlfgpMZN06AiMq8ZD2M6_EJr3ZIPuesKn_95lTMOP6o3ltrOR5FXYDla6baPz827VlSAuSpap5/s640/143-TRAFALGAR-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS and the wonderful concerts of the Academy conducted by Neville Marriner; try Vivaldi's Four Seasons..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1YU0cs9mNr4aFpCHouDIotprSRFAHMG9QNcOr8p15V1KGVUbHwDCWsNYDIjHJ6aEiTY5G_r1Al5nMJEDJITP5q8mWRee3EE9BrThQ9OQIsWCprEdfnfBSjtQsIZGWXRx0ZNa/s1600-h/144-ST.JAMES+PARK.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203972858487714306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1YU0cs9mNr4aFpCHouDIotprSRFAHMG9QNcOr8p15V1KGVUbHwDCWsNYDIjHJ6aEiTY5G_r1Al5nMJEDJITP5q8mWRee3EE9BrThQ9OQIsWCprEdfnfBSjtQsIZGWXRx0ZNa/s640/144-ST.JAMES+PARK.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaum-MEuyWZp8tUG3Zr0TU2WGuaQy0IkSSW2i7j4tC18rC-tfBbs34w4SkzLUwZ2yiKwEZXZghyphenhyphenZMBbvayCOacRGhm82_x2aVsoI2cdj3NM_xgOd_grBMi5RJPyex735UN9Bmu/s1600-h/146-ST.JAMES-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203972858487714322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaum-MEuyWZp8tUG3Zr0TU2WGuaQy0IkSSW2i7j4tC18rC-tfBbs34w4SkzLUwZ2yiKwEZXZghyphenhyphenZMBbvayCOacRGhm82_x2aVsoI2cdj3NM_xgOd_grBMi5RJPyex735UN9Bmu/s640/146-ST.JAMES-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ST. JAMES PARK, probably my favourite park in London..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-40837991247584138702008-01-19T08:31:00.004+00:002008-05-24T10:35:13.849+01:00IRELAND ENCORE - AUGUST 1985As you know, I'm somehow lost on this Irish trip. So the only thing I know is that the pictures shown here were taken when we left Galway and headed northwards, and even so I'm not so sure it applies to all of them. Maybe some Ireland expert would be able to put some information on where we actually were... «Go raibh mile maith agaibh», i.e. «Thank you» in Irish Gaelic (it seems...)!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB15i0hM2CMX2ConHhoK0kTBZeWeJdL3OHEqwsyREGaj-JZGHdL6Nwp-Li38dLNBqGA5LTEfu3c1OLhELF08IY59qSh2_V9IGLc5-fAb_1g5PHSomRRKwIxRDJi0hw-UxTGUcz/s1600-h/072-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB15i0hM2CMX2ConHhoK0kTBZeWeJdL3OHEqwsyREGaj-JZGHdL6Nwp-Li38dLNBqGA5LTEfu3c1OLhELF08IY59qSh2_V9IGLc5-fAb_1g5PHSomRRKwIxRDJi0hw-UxTGUcz/s640/072-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157106629780241314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxNglZkwVYPAtx_i_kdMPzBZxGqwd5-G3WzUlynIsHgQSxq50-GuEOlmmtwwRC3k4CgL02GK_hSVYLLcTcgpMVVxrQUKAO_wMWjR3szGogq3Wegv6bH1ISe8dJEBlvEI8F1nW/s1600-h/075-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxNglZkwVYPAtx_i_kdMPzBZxGqwd5-G3WzUlynIsHgQSxq50-GuEOlmmtwwRC3k4CgL02GK_hSVYLLcTcgpMVVxrQUKAO_wMWjR3szGogq3Wegv6bH1ISe8dJEBlvEI8F1nW/s640/075-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157106221758348098" /></a><br />"POSING for portraits"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYCz8zxnqz1B6N7p6bA3D-r6oLin3k8WS6zWe3lc1_wIfkvUKnCDmRy5idRCv15lYbKe_OJFzftVNQV99i3Bblv1nERtpLNoGS0NcVTJOHZ1TCe05N_c6W0GMtmFqFSdhac9N/s1600-h/076-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYCz8zxnqz1B6N7p6bA3D-r6oLin3k8WS6zWe3lc1_wIfkvUKnCDmRy5idRCv15lYbKe_OJFzftVNQV99i3Bblv1nERtpLNoGS0NcVTJOHZ1TCe05N_c6W0GMtmFqFSdhac9N/s640/076-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157106226053315410" /></a><br />"SOMEWHERE, in Ireland"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hMLXJw2l34cIO7lsFyQ9xUBIIN03LNMw6MPZwY0A4-f9582QBM5cfH8kNynK13CjSZ0L6wBh5XRm1clCEx4hH0aTX60dQR0pMM-HVuhgkp2K8sAJ71zTUthxXNqG6rF0Bqd0/s1600-h/77-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hMLXJw2l34cIO7lsFyQ9xUBIIN03LNMw6MPZwY0A4-f9582QBM5cfH8kNynK13CjSZ0L6wBh5XRm1clCEx4hH0aTX60dQR0pMM-HVuhgkp2K8sAJ71zTUthxXNqG6rF0Bqd0/s640/77-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157106226053315426" /></a><br />"SIGNING the Book of Honour"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWU6HBLd1tMyJZbR-V65E4QgsUJZK5P0w4j4FdPQZV1DYbFEP1VDhlY80LUTsf_8urV34oB7b1nj83aDXjxKPHc5i0OD3c1fJO9WkGB6lABZROmiz8haWqtBLEeiAXrubgel7/s1600-h/079.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWU6HBLd1tMyJZbR-V65E4QgsUJZK5P0w4j4FdPQZV1DYbFEP1VDhlY80LUTsf_8urV34oB7b1nj83aDXjxKPHc5i0OD3c1fJO9WkGB6lABZROmiz8haWqtBLEeiAXrubgel7/s640/079.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157106230348282738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgifYU_4TC2Mk65boiuCopsZeBfhygHvtXOHSoVxb4_Y1Y0Uvj5gGgi2R_YBGHAkmRCPbBuBPuLnbcus4Q3QM4TjoL9BcS0af0GAOksVvVtFMbUtAuXlSUe272bs69-HBvokL/s1600-h/081-RIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpvecPd4apeo-fIiZ1-CEoA3GHhof1_od1lbpLeg6MovZw13ntDNDbB7wsu5DQsq7fXf6ukVSmWpZoVEK51zu3nvTeI3nqv9zNau_uZ7iPIoiNZVQzjVskWV4Tkpf0cZ002Gb/s640/086.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105779376716578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQBfTUwnkQBMp0VwhgKa0o8JfP44b3tb4A0IO2tYoEkb9xBaF4J1GdynvzFrEtu78H3OWPT0yXSwBhKruVPv8iM3pz6MPTX3WpNH5h9aDKDUgqRxfqtCJBpRrlxOSIR-bD9DX/s1600-h/087.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQBfTUwnkQBMp0VwhgKa0o8JfP44b3tb4A0IO2tYoEkb9xBaF4J1GdynvzFrEtu78H3OWPT0yXSwBhKruVPv8iM3pz6MPTX3WpNH5h9aDKDUgqRxfqtCJBpRrlxOSIR-bD9DX/s640/087.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105783671683890" /></a><br />"RIVERS AND LAKES - We had too much water from the sky on this trip. But the rivers and lakes always looked beautiful, in particular as the weather improved a bit during this section of the trip"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_noHJ80xKfHHWH7Q6TXXMrjPcWKT73NQTHIMtBrj_5Df8dvBFxCrRXg-Bclr-bwqqNFBqaUBv_79z2Nis3GarsMMg-J1T-pdJ2BiMfXEXE0TG_sYhRLSKnpzNXBGuSduAsMh/s1600-h/093-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_noHJ80xKfHHWH7Q6TXXMrjPcWKT73NQTHIMtBrj_5Df8dvBFxCrRXg-Bclr-bwqqNFBqaUBv_79z2Nis3GarsMMg-J1T-pdJ2BiMfXEXE0TG_sYhRLSKnpzNXBGuSduAsMh/s640/093-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105336995084978" /></a><br />"LIKE HENRY, THE NAVIGATOR, scrutinizing the sea"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJQepzxbyafifZH2REWMVLitLJWLkKSEFfUcB7evpjGkKAx8iKkSDRhXD2V0ve0sYgrUAx32vX4x1iphkrDo60umGukjAG0roC3M2LW9di9_xlT-25qmVFqjmBmQ2jrMi4gWP/s1600-h/092-PRAIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJQepzxbyafifZH2REWMVLitLJWLkKSEFfUcB7evpjGkKAx8iKkSDRhXD2V0ve0sYgrUAx32vX4x1iphkrDo60umGukjAG0roC3M2LW9di9_xlT-25qmVFqjmBmQ2jrMi4gWP/s640/092-PRAIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105332700117666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-IchIWQk99A5IJO36UOoMJN27OmBbebNSdbSDonxN7xBn2TOMMCUni79vhCGJerEbJNRZqNXryc9xRpx7tlhh46i5fW9Zw06HNhGYQLYdV4mRx4kN3wtWF4VeP_DKOk-5wrl/s1600-h/094.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-IchIWQk99A5IJO36UOoMJN27OmBbebNSdbSDonxN7xBn2TOMMCUni79vhCGJerEbJNRZqNXryc9xRpx7tlhh46i5fW9Zw06HNhGYQLYdV4mRx4kN3wtWF4VeP_DKOk-5wrl/s640/094.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105341290052290" /></a><br />"AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAW"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDwuiEafHtZO2KvZTsex7FOWxC0HcsFEyCKvnYuzFML0yb9-8BgGfXuko3VdHUJxrwoi7PkbG9aqnl2D7CCwiGylt_GAEgjw3yBuNF5hPttNshHcN3JY4L35dWlPQEtxqHlS-/s1600-h/95-HOTEL-GOLF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDwuiEafHtZO2KvZTsex7FOWxC0HcsFEyCKvnYuzFML0yb9-8BgGfXuko3VdHUJxrwoi7PkbG9aqnl2D7CCwiGylt_GAEgjw3yBuNF5hPttNshHcN3JY4L35dWlPQEtxqHlS-/s640/95-HOTEL-GOLF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105345585019602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogLdWn4iND97ZB9fMuQCplGesW7xvWseFdlk9X2VQPVgYKjJEwNwd50yxAJ4aaKdfJdJu8_Y3euJA21JFPeJA8h727G3GAUc12podfRcnS6cINEkKXIwuNJOsNzTMDBoLOvQM/s1600-h/096-HOTEL-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogLdWn4iND97ZB9fMuQCplGesW7xvWseFdlk9X2VQPVgYKjJEwNwd50yxAJ4aaKdfJdJu8_Y3euJA21JFPeJA8h727G3GAUc12podfRcnS6cINEkKXIwuNJOsNzTMDBoLOvQM/s640/096-HOTEL-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157105345585019618" /></a><br />"HOTEL AND GOLF, preferably by the pool"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-55399746769519667272007-12-31T10:49:00.001+00:002008-05-24T10:39:45.247+01:00UNDER THE RAIN - WEST IRELAND 1985FROM KILLARNEY TO GALWAY, WHAT A JOURNEY!<br /><br />Paraphrasing Mark Twain, the wettest winter I’ve ever experienced was a summer in Ireland!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhiue_LCRaatlCA5VrfnxTc77DggN1erkLqEIguwiK5zvlWPFvrQK7AymQvF23PoqUsppdxWnCfcy7lbXc9OUO-EmQWRtWV-OMQX8sbbkPH3hvBCpRliVhlY9_rdTIgtuEX85/s1600-h/057-MAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhiue_LCRaatlCA5VrfnxTc77DggN1erkLqEIguwiK5zvlWPFvrQK7AymQvF23PoqUsppdxWnCfcy7lbXc9OUO-EmQWRtWV-OMQX8sbbkPH3hvBCpRliVhlY9_rdTIgtuEX85/s640/057-MAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070524161619378" /></a><br />"ROUGH SEA - The Atlantic is no Admiral's sea, to use the expression Portuguese Navy people apply to identify a calm and quiet ocean..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE64bGdTsSmDUWSiEon6FLtw3Qkk76hu78HldG8vz24X-hbMe5dqd6oy1EnOrLVO3PRKzkTg7fRx8351C0KE7oKR_k8JWGi4uIV7PC60gMoGWh4Q_A5UEibaxty6RvFknaBEIJ/s1600-h/058-CLIFFS+OF+MOHER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE64bGdTsSmDUWSiEon6FLtw3Qkk76hu78HldG8vz24X-hbMe5dqd6oy1EnOrLVO3PRKzkTg7fRx8351C0KE7oKR_k8JWGi4uIV7PC60gMoGWh4Q_A5UEibaxty6RvFknaBEIJ/s640/058-CLIFFS+OF+MOHER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070528456586690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajah4eYxKx3lEWCv_GQjt_WS7h9_ZOjeSNt88X73DLYNSNsMx52yxJG7AZ4vuk5u49Rj0XOw0rWLHr8Jr8W3Z9ilKN2z1SZ9Ie0Q1rINWinLZpQj5E9AttyI9Cq3epJDpYBzH/s1600-h/059-MOHER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajah4eYxKx3lEWCv_GQjt_WS7h9_ZOjeSNt88X73DLYNSNsMx52yxJG7AZ4vuk5u49Rj0XOw0rWLHr8Jr8W3Z9ilKN2z1SZ9Ie0Q1rINWinLZpQj5E9AttyI9Cq3epJDpYBzH/s640/059-MOHER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070528456586706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiTGiM4Zlte_fGPmihjkx8pe7iLDiULjyk_ZmardHNfp_j-i96-zJktDe8TRKgpqfSZQk8fM1mOfdafRCdk-5mpQEuYp5GrOyP8r79hbnYE4ZPjI3LvAceXOXObAPejNnvZ21/s1600-h/060-CLIFFS+OF+MOHER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiTGiM4Zlte_fGPmihjkx8pe7iLDiULjyk_ZmardHNfp_j-i96-zJktDe8TRKgpqfSZQk8fM1mOfdafRCdk-5mpQEuYp5GrOyP8r79hbnYE4ZPjI3LvAceXOXObAPejNnvZ21/s640/060-CLIFFS+OF+MOHER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070532751554018" /></a><br />"THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are one of the most impressive places to see in Ireland, and are considered to be Ireland's top tourist attraction, with almost one million visitors a year. The Cliffs range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean and are 214m high at the highest point. From the Cliffs, on a clear day, one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay... We, however, could hardly see the Cliffs themselves..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBcAqq9g4tRp-1p6Q9LJIHFxjI8gCQJXkDjgpsVQ7FynOOzjEFufP5ihQvm79m_o3DCXPh8Sn9lWLDutEOk94XDWHZHKUGfUJFVeKr3m6FbrqNZadgvnQUDrbVQCFoNsFVYGI/s1600-h/061-%C3%80+LAREIRA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBcAqq9g4tRp-1p6Q9LJIHFxjI8gCQJXkDjgpsVQ7FynOOzjEFufP5ihQvm79m_o3DCXPh8Sn9lWLDutEOk94XDWHZHKUGfUJFVeKr3m6FbrqNZadgvnQUDrbVQCFoNsFVYGI/s640/061-%C3%80+LAREIRA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070210629006690" /></a><br />"BY THE FIREPLACE - This picture was taken on August 15, 1985, at lunch time. Summer in Ireland? No comments!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxe3_92C_RbGNvZaMDF3laVHSjkbaiNBxooxvJYQalVGV3y0SzByr4c1qPcVTCIQxAaMmtvVxjlMLq9O6wvPgkks41NEsqH51gY6neVdzZDd5VKHnWi47ebZswZiRElb0eDGM/s1600-h/061-K-G-DIL%C3%9AVIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxe3_92C_RbGNvZaMDF3laVHSjkbaiNBxooxvJYQalVGV3y0SzByr4c1qPcVTCIQxAaMmtvVxjlMLq9O6wvPgkks41NEsqH51gY6neVdzZDd5VKHnWi47ebZswZiRElb0eDGM/s640/061-K-G-DIL%C3%9AVIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070219218941330" /></a><br />"FLOODED ROAD - This is no river; it's the road we had to take on our way to Galway!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEvum4R8QnhdfW-JUN-671pe7EF1TqPnit0ff3QKpTMNR_MlEaEJHZgfczikjf8wAME4wc1rR9DFOePNxLNjdGMHT3BPC6RWJSlqbcyasHs8w42RE-fKeGtFH8gKXSQF6TfJ_/s1600-h/061-BUS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEvum4R8QnhdfW-JUN-671pe7EF1TqPnit0ff3QKpTMNR_MlEaEJHZgfczikjf8wAME4wc1rR9DFOePNxLNjdGMHT3BPC6RWJSlqbcyasHs8w42RE-fKeGtFH8gKXSQF6TfJ_/s640/061-BUS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070214923974002" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKpLoie0Rn6328HAQLM8RQcQXRqJtFgHJpj1IjJh37qjMya01Nbxb2hDZnEZE3Jt9BK5gEUmVpPBa98hCB_E59zvFLX5-y74L5pPXT5T4dOtIImw8ebyB89_ii51aQBeuzHgm/s1600-h/061-BUS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKpLoie0Rn6328HAQLM8RQcQXRqJtFgHJpj1IjJh37qjMya01Nbxb2hDZnEZE3Jt9BK5gEUmVpPBa98hCB_E59zvFLX5-y74L5pPXT5T4dOtIImw8ebyB89_ii51aQBeuzHgm/s640/061-BUS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070219218941314" /></a><br />"LUGGAGE BUS - We had already crossed a flooded road in the morning, and the damage to the luggage was to be seen on arrival at the Hotel in Galway. But this time we took measures to avoid further damages..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTq10rRSEVGNQjLN6jd0DEjVUxvbnFeGJ2yjYnE7KU3zQ8zQxo1vFtnMCM9LC-FSHVoRIYzs7Sk27LD0cI_OfPhdKhwYv-9B_JdaZ3tI8Kv5BpweI7LVVb6cVaha1vGA-VoYf/s1600-h/063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTq10rRSEVGNQjLN6jd0DEjVUxvbnFeGJ2yjYnE7KU3zQ8zQxo1vFtnMCM9LC-FSHVoRIYzs7Sk27LD0cI_OfPhdKhwYv-9B_JdaZ3tI8Kv5BpweI7LVVb6cVaha1vGA-VoYf/s640/063.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150070223513908642" /></a><br />"NO WONDER how green was my valley. With all this rain..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnFfLolT93h0BShXOlGu10qRt4L59GjnmG3fFU4MVeBm_IVH1Tqe7oPHNtQuS_Rv1fHQ9HKzVqhpL6e9WOBJZOKBgJ6KJXiMaSB-isxG5tB5M8R1Z6h9e5TCeKGh3-Mt4rbv5/s1600-h/065-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnFfLolT93h0BShXOlGu10qRt4L59GjnmG3fFU4MVeBm_IVH1Tqe7oPHNtQuS_Rv1fHQ9HKzVqhpL6e9WOBJZOKBgJ6KJXiMaSB-isxG5tB5M8R1Z6h9e5TCeKGh3-Mt4rbv5/s640/065-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150069806902080786" /></a><br />"GALWAY - Calm after the storm! Galway, located at the mouth of Galway Bay, is a lively city known for its avant-garde culture!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc35xddR6Jp5ISyNjC8t43Tn3h7kYiUFyBUpTzWtANUkvD_WFoEygH0nvxvNCsjcvkgSYsp9SBQgrcpmJqI8K_0eJMwlHSp8MiTRr5-UQEgZewKKu0n1Rrj4JdAnQwSHuHVHz/s1600-h/066-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc35xddR6Jp5ISyNjC8t43Tn3h7kYiUFyBUpTzWtANUkvD_WFoEygH0nvxvNCsjcvkgSYsp9SBQgrcpmJqI8K_0eJMwlHSp8MiTRr5-UQEgZewKKu0n1Rrj4JdAnQwSHuHVHz/s640/066-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150069815492015394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOs2XPDLww0Sr-jFuNPZWRaFsDZjSNGwGC_XUD7-mVq08G3NHABYA7VonsIgEt8eixi1GYLgcpIscErckYJOYN9ErPC4aAXNQrE7wix1x1of_j3iIqdWCzevFXN2d8qweETdc/s1600-h/067-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOs2XPDLww0Sr-jFuNPZWRaFsDZjSNGwGC_XUD7-mVq08G3NHABYA7VonsIgEt8eixi1GYLgcpIscErckYJOYN9ErPC4aAXNQrE7wix1x1of_j3iIqdWCzevFXN2d8qweETdc/s640/067-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150069815492015410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2hzTCAohe_lniucgTFC8qiZGniixpGulK5Qbcb1Cf8ooJGNSEXX2UC1cUf_Qrb78TYJ34ZsFG1-AamQ-E_UlMOga_0-rjRz3VxZPnzBq_6oyPtn8f4ELNzU-VKGqtbDtdJDc/s1600-h/068-CATHEDRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2hzTCAohe_lniucgTFC8qiZGniixpGulK5Qbcb1Cf8ooJGNSEXX2UC1cUf_Qrb78TYJ34ZsFG1-AamQ-E_UlMOga_0-rjRz3VxZPnzBq_6oyPtn8f4ELNzU-VKGqtbDtdJDc/s640/068-CATHEDRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150069819786982722" /></a><br />"GALWAY CATHEDRAL (The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas) is a one of the largest churches in Ireland. It was built between 1958 and 1965 on the site of the old city jail"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmeiwuPSCdEVRNifTh4BwjaB_FSxch8acqULkMT1pdlqS8D8IleORZDP8mRWAV8bHxcxEdEKZg2UKfukfdJ6JLQ5jIqNsY6j_KX9_SLVy1kNeasF6e8NNaGRV95FDE6Ta8k_S/s1600-h/068-GALWAY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmeiwuPSCdEVRNifTh4BwjaB_FSxch8acqULkMT1pdlqS8D8IleORZDP8mRWAV8bHxcxEdEKZg2UKfukfdJ6JLQ5jIqNsY6j_KX9_SLVy1kNeasF6e8NNaGRV95FDE6Ta8k_S/s640/068-GALWAY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150069824081950034" /></a><br />"BUILDING in downtown Galway, «The City of Tribes», they say..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-70372997307769318812007-10-13T18:12:00.001+01:002008-05-24T10:41:55.272+01:00KILLARNEY - AUGUST 1985THE RAINY SAGA CONTINUES<br /><br />One of the highlights of this trip was supposed to be the Ring of Kerry. However, with the weather we got - foggy and rainy - there was no chance to do the tour. So we remained in Killarney, though some of the pictures I'm not sure where they were taken... It's incredible, but it happened!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ypL7tW3KMLrP6gGTE2qOJDN_6LCMZlCe1s2jjoNU9Kk3mVhC3rVz4JltSGb6t1uF4D7uQi8g1Bhdznrnd_zsg0Uz_mtSz0seycSSJecc0FbWPsm9cquqjbkdVUYFAtdy-F0W/s1600-h/32-CITY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ypL7tW3KMLrP6gGTE2qOJDN_6LCMZlCe1s2jjoNU9Kk3mVhC3rVz4JltSGb6t1uF4D7uQi8g1Bhdznrnd_zsg0Uz_mtSz0seycSSJecc0FbWPsm9cquqjbkdVUYFAtdy-F0W/s640/32-CITY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120857109935845154" /></a><br />"MARKET - I don't know where; maybe some visitor, if any, could help..." <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippG5TfyGLtLzBLpIvseYt54MR3vh9QV0Xptaq6nbHs7tclccpYR1CqQTc7JjcHvV7nIkLaapuTVgwDMIZ_0hRs6Pvkh-KuKxlBScyLnw4W_qtUeNDAOyEyWQESfdYDDz08B5k/s1600-h/046.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippG5TfyGLtLzBLpIvseYt54MR3vh9QV0Xptaq6nbHs7tclccpYR1CqQTc7JjcHvV7nIkLaapuTVgwDMIZ_0hRs6Pvkh-KuKxlBScyLnw4W_qtUeNDAOyEyWQESfdYDDz08B5k/s640/046.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120857118525779762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rz-KbgYGZNbqfqHKXjXBWNsbWv6rNoxG5us6fgW40Z1MdEzBuyYO2OWSdBA0szMwD6NucRtzXnPqL53zNc5SkMoqHa5mhZDHnV1g3Wo8UI529YUmFcE-MW1pXOyRqskAZx3p/s1600-h/047-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rz-KbgYGZNbqfqHKXjXBWNsbWv6rNoxG5us6fgW40Z1MdEzBuyYO2OWSdBA0szMwD6NucRtzXnPqL53zNc5SkMoqHa5mhZDHnV1g3Wo8UI529YUmFcE-MW1pXOyRqskAZx3p/s640/047-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120856620309573330" /></a><br />"SOMEWHERE UNDER THE RAIN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy3viN1st_QO70cUjOt5Y2K2EJ4iwf4pWClkKGl90dBctNwRbNDwi9Xj6Qvde7ocHudFDRCq5rzB4azTyxzBi_zk6zPw5zLpFLmmBJaA7bWlDUM779NN-0r8ppkjATJWOPDr9/s1600-h/048-KILLARNEY-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy3viN1st_QO70cUjOt5Y2K2EJ4iwf4pWClkKGl90dBctNwRbNDwi9Xj6Qvde7ocHudFDRCq5rzB4azTyxzBi_zk6zPw5zLpFLmmBJaA7bWlDUM779NN-0r8ppkjATJWOPDr9/s640/048-KILLARNEY-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120856628899507938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8i4vA8rmsvN5nVxO1K7tdtkUoKGFI7AUqCvHp6AUV3gDlq89ygUPfFyyRtRj_oLol8Z8U0HedimjA5r67dD2N2qWzWYf7-kwZyrkW9RfD5WiwEag81OaA367RNGbRr_XZwFIX/s1600-h/049-KILLARNEY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8i4vA8rmsvN5nVxO1K7tdtkUoKGFI7AUqCvHp6AUV3gDlq89ygUPfFyyRtRj_oLol8Z8U0HedimjA5r67dD2N2qWzWYf7-kwZyrkW9RfD5WiwEag81OaA367RNGbRr_XZwFIX/s640/049-KILLARNEY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120856633194475250" /></a><br />"KILLARNEY is located north of the MacGillicuddy Reeks, on the north-eastern shore of the Lough Lein which are part of Killarney National Park. The town is home to some attractions and a nice base for the Ring of Kerry tour; but, due to the fog and rain, it was transformed into a one day destination" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGqdvHfNpNsRwSXMed9SQIM1L52FNwHNQgjYvPcuzjIPUeiRKiBAk6m0JLXyi7z5e8MuDEubZNA6_4yNQ7nqIUDcG0eSQ9KtcFomeW4JDf5wOc5ErjpMKTU4n0ltW_NqMkJgy/s1600-h/051-KILLARNEY-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGqdvHfNpNsRwSXMed9SQIM1L52FNwHNQgjYvPcuzjIPUeiRKiBAk6m0JLXyi7z5e8MuDEubZNA6_4yNQ7nqIUDcG0eSQ9KtcFomeW4JDf5wOc5ErjpMKTU4n0ltW_NqMkJgy/s640/051-KILLARNEY-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120856637489442562" /></a><br />"METHODIST CHURCH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfe8FSWOufINhWSq4WY_HnGLJvXX80ioqR90nlXcl5J6pw1BsJ4_jHKRaeEetUZKk2xppDPu7jxoP9ssWjkxWJKvhHBKyDTxaQghCCZaECgu3d6GnzeSw3SkdxOJCkgWwE4lc/s1600-h/052-KILLARNEY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfe8FSWOufINhWSq4WY_HnGLJvXX80ioqR90nlXcl5J6pw1BsJ4_jHKRaeEetUZKk2xppDPu7jxoP9ssWjkxWJKvhHBKyDTxaQghCCZaECgu3d6GnzeSw3SkdxOJCkgWwE4lc/s640/052-KILLARNEY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120856641784409874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8amPOuOm-7NLTGZ_c-ZhFcpsa9-OxUlQFtbsKmbVn3paVElecoXLvuZKqOjZP07OMJ2gPQ-jPRk02IgvKhXEY5mOA1EeUsCj0LRMAYeNVu1znnk7JwjOXXCjSmBBjs65dooY9/s1600-h/053-KILLARNEY-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8amPOuOm-7NLTGZ_c-ZhFcpsa9-OxUlQFtbsKmbVn3paVElecoXLvuZKqOjZP07OMJ2gPQ-jPRk02IgvKhXEY5mOA1EeUsCj0LRMAYeNVu1znnk7JwjOXXCjSmBBjs65dooY9/s640/053-KILLARNEY-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120855254509973122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGKdgh0coilRQNwdOxDgm9mIYxzvzTirM2tzjTPV5WZ-Q7xU5bM8gJSUsiOOZG9P1_-l37T4LLcup6UfYBityXlCtlSGbnWhCwfBqhbr99f-NZYqNsHMM-NX57iw9E1kI73C5/s1600-h/054-KILLARNEY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGKdgh0coilRQNwdOxDgm9mIYxzvzTirM2tzjTPV5WZ-Q7xU5bM8gJSUsiOOZG9P1_-l37T4LLcup6UfYBityXlCtlSGbnWhCwfBqhbr99f-NZYqNsHMM-NX57iw9E1kI73C5/s640/054-KILLARNEY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120855267394875026" /></a><br />"KILLARNEY HOUSE & GARDENS? - Maybe" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tns2BzpGtAUaGM0HraU1tbHeKzZNROfqEDCR4_qp6M5y3Cw5MHa08V-32GXHu6Il2AHOAqw2asP7aqGN_yaydtxVPUaKfmQf99R9Yp8xkOWO5wlhvZ3puptRFD1ysPidx6Y-/s1600-h/055-COLLEGE+ST-KILLARNEY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tns2BzpGtAUaGM0HraU1tbHeKzZNROfqEDCR4_qp6M5y3Cw5MHa08V-32GXHu6Il2AHOAqw2asP7aqGN_yaydtxVPUaKfmQf99R9Yp8xkOWO5wlhvZ3puptRFD1ysPidx6Y-/s640/055-COLLEGE+ST-KILLARNEY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120855271689842338" /></a><br />"COLLEGE STREET<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7jTm58uNGl5RLG3wN8zFnQJOi0onwAoEVJEbvqV1VB00aHvV5GHYQzlxZjvrDr303yPV8mD62kN6LnI6EpsGeJ625Q5PqWzhVUC5CcGTtpnKb0baRRaEta3M_soM69B6EEe9/s1600-h/055-FERRY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7jTm58uNGl5RLG3wN8zFnQJOi0onwAoEVJEbvqV1VB00aHvV5GHYQzlxZjvrDr303yPV8mD62kN6LnI6EpsGeJ625Q5PqWzhVUC5CcGTtpnKb0baRRaEta3M_soM69B6EEe9/s640/055-FERRY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120855275984809650" /></a><br />"FERRY AT SEA"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SKff9m4rKxTxd4uf_HPOL5RgZfBSD3ymwEqvDqBS-mw4ggyNzK4tXSrCFBit1XBdK7-WS2iisoS-MzqjhYbPnOe-driQ22bfJXtTyJCEQ8q_Dq0xetlZx0AJLhJXUapFdDao/s1600-h/055-GLENEAGLE-KILLARNEY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SKff9m4rKxTxd4uf_HPOL5RgZfBSD3ymwEqvDqBS-mw4ggyNzK4tXSrCFBit1XBdK7-WS2iisoS-MzqjhYbPnOe-driQ22bfJXtTyJCEQ8q_Dq0xetlZx0AJLhJXUapFdDao/s640/055-GLENEAGLE-KILLARNEY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120855280279776962" /></a><br />"GLENEAGLE - Entertainment: it seems that Killarney is a popular destination for partygoers. We had an experience at the GlenEagle!"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-41032028363281359222007-08-15T11:46:00.001+01:002008-05-24T10:43:41.146+01:00ON THE WAY TO CORK - AUGUST 1985IRISH COUNTRYSIDE<br /><br />My posts on Ireland are actually somehow weird in relation to the other I use to make. In fact, for some reason - maybe the fact that it was our first week abroad after the birth of our daughter, the terrible weather on the west coast of Ireland or something else... - I forgot to take notes on where the pictures were taken. Thus, twenty two years later, it's quite hard to find out where some of them were shot. Hope some expert on Ireland who sees the post could help...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Uj_gQ5MiN6T5fL_l8pDfcslfw1qZlZrRVDfgzpGUo_tKB_oO7nn97EZxfXJl-7pTPT9D3Lu4OWB3bkYM_59vHtNIKcuuE8R1wKqSg_dEfQhyphenhyphenx_TS0PsjggYDhOJU2aGzdBEu/s1600-h/30-WHISKEY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Uj_gQ5MiN6T5fL_l8pDfcslfw1qZlZrRVDfgzpGUo_tKB_oO7nn97EZxfXJl-7pTPT9D3Lu4OWB3bkYM_59vHtNIKcuuE8R1wKqSg_dEfQhyphenhyphenx_TS0PsjggYDhOJU2aGzdBEu/s640/30-WHISKEY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116276122165226194" /></a><br />"ONE FOR THE ROAD - Before departing Dublin, we visited Old Bushmill's whiskey shop"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwV59UPfhPBDdAGGnxnjsmqW8pbLQinLZmbvBl_TcPrznYEfGUJMq5jaES7ruTrsu5QAOsJjku5KFna9BmEX4R4o4_pS_Y7G9_dfp4uNliwLPSkOQiEIEujV_5HfAFeKQXB7vI/s1600-h/021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwV59UPfhPBDdAGGnxnjsmqW8pbLQinLZmbvBl_TcPrznYEfGUJMq5jaES7ruTrsu5QAOsJjku5KFna9BmEX4R4o4_pS_Y7G9_dfp4uNliwLPSkOQiEIEujV_5HfAFeKQXB7vI/s640/021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876531630016210" /></a><br />"COUNTRYSIDE - When we left Dublin we started to be amazed with the beaury of the Irish countryside" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuFt3uGBMZFr4oL49C3eIpHoD4KvgNEdVVLkJSq_eh7XuC3khJVIae2vd_ZItzSSa2c8qLpeyGT_8w6mpdZFsL8oOq3-xUYA-DmSanmWV37WmL_K_0emrzMR146-Xw2tZa_iZ/s1600-h/022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuFt3uGBMZFr4oL49C3eIpHoD4KvgNEdVVLkJSq_eh7XuC3khJVIae2vd_ZItzSSa2c8qLpeyGT_8w6mpdZFsL8oOq3-xUYA-DmSanmWV37WmL_K_0emrzMR146-Xw2tZa_iZ/s640/022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876535924983522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBiuOn__9jSiHR7XVcEnfX8-ZpdA7VDN3qnkkY0i0gzmXOFEwReHDgyxjJozREHALxp9Nj5Lj1biTPPwvzwr29AA3I0RV-ztzwzbjav9B5cLqf5OX_sq91l14Q0S42Dd7cGEG/s1600-h/024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBiuOn__9jSiHR7XVcEnfX8-ZpdA7VDN3qnkkY0i0gzmXOFEwReHDgyxjJozREHALxp9Nj5Lj1biTPPwvzwr29AA3I0RV-ztzwzbjav9B5cLqf5OX_sq91l14Q0S42Dd7cGEG/s640/024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876170852763266" /></a><br />"IRISH SEA, ST. George's Channel. It seems there has been a long discussion on the building of an 80 km tunnel to link Britain and Ireland here, but with the financial results of the Channel Tunnel, people is less receptive to embark on the project. For the time being, the Irish Sea is described as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world with some «eight million litres of nuclear waste» discharged into it each day from Sellafield reprocessing plants (Wikipedia)"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSVO47AnnSirjrD0WvLkQUllgcWA-nKAP3C0Xj54uFIK98JZlKozhvJ2Ycpz_DvSU7znBGx68zDsUiB4pBbuaUdSfSCVuJPId8PD7R0KclwSVvVek7a_AnEKCI49v3Pi93MbA/s1600-h/31-COTTAGES-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSVO47AnnSirjrD0WvLkQUllgcWA-nKAP3C0Xj54uFIK98JZlKozhvJ2Ycpz_DvSU7znBGx68zDsUiB4pBbuaUdSfSCVuJPId8PD7R0KclwSVvVek7a_AnEKCI49v3Pi93MbA/s640/31-COTTAGES-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116276126460193506" /></a><br />"COTTAGES - There were some beautiful ones on our way"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jcq_DWslaDCP-x5ZCMLuk1WfPyPB8Plf2bbLh_SmqLRQ_0Tlhyphenhyphenu8HKuqlg9mJYh2u8gHxx8TO4uza5Pyv9XwHeWa_9TSAUyYekZb2Si7NTc17t26Y4kOtFfoql7yyGoKOWOL/s1600-h/025-Glendalough+Round+Tower....jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jcq_DWslaDCP-x5ZCMLuk1WfPyPB8Plf2bbLh_SmqLRQ_0Tlhyphenhyphenu8HKuqlg9mJYh2u8gHxx8TO4uza5Pyv9XwHeWa_9TSAUyYekZb2Si7NTc17t26Y4kOtFfoql7yyGoKOWOL/s640/025-Glendalough+Round+Tower....jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876175147730578" /></a><br />"GLENDALOUGH ROUND TOWER - Hopefully this subtitle is correct! The tower is part of an early Christian Monastic site founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century. The monastic remains are located in a glaciated valley with two lakes, and include the superb Round Tower, stone churches and decorated crosses"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7x1HeI1Z99-Lnf1Tv9qy4sf99-J_UhGZiG-SEFxo-iE_L60KaYUnZjsEPXY6Ob-qU5oN0nctr8PxZ1a0wyspzvFmTYHafsyHm0Vs1gO4ZEp30lPKV4VCiNVeCkRFtcg02yrW-/s1600-h/026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7x1HeI1Z99-Lnf1Tv9qy4sf99-J_UhGZiG-SEFxo-iE_L60KaYUnZjsEPXY6Ob-qU5oN0nctr8PxZ1a0wyspzvFmTYHafsyHm0Vs1gO4ZEp30lPKV4VCiNVeCkRFtcg02yrW-/s640/026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876179442697890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0bO7-zEwKRjap8FWWe3-OMHzXpCLFyzYG5GTl9ZWn5LFPeNHoUtFwZszBLO60-p8ReiUowXmBWHctTBym5G06iTLC82IVtUxd4qzRWVDI2Arq0vZtBP88USS4vPd0Y1M3UO3/s1600-h/027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0bO7-zEwKRjap8FWWe3-OMHzXpCLFyzYG5GTl9ZWn5LFPeNHoUtFwZszBLO60-p8ReiUowXmBWHctTBym5G06iTLC82IVtUxd4qzRWVDI2Arq0vZtBP88USS4vPd0Y1M3UO3/s640/027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876183737665202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wTbLZdpYig3xvPXt54IDS9ZPEwsgP9CWV-2JTtP_BUNv5OdoX2Xpp-pz2lxkq9HPBDfD4XSFpC7z8JfjmWn9RFxgZHxRpdHBDLrigNk8ss2lCIqG2TNA1KTIf89w2bQqCc9R/s1600-h/028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wTbLZdpYig3xvPXt54IDS9ZPEwsgP9CWV-2JTtP_BUNv5OdoX2Xpp-pz2lxkq9HPBDfD4XSFpC7z8JfjmWn9RFxgZHxRpdHBDLrigNk8ss2lCIqG2TNA1KTIf89w2bQqCc9R/s640/028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098876188032632514" /></a><br />"RIVER SCENES - I wonder whether this could be Slaney River. Anyhow, I like the pictures and the scenery"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtxgtgMfybSgzecOMKNJ3He4Zi8FCXYX5WJNSb5q0LvJkPtvL321VSloYVLYuVCej3teUeQ4Szlu79SbVZS0d2l0Q98iDICCmBQeydindx8bn9NWtz8jGIfBytDmLOeGeXopV/s1600-h/029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtxgtgMfybSgzecOMKNJ3He4Zi8FCXYX5WJNSb5q0LvJkPtvL321VSloYVLYuVCej3teUeQ4Szlu79SbVZS0d2l0Q98iDICCmBQeydindx8bn9NWtz8jGIfBytDmLOeGeXopV/s640/029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098875157240481330" /></a><br />"BLUR - Someone took this distorted photo, somewhere in Ireland. The blur however resulted into an interesting picture, I think"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgav1cNKhbjGc5KytApRj_FtN18qczZFKzyXpeFJxW7m2lTqiJjeHC4CID04Iz6zeU2MAZqWrGtlWHtgxxJEV2jVo1g3pFCIjdSMonYODWUItHq94VTfCC6y2rPEZ9rST_XLkZ/s1600-h/030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgav1cNKhbjGc5KytApRj_FtN18qczZFKzyXpeFJxW7m2lTqiJjeHC4CID04Iz6zeU2MAZqWrGtlWHtgxxJEV2jVo1g3pFCIjdSMonYODWUItHq94VTfCC6y2rPEZ9rST_XLkZ/s640/030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098875161535448642" /></a><br />"ANOTHER ROUND TOWER somewhere between Dublin and Cork"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG-2Sj1EW0w1Kbh07iIkod8yyhLPDiZ8fVVn3bqJaY45L67k2FdmHblYu4Na7E6H3UcU3vP3JTWwKzEgRI06XBFuv8lvXCpLAOcfn8ecjZM8nm-EK9zup_-KYp0C6Oyj5V_C8/s1600-h/031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG-2Sj1EW0w1Kbh07iIkod8yyhLPDiZ8fVVn3bqJaY45L67k2FdmHblYu4Na7E6H3UcU3vP3JTWwKzEgRI06XBFuv8lvXCpLAOcfn8ecjZM8nm-EK9zup_-KYp0C6Oyj5V_C8/s640/031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098875165830415954" /></a><br />"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, in Ireland..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrPBYBl76gQS8rlqiEGXaO9_WOWcAEB6jwInAjfldGaXmqxFi9q8CarsW5vucnhcu4DyacdQk1VNNsOjTL0f_bcesm6u2QStTfzlRFw5HZfSuZRcHxtlZrgeI6y91RnzecN3S/s1600-h/032-PONEY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrPBYBl76gQS8rlqiEGXaO9_WOWcAEB6jwInAjfldGaXmqxFi9q8CarsW5vucnhcu4DyacdQk1VNNsOjTL0f_bcesm6u2QStTfzlRFw5HZfSuZRcHxtlZrgeI6y91RnzecN3S/s640/032-PONEY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098875170125383266" /></a><br />"COFFEE BREAK, PONEY WALK"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9bX43bUyhim7icFy71FATsXDv-nU1pYxb8bkSmgnS0yK0WLIoGyb1Hgj7Pbwi1AaypRfj5okl3n902f6EWmPuYWHonA8mxQVgNmeqSVsi2DT-V2PdZgJIm4UKFV40x-0b-Pa/s1600-h/033-SEA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9bX43bUyhim7icFy71FATsXDv-nU1pYxb8bkSmgnS0yK0WLIoGyb1Hgj7Pbwi1AaypRfj5okl3n902f6EWmPuYWHonA8mxQVgNmeqSVsi2DT-V2PdZgJIm4UKFV40x-0b-Pa/s640/033-SEA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098875170125383282" /></a><br />"BEACH"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORtauMyIBRiU1FBuyxSBR4Z-gNG_rX3ptGGO_wL0HoonC5HTznII4NYZTwN_ZHuQ1ag4HAyf4H1AYqObuAlbuRPjrPm3C6tJBmqdy4k4ueS1A4QlJJru6-p0o32y5pWcjDT3J/s1600-h/034-RIVER-KIOSK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORtauMyIBRiU1FBuyxSBR4Z-gNG_rX3ptGGO_wL0HoonC5HTznII4NYZTwN_ZHuQ1ag4HAyf4H1AYqObuAlbuRPjrPm3C6tJBmqdy4k4ueS1A4QlJJru6-p0o32y5pWcjDT3J/s640/034-RIVER-KIOSK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098874573124928994" /></a><br />"RIVER"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7WdPyigh3AvfIO8AJk0L8RhDOBN3Ya8IkbB_8f4tEw0OWjGVB4emXgk8J_vMgbS4xa31V2-IsB2PK30vAvBCA3vTzAaLBAOV92DK6OImwyO-Nh8yhM2IErMDq8WB076bB2dF/s1600-h/035-OLD+THATCH-Killeagh,+Co.+Cork.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7WdPyigh3AvfIO8AJk0L8RhDOBN3Ya8IkbB_8f4tEw0OWjGVB4emXgk8J_vMgbS4xa31V2-IsB2PK30vAvBCA3vTzAaLBAOV92DK6OImwyO-Nh8yhM2IErMDq8WB076bB2dF/s640/035-OLD+THATCH-Killeagh,+Co.+Cork.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098874577419896306" /></a><br />"THE OLD THATCH Pub and Restaurant in Killeagh, Co. Cork. Found the location on a picture from <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2508542870051114802cBBgIN">Janice Baxter</a>" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpny4vZ1UMr3WnRVWsrrLmYVp0nyL5o6NJ5SILQh8lGKdbrZiyeaLDjZy7w_72CYBqtH0HBtFnzWc2pcytGMQftY__kXMlyj-Xx0J6zvUqCBmK80OcjpqtchWaq2h2XeXD0Ue/s1600-h/036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpny4vZ1UMr3WnRVWsrrLmYVp0nyL5o6NJ5SILQh8lGKdbrZiyeaLDjZy7w_72CYBqtH0HBtFnzWc2pcytGMQftY__kXMlyj-Xx0J6zvUqCBmK80OcjpqtchWaq2h2XeXD0Ue/s640/036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098874581714863618" /></a><br />"A CASTLE lost in the landscape"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyX0-tek8OXs5_xC7FNYkByZrAhdTRkk88w9m3X89p-8l8SkbVBoBAwgzyrOP2ARX2MLJ-qeu_7_utRXXRO4NuOA30tl6moWyu60hPTxj5MRfs17F9uXR2z-hku3nyZuMW_xtQ/s1600-h/038-BLARNEYCASTLE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyX0-tek8OXs5_xC7FNYkByZrAhdTRkk88w9m3X89p-8l8SkbVBoBAwgzyrOP2ARX2MLJ-qeu_7_utRXXRO4NuOA30tl6moWyu60hPTxj5MRfs17F9uXR2z-hku3nyZuMW_xtQ/s640/038-BLARNEYCASTLE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098874581714863634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikegbp7xAgkWdLx7lg96b3XyMnZWfM8ZH0OBEbjm8NZUk6CD2f_4ORvlY9Jy-GvTZi9h5QQLFEArJGRv5M7lSxBrkBoyP4BERssSWOzDxwLNxmuf7G3nAxT9qlzzxixfc1NpGX/s1600-h/039-CASTELOBLARNEY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikegbp7xAgkWdLx7lg96b3XyMnZWfM8ZH0OBEbjm8NZUk6CD2f_4ORvlY9Jy-GvTZi9h5QQLFEArJGRv5M7lSxBrkBoyP4BERssSWOzDxwLNxmuf7G3nAxT9qlzzxixfc1NpGX/s640/039-CASTELOBLARNEY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098874586009830946" /></a><br />"BLARNEY CASTLE - The Castle we may see today is the third to have been built on the site, after a wooden structure from the tenth century and a stone structure from circa 1210 A.D. In 1446 a third castle was built by McCarthy, King of Munster"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW76eNjUIt5Gy4K67fE7G-2YMRQJgsitPSu9GhpIKWBtpTHKWtQJBDCpYb_FKwC2bGaVPiw1bTemiKdJuDJ9MyrFv9Aa43M0hhK0Oi2M5h4FRuIX26ggp8o2tAr2E9EV3nnupj/s1600-h/040-CASTELOBLARNEY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW76eNjUIt5Gy4K67fE7G-2YMRQJgsitPSu9GhpIKWBtpTHKWtQJBDCpYb_FKwC2bGaVPiw1bTemiKdJuDJ9MyrFv9Aa43M0hhK0Oi2M5h4FRuIX26ggp8o2tAr2E9EV3nnupj/s640/040-CASTELOBLARNEY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098873774261011858" /></a><br />"BLARNEY STONE - Long line to join the world statesmen, literary giants, legends of the screen and the millions of pilgrims that climbed the steps of the castle to kiss the Blarney Stone and gain the gift of eloquence, or, like Lonely Planet puts it, gain the privilege of telling lies for seven years. Others, however, are more reluctant to do it, as they held the Blarney Stone as the Castle's latrine, which was normally situated over the moat so all the sewage would drop there and discourage any invader from push his way through a virtual excrement basin..." <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFczg1666OS3TNOfwE3JIYjT4IVgEKq3ceb84vN4lIfSaLnUYmHcs-XrvVyKaoOYXeJ19nq99Y0p2441o8dxGmB9jmlt0NaDwyz-f2bkDDFHDY4KboS_jvxFd1BLUs2YGt7qA4/s1600-h/041-BLARNEYCASTLE-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFczg1666OS3TNOfwE3JIYjT4IVgEKq3ceb84vN4lIfSaLnUYmHcs-XrvVyKaoOYXeJ19nq99Y0p2441o8dxGmB9jmlt0NaDwyz-f2bkDDFHDY4KboS_jvxFd1BLUs2YGt7qA4/s640/041-BLARNEYCASTLE-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098873778555979170" /></a><br />"CASTLE PICTURE, scanned from paper; the previous was scanned from film"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGmNXX3t1FzgCgqoNNM5UdjRsmXSSDSlKvvYkJ3U4JKV45_vuDYwtpMvmmoaYTaq5QzgwJW7G-YvTHppIp_ZVUrAyG9J4IazgFuUkL0oeXO4UzdF_CavTg-ggJEPfXhUdNt-m/s1600-h/042-VISTACASTELO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGmNXX3t1FzgCgqoNNM5UdjRsmXSSDSlKvvYkJ3U4JKV45_vuDYwtpMvmmoaYTaq5QzgwJW7G-YvTHppIp_ZVUrAyG9J4IazgFuUkL0oeXO4UzdF_CavTg-ggJEPfXhUdNt-m/s640/042-VISTACASTELO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098873782850946482" /></a><br />"BLARNEY CASTLE VIEW towards the surrounding fields"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAT4frJLXBUDngrUB-a8dB7w3zk6j2nIGHCFgZCBsu-ZLOjvW8D4TMO42-BXc4THNx3ia79oBRaqrqWCy1-hf5Z6hOKwA5H8hkojktdJSPmRSgguPZ4zRErKU5uvilPMReiF4/s1600-h/043-BLARNEYSHOP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAT4frJLXBUDngrUB-a8dB7w3zk6j2nIGHCFgZCBsu-ZLOjvW8D4TMO42-BXc4THNx3ia79oBRaqrqWCy1-hf5Z6hOKwA5H8hkojktdJSPmRSgguPZ4zRErKU5uvilPMReiF4/s640/043-BLARNEYSHOP.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098873791440881090" /></a><br />"BLARNEY BOUTIQUE - Cork is five miles away on your right..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgcEb77DAy6KWW6ssdArsNNNlLcvxA7o8MpFfexXymmaBWkBkf0bygG_YFwlhYieNwXpak9GOT_kKjyUcDZaPuHW09JNEAiQri-USx84QcihsqGr3EUKJDvilc871v8S1dpua/s1600-h/044-CORK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgcEb77DAy6KWW6ssdArsNNNlLcvxA7o8MpFfexXymmaBWkBkf0bygG_YFwlhYieNwXpak9GOT_kKjyUcDZaPuHW09JNEAiQri-USx84QcihsqGr3EUKJDvilc871v8S1dpua/s640/044-CORK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098873795735848402" /></a><br />"CORK is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, the capital of the province of Munster, and hosts the World's second largest natural harbour, after Sydney, Australia. The river seen on the picture is the Lee, which flows through the city"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-62076283536540939612007-07-21T17:11:00.002+01:002008-06-12T22:58:34.568+01:00JAMES JOYCE'S LAND - AUGUST 1985THE WETTEST WINTER I'VE EVER LIVED: A SUMMER IN IRELAND...<br /><br />After Washington in May, I spent a whole week in The Hague (Den Haag or S'Gravenhage, in Dutch) for a meeting; actually, I was based in Scheveningen. However, not a single photo from the whole week could be found...<br />So the next trip will take the stage: Ireland. Let's start with Dublin.<br /><br />DUBLINERS<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiiyPY2B8BHw075gHiUAkRI8qIUN3levCPsC0T0uSiwrYe8Qk1iLAOdxpgsHSk-lVBJ5crsMuAYWNWiYpoV1avKjoebv9BTqYBS2bVzjiUQKlSlWUavZjHVR66bHbMTsWq38M/s1600-h/001-DUBLIM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiiyPY2B8BHw075gHiUAkRI8qIUN3levCPsC0T0uSiwrYe8Qk1iLAOdxpgsHSk-lVBJ5crsMuAYWNWiYpoV1avKjoebv9BTqYBS2bVzjiUQKlSlWUavZjHVR66bHbMTsWq38M/s640/001-DUBLIM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686352503401698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkf0ZSNa2oYMVj3LGM0pOjm8Q-lpOrVF08ZUfzjeZ4PiFRLjNWlky3THJCP0CzndC6CnbBawqeTth8e2gAZamKztLfV71Z4Az4LLmnyrLr_GVEgOerg2GGq_Z1RBbB4eftowG9/s1600-h/002-DUBLIM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkf0ZSNa2oYMVj3LGM0pOjm8Q-lpOrVF08ZUfzjeZ4PiFRLjNWlky3THJCP0CzndC6CnbBawqeTth8e2gAZamKztLfV71Z4Az4LLmnyrLr_GVEgOerg2GGq_Z1RBbB4eftowG9/s640/002-DUBLIM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686352503401714" /></a><br />"DUBLIN - The first surprise we had was the fact that, though our hotel was not that far from downtown, it looked like we were in the countryside..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxowyEDTxzDTZw4TMlMMWmzVtze3EFlm1pNFAm333RwRpL-29QFHB5FIv6gMspAsYi9I0gVtAXcsD4cG9T6VUKCWG0E2EK1v4Ez1sz8CHgWnROWvFXqk_6fMRveUiU58noMiLX/s1600-h/003-DUBLIM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxowyEDTxzDTZw4TMlMMWmzVtze3EFlm1pNFAm333RwRpL-29QFHB5FIv6gMspAsYi9I0gVtAXcsD4cG9T6VUKCWG0E2EK1v4Ez1sz8CHgWnROWvFXqk_6fMRveUiU58noMiLX/s640/003-DUBLIM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686356798369026" /></a><br />"CHURCH - Not surprisingly, we found churches around the corner"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ1KXzb0h2QG1Bpbp4fz0AICPlJ1RLCNOKaFRSmqyENGsWfT-CC7vjFFgiWqSAfVFtqVPxaXBTfhlBtA7ff7t0tBxbExtRqqeXSk2ZnCHFQm1K4VZ3k1fRETo4-_dT8SHseXA/s1600-h/004-DUBLIM-OCONNELL-BRG-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ1KXzb0h2QG1Bpbp4fz0AICPlJ1RLCNOKaFRSmqyENGsWfT-CC7vjFFgiWqSAfVFtqVPxaXBTfhlBtA7ff7t0tBxbExtRqqeXSk2ZnCHFQm1K4VZ3k1fRETo4-_dT8SHseXA/s640/004-DUBLIM-OCONNELL-BRG-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686356798369042" /></a><br />"O'CONNELL BRIDGE (1791-1794) was originally named Carlisle Bridge. In 1880 it was renovated and renamed, and became the only bridge in Europe that is wider than it is long (or, at least, as wide as long...)"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9XNylQdIiA8Ayrjvdpi8lEYrgWGXXabCwAZ9NuxrtWmoENJ2lxe4utlBvGAxD1yRxpuI0WV8-734dPo69zbDn2NalwiwWuMum8wLkuPdux5SnS4c6CipVpVMkpqzxrt4ls0Z/s1600-h/005-DUBLIM-MCDONNELL-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9XNylQdIiA8Ayrjvdpi8lEYrgWGXXabCwAZ9NuxrtWmoENJ2lxe4utlBvGAxD1yRxpuI0WV8-734dPo69zbDn2NalwiwWuMum8wLkuPdux5SnS4c6CipVpVMkpqzxrt4ls0Z/s640/005-DUBLIM-MCDONNELL-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686361093336354" /></a><br />"O'CONNELL STREET, with the statue of Daniel O'Connell, 19th century nationalist leader, by John Henry Foley, is the main thoroughfare in Dublin and one of the widest streets in Europe (49m). By the time there was no <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin">Spire</a> there"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3_SMcAQIjRn0t_LhiTiEH_jhzwQLNVa_eZVkc9UDXW_0inhU1Wc2dFvCmvZs4h10mZAvQUQrFNyx86tMW9dcFBgAysf38K54km-H_yNx97o5AzkCaBd5WMrrjuFg9TOEN3NX/s1600-h/006-DUBLIM-TRINITY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3_SMcAQIjRn0t_LhiTiEH_jhzwQLNVa_eZVkc9UDXW_0inhU1Wc2dFvCmvZs4h10mZAvQUQrFNyx86tMW9dcFBgAysf38K54km-H_yNx97o5AzkCaBd5WMrrjuFg9TOEN3NX/s640/006-DUBLIM-TRINITY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686150639938706" /></a><br />"TRINITY COLLEGE, designated as «The Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin», was founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland's oldest university"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPklKiLgLFhIHE16a8_ycvhBfoDyhzjqk29m4xnkhOWpA8wEgdVME16CrlHYcBkl3GrdBI1DGNL3SSgUquxMUiuSB8Ei1k2SXFxVIW07ZzO0wo4p9uNZgNmWSPD8qD3fnefTy/s1600-h/007-DUBLIM-TRINITY-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPklKiLgLFhIHE16a8_ycvhBfoDyhzjqk29m4xnkhOWpA8wEgdVME16CrlHYcBkl3GrdBI1DGNL3SSgUquxMUiuSB8Ei1k2SXFxVIW07ZzO0wo4p9uNZgNmWSPD8qD3fnefTy/s640/007-DUBLIM-TRINITY-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686150639938722" /></a><br />"CAMPANILE -Trinity College, Parliament Square"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEEQucMbRE9UJAq4ktEFdAogMbMZm2n-W114wX9ssaNrlMnXDQwiv7Uy1AYqC5yA0Bc_6jAMbjQEJMRNe7U18wk13sU5Ms_9rzmmmn3HOewg40R4gGRtDSU-urY7TlG2ervFr/s1600-h/008-DUBLIM-TRINITY-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEEQucMbRE9UJAq4ktEFdAogMbMZm2n-W114wX9ssaNrlMnXDQwiv7Uy1AYqC5yA0Bc_6jAMbjQEJMRNe7U18wk13sU5Ms_9rzmmmn3HOewg40R4gGRtDSU-urY7TlG2ervFr/s640/008-DUBLIM-TRINITY-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686154934906034" /></a><br />"TRINITY COLLEGE saw many people on its rooms, including Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, and Ernest Walton..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYffOQ5ht9tzYaQrCJnXw3kCzunpCd2Ercc3QSXiffz39nVS6pYry1ucgCuBNSCbQ8oKnFA-QBboIcHLvcxN-QIJah5ifvVCKT8yDZ9CqKrD9tl2DjTJYzazmxwmkvH5D7dfL-/s1600-h/009-DUBLIM-TRINITY-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYffOQ5ht9tzYaQrCJnXw3kCzunpCd2Ercc3QSXiffz39nVS6pYry1ucgCuBNSCbQ8oKnFA-QBboIcHLvcxN-QIJah5ifvVCKT8yDZ9CqKrD9tl2DjTJYzazmxwmkvH5D7dfL-/s640/009-DUBLIM-TRINITY-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686159229873346" /></a><br />"CONFERENCE CENTRE, Trinity College"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjamDQYNv34q-qacqtkiwEtpB_UV2SUpV7ZFHeGspg_kY9qXsGvEzQefwdMO4zmkpPanQkIPErAfJM2dIvTIvR1wNjwsnpG6owcTxAgVJ-RnQ6IAxVyws3x1qJxEH_53FJPoF/s1600-h/010-DUBLIM-BANK-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjamDQYNv34q-qacqtkiwEtpB_UV2SUpV7ZFHeGspg_kY9qXsGvEzQefwdMO4zmkpPanQkIPErAfJM2dIvTIvR1wNjwsnpG6owcTxAgVJ-RnQ6IAxVyws3x1qJxEH_53FJPoF/s640/010-DUBLIM-BANK-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089686159229873362" /></a><br />"BANK OF IRELAND - College Green hosted the Irish Parliament before the Act of Union 1800, and was the headquarters of the Bank until the 1970s, when they moved to a modern building in Baggot Street. Today visitors can still view the Irish House of Lords chamber within the building, which however remains a Bank's branch"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRdJBwzT6su5-LgujKMWFNFkWjkBvA-g9AwcLxzHIOB5Sf6yp1UhrM6lCwTGxsG5bV0VfzjcldYsiZJ47S__eVnilpnQQo4GCkmEAnxwajyI7YM7CDcW9vXLhgYkSNEKWLp88/s1600-h/011-DUBLIM-SHOPPING-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRdJBwzT6su5-LgujKMWFNFkWjkBvA-g9AwcLxzHIOB5Sf6yp1UhrM6lCwTGxsG5bV0VfzjcldYsiZJ47S__eVnilpnQQo4GCkmEAnxwajyI7YM7CDcW9vXLhgYkSNEKWLp88/s640/011-DUBLIM-SHOPPING-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685420495498306" /></a><br />"GREAT GEORGES STREET ARCADE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8luI6o2kW0-WaeQmnNmTSmGogcw_r56i7lUWBl7CKmmxhts-iU-VhuOzPZ066OXdFVH9BC3EisKvQ2VQcTNq4TZut0HTXcYrtSCAHv5pWJUIhKmHR8M5cXRSk41Jk57rQKTwf/s1600-h/012-DUBLIN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8luI6o2kW0-WaeQmnNmTSmGogcw_r56i7lUWBl7CKmmxhts-iU-VhuOzPZ066OXdFVH9BC3EisKvQ2VQcTNq4TZut0HTXcYrtSCAHv5pWJUIhKmHR8M5cXRSk41Jk57rQKTwf/s640/012-DUBLIN-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685424790465618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCg7G4bYxPzDUAbz-nOm_v0N9IViw3RlDDCTI7OzPxC-5thwEqnBuzC7xWCmQ_PGUYpxJKD8dV13RMqVZdCfgTE89M-JdrjkickKaU-Mue4Fk-Y11BplQJTZw2PxGc0sx3TE7/s1600-h/013-DUBLIN-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCg7G4bYxPzDUAbz-nOm_v0N9IViw3RlDDCTI7OzPxC-5thwEqnBuzC7xWCmQ_PGUYpxJKD8dV13RMqVZdCfgTE89M-JdrjkickKaU-Mue4Fk-Y11BplQJTZw2PxGc0sx3TE7/s640/013-DUBLIN-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685424790465634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GqADIZuW5N2oM2GD-Pw1J4qtskG7Q5QI8KWHKLLCxG7cYU2xbCsLnhyit4CqY-DSgIoAIEx9SrIw8Dr0Q_IxOlLEFo6wmBaYGo9vkCA8sowm7dMpyTwdl3Z4XaEvMu_yEWL-/s1600-h/014-DUBLIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GqADIZuW5N2oM2GD-Pw1J4qtskG7Q5QI8KWHKLLCxG7cYU2xbCsLnhyit4CqY-DSgIoAIEx9SrIw8Dr0Q_IxOlLEFo6wmBaYGo9vkCA8sowm7dMpyTwdl3Z4XaEvMu_yEWL-/s640/014-DUBLIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685433380400242" /></a><br />"ST.PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL is the largest church in Ireland, and its basis was built between 1191 and 1270, though now only the baptistery remains. The major reconstruction paid for by Benjamin Guinness, in the 1860s, means that much of the current building dates from the Victorian era. Throughout its long history the cathedral has contributed much to Irish life; for example, Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, was Dean of the cathedral from 1713 to 1745"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIvCaPh1z2RVl-YbkTgTv9QRGJcu92beSqCYln_wXCCMgr9fTdL3kFVfLB9NAqrV02dHCk1tblVmZ82lJ3u_8aUz0YeuaNknvsjGQBfwHNU9nTTCozvPIiFgE5unNJOZ3siFK/s1600-h/015-DUBLIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIvCaPh1z2RVl-YbkTgTv9QRGJcu92beSqCYln_wXCCMgr9fTdL3kFVfLB9NAqrV02dHCk1tblVmZ82lJ3u_8aUz0YeuaNknvsjGQBfwHNU9nTTCozvPIiFgE5unNJOZ3siFK/s640/015-DUBLIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685437675367554" /></a><br />"RESTAURANT? - Someone will help finding out what building is this..."<br /><br />Edited: Thanks to <a href="http://www.thisisdiopter.org/archives/2008/04/swan_swimming_a.html">Tom Cosgrave</a> and partner I found that «Bartley Dunnes is the name of the pub in the photo you cannot identify. It was a pub on Lower Stephen Street, and it was sold in 1991 to property developers who specialise in developing large drinking emporiums, or "superpubs". It was duly demolished and a large place called Break for the Border was built - it's an American theme pub and caters to parties and tourists». Thanks a lot!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWYPKpfYaHuXbCujyNRpDsf-7EUUgbc8siNzfa2IU3tcBl-NuZtcEgaV2ENO2cVZFFZX_K6FzcvgSG_VPYPyKyt6AG60CPYZShyglVvzk3ZNkhv60oyz1rhZMv-jBIF4htBqP/s1600-h/016-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWYPKpfYaHuXbCujyNRpDsf-7EUUgbc8siNzfa2IU3tcBl-NuZtcEgaV2ENO2cVZFFZX_K6FzcvgSG_VPYPyKyt6AG60CPYZShyglVvzk3ZNkhv60oyz1rhZMv-jBIF4htBqP/s640/016-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089684982408834034" /></a><br />"FUSILIER'S ARCH at St. Stephens Green"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPnOqQszoIJzwrQDpBoMA32dlQbLfIpv3BiyDifQF1J1Odzb7wtiXBnMLjcbRdynX_RrOpdbdviD_dFmgYBvCsohEx1jsYlLYMJCZ0Y2dN3LeI4mVPfN1iHHqvCa_7Kb71XIO/s1600-h/017-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPnOqQszoIJzwrQDpBoMA32dlQbLfIpv3BiyDifQF1J1Odzb7wtiXBnMLjcbRdynX_RrOpdbdviD_dFmgYBvCsohEx1jsYlLYMJCZ0Y2dN3LeI4mVPfN1iHHqvCa_7Kb71XIO/s640/017-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089684990998768642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluPPauNI1Ggrk17jOedLPWO4MbjncY8EhRZgOXq9RHfMuKL5uwIA9EfuL5eOkmptgJ6zwYVEk-m-qaFMjS-0nZbKAlyoQK0MEoPpHz6ZwarV4dA_u-WuyFDxlPLAAUBLaCCOw/s1600-h/018-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluPPauNI1Ggrk17jOedLPWO4MbjncY8EhRZgOXq9RHfMuKL5uwIA9EfuL5eOkmptgJ6zwYVEk-m-qaFMjS-0nZbKAlyoQK0MEoPpHz6ZwarV4dA_u-WuyFDxlPLAAUBLaCCOw/s640/018-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089684995293735954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnofcsLmgnr0Yj16jyriC2rpad-9k_cIpMKjZ4FhK7nUCwBoTvqr686wk537VTDZk5y0SXYuaM4Y3KSg2_mpJdxbLIV1hWZVQIXYwcAsbIjj_hu7i3chpRt3bMvSjqcn3gpDHp/s1600-h/019-DUBLIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnofcsLmgnr0Yj16jyriC2rpad-9k_cIpMKjZ4FhK7nUCwBoTvqr686wk537VTDZk5y0SXYuaM4Y3KSg2_mpJdxbLIV1hWZVQIXYwcAsbIjj_hu7i3chpRt3bMvSjqcn3gpDHp/s640/019-DUBLIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685003883670562" /></a><br />"SHOPPING, after the chilly rain..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjnZ4s-19Z2fgRvOkU80l1zICk4G2qaPiDdl3jqlZnmxzn0OeGgZGOuVLzI7OJ3FN3mhKWy578fAHEeJmCUIHycnbGqQorj90c6hK-eJpeKuvLz2xZJtJcv8RkPcyzI3tEqtB/s1600-h/020-DUBLIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjnZ4s-19Z2fgRvOkU80l1zICk4G2qaPiDdl3jqlZnmxzn0OeGgZGOuVLzI7OJ3FN3mhKWy578fAHEeJmCUIHycnbGqQorj90c6hK-eJpeKuvLz2xZJtJcv8RkPcyzI3tEqtB/s640/020-DUBLIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089685008178637874" /></a><br />"FAREWELL DUBLIN. You noticed the absence of Molly Malone? It’s a good reason to get back..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-11122386684476278492007-07-15T17:01:00.001+01:002007-07-15T17:01:54.890+01:00WASHINGTON DC - MAY 1985ARBITRATION SEMINAR<br /><br />After Saudi Arabia I returned to Paris twice (by the end of January and in March), flew to Madrid in February, visited New York in April, and flew back to DC in May, where I spent some time at an International Arbitration Seminar. The only picture left from all these trips was the official Seminar photo. Nothing else...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K3yZUl547DWQRvQuxMPAo9MT04CXygzVWSR9QUmrcWcqq9wrZAoDsjjC_FUk36GpNTVnSACbtetR3ZVwW0zoW7crSBsZDWDI5RrWHC9oNI2IRnbqZhXRZhw7M7ZorH_yNApq/s1600-h/1985-ILI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K3yZUl547DWQRvQuxMPAo9MT04CXygzVWSR9QUmrcWcqq9wrZAoDsjjC_FUk36GpNTVnSACbtetR3ZVwW0zoW7crSBsZDWDI5RrWHC9oNI2IRnbqZhXRZhw7M7ZorH_yNApq/s400/1985-ILI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087451564188102546" /></a><br />"GROUP PHOTO"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-26933098575735564282007-06-24T09:51:00.000+01:002007-06-24T11:20:08.158+01:00SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 1985After Washington DC in the summer of 1984, I visited Saudi Arabia on business. It was quite an experience... I have no pictures from there; just some kind of memorabilia.<br />The first adventure started in Paris to get the visa; I had not much time and needed it for the next day: InchAllah was the answer...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGXLs9UekW5u-JeJ51wNSyaG0hCprfOyJ5jhHVa3ErJXXvkTaZ3KRzmH9ioNoCGK2LaFCaXzUaqUsQrRTK6fXWGokubs00LO4_R4yS9pVM9LFN1JY2AiXDeVj2885x3rRLD-P/s1600-h/CARDS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGXLs9UekW5u-JeJ51wNSyaG0hCprfOyJ5jhHVa3ErJXXvkTaZ3KRzmH9ioNoCGK2LaFCaXzUaqUsQrRTK6fXWGokubs00LO4_R4yS9pVM9LFN1JY2AiXDeVj2885x3rRLD-P/s400/CARDS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079563572125459362" /></a><br />"BOARDING CARDS: Paris-Dhahran with Air France; Dhahran-Riyadh with Saudi, and Riyadh-Paris again with Air France..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2u9to7lV88NZkSx_I4cQRmwxWXG1cKBRvdxl-ODDKoWJ-dlCy4jXnpUxROcQevtPOxFP2zOoyh5qGKwmNkrexzwBWeozZPQxv-KpYaZ6VT9kq6sp6PVDMJJ7k1kNiItgY-vN/s1600-h/02-MENU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2u9to7lV88NZkSx_I4cQRmwxWXG1cKBRvdxl-ODDKoWJ-dlCy4jXnpUxROcQevtPOxFP2zOoyh5qGKwmNkrexzwBWeozZPQxv-KpYaZ6VT9kq6sp6PVDMJJ7k1kNiItgY-vN/s400/02-MENU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079563572125459378" /></a><br />"MENU - Dinner was excellent!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlsbixHdkkJY_KVJ9ha8KwRyef6-nts0QX6FHhaXgR12IrkK-XQ29n8y9lDKh5n1ctYZPAfwL5d8e9p-LBwlNu8ivQqp6C8dzjB6MF5EwpnrSQEE89p3tT93gAekwejqlOnFL/s1600-h/03-HOTEIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlsbixHdkkJY_KVJ9ha8KwRyef6-nts0QX6FHhaXgR12IrkK-XQ29n8y9lDKh5n1ctYZPAfwL5d8e9p-LBwlNu8ivQqp6C8dzjB6MF5EwpnrSQEE89p3tT93gAekwejqlOnFL/s400/03-HOTEIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079563576420426690" /></a><br />"HOTELS: Meridien Al-Khobar (Dhahran) and Intercontinental Riyadh"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAJGXxj0HAcB_Coh_aJFFRvXiB6gBSmJH3VjfxR5Dzlrz-yHALr49ybY32h5uPaK6opiw7CiReMgiyPzmPYsxL5aR3JkyHWAX8hC-BIJW17XicPHod7TvIX3W-jYmNbSGlVc7/s1600-h/04-POSTAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAJGXxj0HAcB_Coh_aJFFRvXiB6gBSmJH3VjfxR5Dzlrz-yHALr49ybY32h5uPaK6opiw7CiReMgiyPzmPYsxL5aR3JkyHWAX8hC-BIJW17XicPHod7TvIX3W-jYmNbSGlVc7/s400/04-POSTAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079563580715394002" /></a><br />"GREETINGS - Riyadh postcard"<br /><br />Finally, I manage to finish work and left. At the Riyadh airport, by 2:00 a.m., the temperature was around plus twenty seven degrees Celsius; when I got to Paris, early in the morning, it rounded minus seventeen Celsius). Forty four degrees difference...GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-65977977305147936252007-06-16T16:36:00.000+01:002007-06-16T16:35:39.588+01:00STOPOVER NYC - AUGUST 1984TOP OF THE ROCK!<br /><br />The Rockefeller Centre features an observation deck atop the GE Building with panoramic views of Central Park and the Empire State Building. The observation deck remained open until 1986, but was then closed following a drop on the number of visitors and the cut off of the elevator access to the roof due to the expansion of the «Rainbow Room restaurant on the 65th floor. It reopened in 2005, and I still think it's the best view in NYC!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoWQA1SDQNKJuw1kwJKhw66ysNOX8FFVvsWviEwvqEWNoBSSF79yml6Rcwz-M4NT6-OVePb3rxPL6Zj6LYNchNQm5dS7bGUR1AJseyQlnGI9J1VskrT6VU373E9HwJdomODXc/s1600-h/36-M-5ªAVENIDA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679566010704434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoWQA1SDQNKJuw1kwJKhw66ysNOX8FFVvsWviEwvqEWNoBSSF79yml6Rcwz-M4NT6-OVePb3rxPL6Zj6LYNchNQm5dS7bGUR1AJseyQlnGI9J1VskrT6VU373E9HwJdomODXc/s400/36-M-5%C2%AAAVENIDA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"5TH AVENUE -Summer in the city..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqlkDzvi5txrVQJmKm07gQC9MZImYpfyv3r3kgIV2_S2xd0lBewcgWUsc1TyrStysU1cEXvOV4qXgvLnqhmV5tE-r5prK0ufI5d9_ErsPTQ6mdKrTqi4QXn_yrSoWLudE-BsL/s1600-h/37.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679566010704450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqlkDzvi5txrVQJmKm07gQC9MZImYpfyv3r3kgIV2_S2xd0lBewcgWUsc1TyrStysU1cEXvOV4qXgvLnqhmV5tE-r5prK0ufI5d9_ErsPTQ6mdKrTqi4QXn_yrSoWLudE-BsL/s400/37.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ST. PATRICK"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaFo8sybDvL_tkObYrmtPl-woT7CtThZz8c8MAr-4p8e4ktiYWnFynj09anbWoRdb3mZuyeU5_SYJBRWzYuWnUhDbPUrWV8kN2eJTAkKvShGLEFNxP3UOic1YWnIqJivCBSBv/s1600-h/37-A.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679570305671762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaFo8sybDvL_tkObYrmtPl-woT7CtThZz8c8MAr-4p8e4ktiYWnFynj09anbWoRdb3mZuyeU5_SYJBRWzYuWnUhDbPUrWV8kN2eJTAkKvShGLEFNxP3UOic1YWnIqJivCBSBv/s400/37-A.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"EAST RIVER"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1smImHgzZi5HVx2yrmT4LB3JlCRInUPthofazaYnox3O5LHjRIW1tzPAYsCQoicRcTb-VCsC7VxacGnd8J29bnVIYyjWgnih3UBCqVou2FVXusPcf1OKSukMokGL_Koakr3q/s1600-h/38.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679316902601186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1smImHgzZi5HVx2yrmT4LB3JlCRInUPthofazaYnox3O5LHjRIW1tzPAYsCQoicRcTb-VCsC7VxacGnd8J29bnVIYyjWgnih3UBCqVou2FVXusPcf1OKSukMokGL_Koakr3q/s400/38.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"CHRYSLER and PANAM (it stil existed...)"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIGJl30EZbTYS7gvs-Srplzasd62-IHMkntzJm8KOKqfBFHSWpliipTM7_ix1nWE7byrYij85FWIwQL7cko-7NA2Qt37gqvgjPR3ErvyFghNRVdKo2xccssdmtZ5mCVVaQbeq/s1600-h/39.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679321197568498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIGJl30EZbTYS7gvs-Srplzasd62-IHMkntzJm8KOKqfBFHSWpliipTM7_ix1nWE7byrYij85FWIwQL7cko-7NA2Qt37gqvgjPR3ErvyFghNRVdKo2xccssdmtZ5mCVVaQbeq/s400/39.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"EMPIRE and WTC"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSu_MLAnCXdmNHMwIPY_KVIoJjLnB1azQRBMkmtCaiE0VbV5KeXY4zYTMyFK4vznvaNwsKK1s65DvYv96r0bS4O_AkUFzay9hwTxLO0cP-0KBAovyWQ8qpbKh7-TJwfBuBU8ZF/s1600-h/40.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679321197568514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSu_MLAnCXdmNHMwIPY_KVIoJjLnB1azQRBMkmtCaiE0VbV5KeXY4zYTMyFK4vznvaNwsKK1s65DvYv96r0bS4O_AkUFzay9hwTxLO0cP-0KBAovyWQ8qpbKh7-TJwfBuBU8ZF/s400/40.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"CENTRAL PARK: Sheep Meadow and Lake"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_cwJHTlIlusqi7MknRNhb08WCtK_LEN3EAuaSMAJ4OvbaSm6wR5d_djc9FIg98OO47p4cyJF_GbkR7-m71k_UkSSjDVv9cidlngfANA2qiZ7QdT7VO2Q8ue919hyvdowSlGO/s1600-h/41.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679334082470418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_cwJHTlIlusqi7MknRNhb08WCtK_LEN3EAuaSMAJ4OvbaSm6wR5d_djc9FIg98OO47p4cyJF_GbkR7-m71k_UkSSjDVv9cidlngfANA2qiZ7QdT7VO2Q8ue919hyvdowSlGO/s400/41.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"CENTRAL PAR: Metropolitan and Reservoir. Also 5th Av. and Tom's apartment"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpxmLLGkaWxMW_0_mrFVz7dqqCgnENnPfRUcEjRfKXhs5U1UKfkZg-SZWBgJPabEDPgyy4J5GobUnpjOdx3sD-qRQz7872CZHc0u5spR8NwhchcX6S0oN75r3vBXN9ZHNCFKu/s1600-h/42.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076679334082470434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpxmLLGkaWxMW_0_mrFVz7dqqCgnENnPfRUcEjRfKXhs5U1UKfkZg-SZWBgJPabEDPgyy4J5GobUnpjOdx3sD-qRQz7872CZHc0u5spR8NwhchcX6S0oN75r3vBXN9ZHNCFKu/s400/42.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"FOUR LAWYERS, Three from Brazil, one from Portugal..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-5811419753125423592007-06-10T00:41:00.001+01:002007-06-10T00:44:00.032+01:00BACK IN DC - AUGUST 1984THIRD WEEK IN WASHINGTON, DC<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVcx_hVPgqa87PkOG7vm03_zKfCKJ4JjvzzUF5bTMpd1WcsaVBMyIh5paRUJ2A7tBQQu3wRmg1ETU4FMwgC2ttF_PWJIHAb46uMj7o1eul-S_WRa_XF_oX6lwNmWwlaW8fWsW/s1600-h/19-POTOMAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVcx_hVPgqa87PkOG7vm03_zKfCKJ4JjvzzUF5bTMpd1WcsaVBMyIh5paRUJ2A7tBQQu3wRmg1ETU4FMwgC2ttF_PWJIHAb46uMj7o1eul-S_WRa_XF_oX6lwNmWwlaW8fWsW/s400/19-POTOMAC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074190576628096930" /></a><br />"POTOMAC - The first case on Gerhard Kegel's <em>Internationales Privatrecht</em> book was The Fall in Potomac"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzRIRyF6h1_lRquEzHvMwHDbTKn-YPyazT3AYt57DJn0OubFQ2dfnVOP6BCaYqbu4Pq6QX_Trj3e4ZurC4viRDKK4fvkGchv1es-fkfQB5p3NP4d8FYffd8qTS11CDvfrClJn/s1600-h/20-JFK-WATERGATE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzRIRyF6h1_lRquEzHvMwHDbTKn-YPyazT3AYt57DJn0OubFQ2dfnVOP6BCaYqbu4Pq6QX_Trj3e4ZurC4viRDKK4fvkGchv1es-fkfQB5p3NP4d8FYffd8qTS11CDvfrClJn/s400/20-JFK-WATERGATE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074190580923064242" /></a><br />"WATERGATE building as seen from the terrace of the <em>John Fitzgerald Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</em>" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHKLnzChBAJiEIh2tXCHXDox2bTTbzVhzayLJGsUx8uA06HvvVag4_mqaEaXynmpZfEZJa1iz9138voat_4mGxpBDZ_e9a1xMSLfpQIrIFwCfGlSmI7_6OmXsTjuytBoF96rt/s1600-h/21-JFK-GEORGETOWN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHKLnzChBAJiEIh2tXCHXDox2bTTbzVhzayLJGsUx8uA06HvvVag4_mqaEaXynmpZfEZJa1iz9138voat_4mGxpBDZ_e9a1xMSLfpQIrIFwCfGlSmI7_6OmXsTjuytBoF96rt/s400/21-JFK-GEORGETOWN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074189713339670354" /></a><br />"GEORGETOWN"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHU-SNdNlB6WXNq81H9dAKT6fLYzXQwbssjce1mVqu2QXR-4pZLv8Ndl_ohLUAkpi5yxKaVR32EfXyWEjH06tbeQVyrieYEOcP0Px8gFuZLTKo78m3qNfOXgNs9k-uDimUskMN/s1600-h/22-JFK-LINCOLN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHU-SNdNlB6WXNq81H9dAKT6fLYzXQwbssjce1mVqu2QXR-4pZLv8Ndl_ohLUAkpi5yxKaVR32EfXyWEjH06tbeQVyrieYEOcP0Px8gFuZLTKo78m3qNfOXgNs9k-uDimUskMN/s400/22-JFK-LINCOLN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074189721929604962" /></a><br />"LAWYERS, between Jefferson and Lincoln"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hhFZd2ak8KDuaMT6dMfmNZy7VbBIROxbeFjmdJGqta_kZhqXMo54xq3G-skuWBrCVQ1NHR2lxCVbYuRIyVS3b23-xdA1TFLcZeXDguoePjZ-bu_hy72mO1WBt0YAdLktw9yj/s1600-h/23-JFK-POTOMAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hhFZd2ak8KDuaMT6dMfmNZy7VbBIROxbeFjmdJGqta_kZhqXMo54xq3G-skuWBrCVQ1NHR2lxCVbYuRIyVS3b23-xdA1TFLcZeXDguoePjZ-bu_hy72mO1WBt0YAdLktw9yj/s400/23-JFK-POTOMAC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074189721929604978" /></a><br />"BRIDGES over the Potomac"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TAVZmSbnsLUNWjLMXcuXYhJ1rpvgMjo4CWmqakyWVKG0aiznyTRAQTaS4oVezgngaZu9RyCj_fsdSihVt6QIzMbkYLptSylxoYlOXTAvmOdPKjSYR2K4qTY6qZszY70ZXzoE/s1600-h/24-ALGURES-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TAVZmSbnsLUNWjLMXcuXYhJ1rpvgMjo4CWmqakyWVKG0aiznyTRAQTaS4oVezgngaZu9RyCj_fsdSihVt6QIzMbkYLptSylxoYlOXTAvmOdPKjSYR2K4qTY6qZszY70ZXzoE/s400/24-ALGURES-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074189726224572290" /></a><br />"SOMEWHERE - This photo was mixed with the photos of Washington; I don't know where it was taken, but it remembers me of the Gauguin Museum in Tahiti..., a bit far from DC"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AvcVElNt-qXvutHCqucOGCLMjiJ6_5XaUfoRZ-pt9gbH3CC_AWBg8MVU6ZbHBp4yiP_moY02P2l9Y70WcuLSwQKMuKBLMgIUyTBEHbqqmuFlChJYK5yGLFS8LeMAyiLzPweG/s1600-h/30-ZOO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AvcVElNt-qXvutHCqucOGCLMjiJ6_5XaUfoRZ-pt9gbH3CC_AWBg8MVU6ZbHBp4yiP_moY02P2l9Y70WcuLSwQKMuKBLMgIUyTBEHbqqmuFlChJYK5yGLFS8LeMAyiLzPweG/s400/30-ZOO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074188648187780914" /></a><br />"ZOO - Avoid the crowds"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkVOHVL4DrkROCzUfrKZTxsZtau0caYYMcRP790lj-KCsDZ4ARrYrUeUga2HpdQfQ87svlG2INutbr4daC058I-T2gUEEpMvRrAXcqncjbkfjiXEj6rhn4RifGUM-coEBvP2D/s1600-h/25-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkVOHVL4DrkROCzUfrKZTxsZtau0caYYMcRP790lj-KCsDZ4ARrYrUeUga2HpdQfQ87svlG2INutbr4daC058I-T2gUEEpMvRrAXcqncjbkfjiXEj6rhn4RifGUM-coEBvP2D/s400/25-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074189726224572306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfr3fYmliTrZwvCVvraIwBOx8UPB5PTaYK_s0utb4YTGxqEhHvpdPePn2BxMJCxFO088skY_a3B5OnBXr3pvYoyRCAHzvkd9f9uZTf2y6L-NRjeDvA_xSHAdUp0q4kHC3fnKE/s1600-h/26-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfr3fYmliTrZwvCVvraIwBOx8UPB5PTaYK_s0utb4YTGxqEhHvpdPePn2BxMJCxFO088skY_a3B5OnBXr3pvYoyRCAHzvkd9f9uZTf2y6L-NRjeDvA_xSHAdUp0q4kHC3fnKE/s400/26-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074188639597846274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C794U8fAhjKL38mVl6f06ywhkEqzxDDnds-dGDdoafxFlLLM7ERBO_TPZMk2tSJcAkog5GdgtTfpwHs3qWn8mVRWUhR1UOkXYXnDlOzWau1XIu7d9cp2a6prwsgF4U9VOA6v/s1600-h/27-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C794U8fAhjKL38mVl6f06ywhkEqzxDDnds-dGDdoafxFlLLM7ERBO_TPZMk2tSJcAkog5GdgtTfpwHs3qWn8mVRWUhR1UOkXYXnDlOzWau1XIu7d9cp2a6prwsgF4U9VOA6v/s400/27-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074188643892813586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EeqO_TJ78NO9L1wK3aHUAiJ5rag_DQU5cGaxsQiVC_WHveWE7Qav6TpGxYE9s79tqM0lM6vxbCDhHYxr1DDLbdrHK_Kspez8NIVkNeylT1CuVU0Ay3F6mZqUS9-aUFQOoq4S/s1600-h/28-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EeqO_TJ78NO9L1wK3aHUAiJ5rag_DQU5cGaxsQiVC_WHveWE7Qav6TpGxYE9s79tqM0lM6vxbCDhHYxr1DDLbdrHK_Kspez8NIVkNeylT1CuVU0Ay3F6mZqUS9-aUFQOoq4S/s400/28-ZOO-LINGLING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074188648187780898" /></a><br />"LING LING and Hsing-Hsing was the National Zoo’s first pair of giant pandas; they arrived from China in 1972 as a gift to the American people. During twenty years together at the Zoo, the panda pair produced five cubs, none of which survived"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGCNFtG0sX0qGRkjyW0VQlJrCfZb7RKqgsZ9w79UTfNLDoO8GF79-OjsWi-Zyu7rkCHF0b5812qyMJlPtTBu8QcK8qJdDkxIbSnP0bb6qxCzGRjgkG0VGXonvYitu-JVoAd29/s1600-h/33.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074187492841578178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGCNFtG0sX0qGRkjyW0VQlJrCfZb7RKqgsZ9w79UTfNLDoO8GF79-OjsWi-Zyu7rkCHF0b5812qyMJlPtTBu8QcK8qJdDkxIbSnP0bb6qxCzGRjgkG0VGXonvYitu-JVoAd29/s400/33.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYA96xtSvOrofcT6ckv2ZpsWRmEiwEtZF85BmIbnwliRF5Mq-zhLTDhWlErhMCBK_oLm1hnZkLcPtgu1vL8jZaFy-kDr27b5w3PxjP3SW35c_skhRLZO-LCP0eUnTM3Ye7gkw/s1600-h/34.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074187492841578194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYA96xtSvOrofcT6ckv2ZpsWRmEiwEtZF85BmIbnwliRF5Mq-zhLTDhWlErhMCBK_oLm1hnZkLcPtgu1vL8jZaFy-kDr27b5w3PxjP3SW35c_skhRLZO-LCP0eUnTM3Ye7gkw/s400/34.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"PARTY - After three weeks conference at the International Law Institute, there was a farewell party"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAs6qlcdRrlYhuXz7GH61FYc9MnE7YtH3UWBfcDiQE0bJoBWygIYvOoysZGiIieE71Ykt8HHiFz3VO8ClyLh1GjPFvFoqhhq7tsygsJQz-V_Sc32MHjtTTFgmS6N_29MVtPDs/s1600-h/32-ILI-LAS+MENINAS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074187488546610866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAs6qlcdRrlYhuXz7GH61FYc9MnE7YtH3UWBfcDiQE0bJoBWygIYvOoysZGiIieE71Ykt8HHiFz3VO8ClyLh1GjPFvFoqhhq7tsygsJQz-V_Sc32MHjtTTFgmS6N_29MVtPDs/s400/32-ILI-LAS+MENINAS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"LAS MENINAS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCzBMNuhjYoqLBEn9Xmr1HP0x3fdk3SvFKpx46SB0nu-ApBHPkmynhMtASCiJUzCV2zL2Jeou7NhtCWiOSQNy4TrpzH0-bHrUr8ar57tuxHJ9_lFEhabjORp9dWNYAne9dKPp/s1600-h/31-FESTA+ILI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCzBMNuhjYoqLBEn9Xmr1HP0x3fdk3SvFKpx46SB0nu-ApBHPkmynhMtASCiJUzCV2zL2Jeou7NhtCWiOSQNy4TrpzH0-bHrUr8ar57tuxHJ9_lFEhabjORp9dWNYAne9dKPp/s400/31-FESTA+ILI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074188648187780930" /></a><br />"PRIVATE PARTY - No jackets, no ties, twenty three years ago..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVqs_NToGfKSkinz75ZFIsKL_5FmuJWgsT7R1GlJw-Yj1xeMBc246uGbke2-v05hNxbHk2B9kWGAZwIPM-V7vdoo4-p89nKYSPW4ODS3V4FFxwQZvC3iAuFKfDHC_fJ113ASD/s1600-h/36-ILI.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074187497136545522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVqs_NToGfKSkinz75ZFIsKL_5FmuJWgsT7R1GlJw-Yj1xeMBc246uGbke2-v05hNxbHk2B9kWGAZwIPM-V7vdoo4-p89nKYSPW4ODS3V4FFxwQZvC3iAuFKfDHC_fJ113ASD/s400/36-ILI.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />"THE ILI GROUP PHOTO!"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-1991527353877574702007-06-02T23:37:00.000+01:002007-12-27T23:27:21.127+00:00WILLIAMSBURG - AUGUST 1984COLONIAL VIRGINIA<br /><br />Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg and was the centre of Government, Education and Culture in the colony of Virginia. It consists of many of the buildings that formed the original colonial capital of Williamsburg in James City County from 1699 to 1780, and was built around four main buildings: the Raleigh Tavern, the College of William and Mary, the Governor's Palace, and the Bruton Parish Church. Colonial Williamsburg is a combination of a historical theme park and a living history museum. It has become one of the more popular tourist destinations for families and groups.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggFUmwO9bo5RL5dZzmBrOcKsIbB9nrqE1L9x13q70gJXcixSuxv8tAIK-nLvQDT8i47yEqA-Vm0xc-4II7DETEbwDR-W1RjHeWrOti-RFaOggaOq-N_ZWYOmSboGvaGW8Ntn/s1600-h/080-WILLIAMSBURG-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggFUmwO9bo5RL5dZzmBrOcKsIbB9nrqE1L9x13q70gJXcixSuxv8tAIK-nLvQDT8i47yEqA-Vm0xc-4II7DETEbwDR-W1RjHeWrOti-RFaOggaOq-N_ZWYOmSboGvaGW8Ntn/s400/080-WILLIAMSBURG-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071527905330431250" /></a><br />"CAPITOL - The reconstructed building, located at the eastern end of the Duke of Gloucester Street, was the seat of Virginia's General Assembly from 1704 through 1780" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRQK84WthyphenhyphenzUO3GxWwtVmZmDYxiWsdI5G3XjPkz3OvIG17qzGSu0Smf2guLzUt4M1OpSzUxKrUPfLHPJ3u2ooY3coZDlQ83fwHNKtaLLRHIruv8odarggnAbuae5g3mD8ycM4/s1600-h/081-WILLIAMSBURG-GENERAL+COURT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRQK84WthyphenhyphenzUO3GxWwtVmZmDYxiWsdI5G3XjPkz3OvIG17qzGSu0Smf2guLzUt4M1OpSzUxKrUPfLHPJ3u2ooY3coZDlQ83fwHNKtaLLRHIruv8odarggnAbuae5g3mD8ycM4/s400/081-WILLIAMSBURG-GENERAL+COURT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071527608977687746" /></a><br />"GENERAL COURTROOM was the Capitol's room where the most important Virginia civil and criminal cases were heard"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiod8sCTpwdrNrEEQCtlh85SRCC2T4jmSPJLo1LSTJiO2CndiQLKHVjjHf_0X-SFPoiO_mGpfPvLrRa9v6XSjCa1IH4iq8vgxa-GtunPrjs1YxELUxUI4rIj74OahLdJX2KCbsO/s1600-h/082-WILLIAMSBURG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiod8sCTpwdrNrEEQCtlh85SRCC2T4jmSPJLo1LSTJiO2CndiQLKHVjjHf_0X-SFPoiO_mGpfPvLrRa9v6XSjCa1IH4iq8vgxa-GtunPrjs1YxELUxUI4rIj74OahLdJX2KCbsO/s400/082-WILLIAMSBURG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071527608977687762" /></a><br />"PUBLIC GAOL (JAIL) - Virginia's General Assembly ordered a "substanciall Brick Prison" to be built in Williamsburg soon after it decided to make the city the colony's new capital. Known as the Public Gaol, the building's construction was authorized by an act of August 1701"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRhLuiUo97FpP_iM6XwVvzipgEkH-xJUaUkKFjjeIU9dMmPRAYbhuZQRnt6JeBB82VgQ5I1DHgIEkB8uojcI8bZmJSNoCUpV01ZXtZZCHihpdSe8NEzXc7sDM2ewbCToUKafG/s1600-h/084-WILLIAMSBURG-RALEGH+TAVERN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRhLuiUo97FpP_iM6XwVvzipgEkH-xJUaUkKFjjeIU9dMmPRAYbhuZQRnt6JeBB82VgQ5I1DHgIEkB8uojcI8bZmJSNoCUpV01ZXtZZCHihpdSe8NEzXc7sDM2ewbCToUKafG/s400/084-WILLIAMSBURG-RALEGH+TAVERN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071527613272655090" /></a><br />"RALEIGH TAVERN - Established about 1717, the Tavern was named for Sir Walter Raleigh, who had attempted the first colonization of Virginia in 1585. Balls were held there. Jefferson, a student at the College of William and Mary, attended one with Rebecca Burwell (he called her "Belinda") on October 6, 1763" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf-uCEsSxR0-ipL3z8EsQ93v87XNKe7H7TOTozRlrJLsETeGFJzyQkRN-ejYk7O-FeTUIwePl3bc-thJzvAFYpxxqoajztR4cgPU92yi9QCXjgnddDa_ZXbMVIz_Wvy0ElrR7/s1600-h/085-WILLIAMSBURG-KING'SARMS+TAVERN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf-uCEsSxR0-ipL3z8EsQ93v87XNKe7H7TOTozRlrJLsETeGFJzyQkRN-ejYk7O-FeTUIwePl3bc-thJzvAFYpxxqoajztR4cgPU92yi9QCXjgnddDa_ZXbMVIz_Wvy0ElrR7/s400/085-WILLIAMSBURG-KING'SARMS+TAVERN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071527613272655106" /></a><br />"KING'S ARMS TAVERN, «The finest food, beverages, etc. both foreign and domestic». Opposite Raleigh Tavern on Duke of Gloucester Street, the King's Arms was known in colonial times as the restaurant where the elite met and ate"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuddgwMbIrrID-ElbE2Tulc_9-qn7i8wixlNSaAm15RF45oC-NT5WIUQIxPTVhN8p1R6ievqZ8UZWanvVmXHQbNZmu4Zluj8SkUwLdW4ib1sxEywINUPUroLS6Qe2OhdvrUXs/s1600-h/087-WILLIAMSBURG-TRIBUNAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuddgwMbIrrID-ElbE2Tulc_9-qn7i8wixlNSaAm15RF45oC-NT5WIUQIxPTVhN8p1R6ievqZ8UZWanvVmXHQbNZmu4Zluj8SkUwLdW4ib1sxEywINUPUroLS6Qe2OhdvrUXs/s400/087-WILLIAMSBURG-TRIBUNAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071526642610046082" /></a><br />"COURTHOUSE - Williamsburg's citizens assembled at the Courthouse at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 1783, to celebrate the end of the war with England – just as they had gathered seven years earlier to hear lawyer Benjamin Waller proclaim from its steps the Declaration of Independence" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R-IRM3V14w83Eg_SduZsL_WNO1W6dWosjRue3V36hMh_mNMwK_QkK5_HsFZCoDGmA_R1_arT8FsQY-g9pPk-g4OTgnC5za84ejUCWMiJK18XbeQPaZyjK00tB_mLlBUprOA9/s1600-h/083-WILLIAMSBURG-CASAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcMNW_hT6zK9iRduISVHDNnadkLVkl31awGy7r-gDCKTWYja52kGwvXCk3jAP5QYUlux170FKm5P8mUz_XjrDySZkpY2-5y_xkVo01HPZC8tp8PY9Q9DPS_bp8DgMH4prhiV2/s400/089-WILLIAMSBURG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071526646905013410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU0EiqRaNfuYM_mV9q79Khlwnbq8TLrGpB79I6tfAMQ-WzOwaMmLg4LGplHlHvqZVI-JL_wQPQnkKQZooaR3jEfuCwiswrdRKwOs8ZpccVHIXMzcVaFJTXK6xGNozB6BspHcW/s1600-h/090-WILLIAMSBURG-CASA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU0EiqRaNfuYM_mV9q79Khlwnbq8TLrGpB79I6tfAMQ-WzOwaMmLg4LGplHlHvqZVI-JL_wQPQnkKQZooaR3jEfuCwiswrdRKwOs8ZpccVHIXMzcVaFJTXK6xGNozB6BspHcW/s400/090-WILLIAMSBURG-CASA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071526646905013426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmm6LWsqr9nZQjWKSsvZJ2sPnHYTAVKa_ro8cxBkNsPYgIX5L2fxn0dorLL_8tQ9IEjQ08oHfO6BV-org7uzXuGa5g9vRmOVP1TvCMsI9o5LlZQFNf-SE-yrToDtvdpetMCAh/s1600-h/093-WILLIAMSBURG-CASAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmm6LWsqr9nZQjWKSsvZJ2sPnHYTAVKa_ro8cxBkNsPYgIX5L2fxn0dorLL_8tQ9IEjQ08oHfO6BV-org7uzXuGa5g9vRmOVP1TvCMsI9o5LlZQFNf-SE-yrToDtvdpetMCAh/s400/093-WILLIAMSBURG-CASAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071525899580703810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8Lz05yAZrYBg83VYfMXpRH-NLJ0xM_hxuej_7LXt88KcQ2HbQjs9oHhLp2aV8T-i7hSTPWjGa7xJUQr2FSfUDSk2R9LYKyGToSS1NGb29szWwVSb9ZVTS-J8nGv52552F1uz/s1600-h/099-WILLIAMSBURG-CASAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8Lz05yAZrYBg83VYfMXpRH-NLJ0xM_hxuej_7LXt88KcQ2HbQjs9oHhLp2aV8T-i7hSTPWjGa7xJUQr2FSfUDSk2R9LYKyGToSS1NGb29szWwVSb9ZVTS-J8nGv52552F1uz/s400/099-WILLIAMSBURG-CASAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071524207363589122" /></a><br />"WILLIAMSBURG COLONIAL HOUSES"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkV92V5yCTPLHQXEHPDU85mpElIo2uNOZLgul9gmuIAs7yG55wogwa7nq1u-EtK6lJp2FZG0SvhEP94Yu6kZxeYFIvFrcgu4JwJLKwwT05KkpiJ6t2vRF6-htmZJMNsTox5Wz/s1600-h/091-WILLIAMSBURG-AMAZONA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkV92V5yCTPLHQXEHPDU85mpElIo2uNOZLgul9gmuIAs7yG55wogwa7nq1u-EtK6lJp2FZG0SvhEP94Yu6kZxeYFIvFrcgu4JwJLKwwT05KkpiJ6t2vRF6-htmZJMNsTox5Wz/s400/091-WILLIAMSBURG-AMAZONA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071525895285736482" /></a><br />"AMAZON"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsO1LbRTYjqU0PME_EIfwjXNElz6uvgprOIxDJs8RvxeCEasZDj7EIKV2w2wObGfOP9MOw_ZJHRkkqv2R0JUJMhxwNBvPTNHgFu1g4lUpz0qWVrqCXIbdXGg0SreFjHp3J8-5/s1600-h/088-WILLIAMSBURG-CAL%C3%88CHE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsO1LbRTYjqU0PME_EIfwjXNElz6uvgprOIxDJs8RvxeCEasZDj7EIKV2w2wObGfOP9MOw_ZJHRkkqv2R0JUJMhxwNBvPTNHgFu1g4lUpz0qWVrqCXIbdXGg0SreFjHp3J8-5/s400/088-WILLIAMSBURG-CAL%C3%88CHE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071526642610046098" /></a><br />"CALECHE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIal3mBso9PHO7BsXs8qOGGHp8cRRVM5rVK9PL0YAmgbNnt3qcZQdfjHzD11mndp0biTg4BA85Uc8cxtSsKqFfovo5Cwe4RrZcWo7PHNa1duo4kVdCnDAPb9eUWbjtqRc2yUir/s1600-h/092-WILLIAMSBURG-DR.McKENZIE'S+APOTHECARY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIal3mBso9PHO7BsXs8qOGGHp8cRRVM5rVK9PL0YAmgbNnt3qcZQdfjHzD11mndp0biTg4BA85Uc8cxtSsKqFfovo5Cwe4RrZcWo7PHNa1duo4kVdCnDAPb9eUWbjtqRc2yUir/s400/092-WILLIAMSBURG-DR.McKENZIE'S+APOTHECARY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071525899580703794" /></a><br />"DR. McKENZIE'S APOTHECARY, a store by the Governor's Palace, where one can buy items like those sold in the 18th century, such as herbs, spices, and apothecary jars"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdNkmhEKTOuCkyIZpUWbME2TwboxwkEldaTOMURClCXTRKJMT7Ek-63PyBZWM8YCf49w_vHNE6z0Qgs4tOFGcGRhq2jBySilIhZP93xeJLgBpN5760GSwiOYSaD2ScRskNuab/s1600-h/094-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL%C3%81CIO+GOVERNADOR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdNkmhEKTOuCkyIZpUWbME2TwboxwkEldaTOMURClCXTRKJMT7Ek-63PyBZWM8YCf49w_vHNE6z0Qgs4tOFGcGRhq2jBySilIhZP93xeJLgBpN5760GSwiOYSaD2ScRskNuab/s400/094-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL%C3%81CIO+GOVERNADOR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071525899580703826" /></a><br />"GOVERNOR'S PALACE - Home to seven royal governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson drew a floor plan of the Palace in 1779, perhaps with a view to remodelling. The government, however, moved the next year to Richmond, and nothing came of the plans. On December 22, 1781, a fire that may have begun in the basement destroyed the building"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9EIaTpP0kqVMsdx9LPLc9Bm1SWIqqvuwSOaYyrM7n86roDIPwDj2cNlTcGM9eZY4uJvbUF8nCYBgDdyEWSNxoZXSx9JB8lT1IAlr1ToF75Y362xaOwd2QWZXNYvDO0xE1mKc/s1600-h/095-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL.GOVERNADOR-HALL+ENTRDA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9EIaTpP0kqVMsdx9LPLc9Bm1SWIqqvuwSOaYyrM7n86roDIPwDj2cNlTcGM9eZY4uJvbUF8nCYBgDdyEWSNxoZXSx9JB8lT1IAlr1ToF75Y362xaOwd2QWZXNYvDO0xE1mKc/s400/095-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL.GOVERNADOR-HALL+ENTRDA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071525903875671138" /></a><br />"PALACE ENTRANCE HALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNpqVdebRvQNHYX6pmkZlGgihBFaF9wbSdwExdf0Ay0okh-hoWKeEBb5DQvQuEkFytZKafStlIDPCtAIuc8-08mEhOX_qeir-Ka9BG2LAOENAsm_po-U0CldU4d4W8_t9ZMdA/s1600-h/096-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL.GOVERNADOR-SAL%C3%83O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNpqVdebRvQNHYX6pmkZlGgihBFaF9wbSdwExdf0Ay0okh-hoWKeEBb5DQvQuEkFytZKafStlIDPCtAIuc8-08mEhOX_qeir-Ka9BG2LAOENAsm_po-U0CldU4d4W8_t9ZMdA/s400/096-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL.GOVERNADOR-SAL%C3%83O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071524198773654482" /></a><br />"PALACE - Butler"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1ha0x8MXsewPoPkAHjU2i_-42lAQUUCZUQI6t4quH-f5BkQeallTIwHC7faN4f9t_0wkq8jzt2XXAoBBd2ZA4f-lTEyTI8R9L1XHwiH4l0mmLWVAaXTvT9u-6PF_Li1cvNxM/s1600-h/097-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL.GOVERNADOR-SALA+JANTAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1ha0x8MXsewPoPkAHjU2i_-42lAQUUCZUQI6t4quH-f5BkQeallTIwHC7faN4f9t_0wkq8jzt2XXAoBBd2ZA4f-lTEyTI8R9L1XHwiH4l0mmLWVAaXTvT9u-6PF_Li1cvNxM/s400/097-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL.GOVERNADOR-SALA+JANTAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071524203068621794" /></a><br />"PALACE - DINING ROOM. From the 1930s until 1980 the reconstructed Palace was elegantly furnished with fine British and American antiques arranged in what is now recognized as the Colonial Revival style. Subsequent research confirmed that the rooms, though handsome, bore little resemble to their 18th-century counterparts. In 1981, the detailed 1770 estate inventory of Governor Botetourt's furnishings enabled curators to replicate the interior decor of the 18th-century with precision"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSSqb58PyQER-zWbdMAmOhF0Eawk5SIZ_QCRXCz-2KviSzGFv9cdVvCsQu2NHsNuZuzOjeyJ1Kt9ZHbQ47O0tupq1CRzHaCpuCHiIEjAMQ-ppYBP9Ca1GpVn9GdOm2g3RHk0w/s1600-h/098-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL%C3%81CIO+GOVERNADOR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSSqb58PyQER-zWbdMAmOhF0Eawk5SIZ_QCRXCz-2KviSzGFv9cdVvCsQu2NHsNuZuzOjeyJ1Kt9ZHbQ47O0tupq1CRzHaCpuCHiIEjAMQ-ppYBP9Ca1GpVn9GdOm2g3RHk0w/s400/098-WILLIAMSBURG-PAL%C3%81CIO+GOVERNADOR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071524203068621810" /></a><br />"PALACE FORMAL GARDENS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQYO51d30oBdVJm7euriMyaiYHZZbc1dvP8v7qv5eHC5cJ3d8phVzdbFA9kqgZ3bp6Cy2xAJLWclZP7zlCObL7NVwBVXs5Ve8to9ffnfYW1D3y1Us3gkYRHPNX2ihDb6qhkiK/s1600-h/100-WILLIAMSBURG-TEATRO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQYO51d30oBdVJm7euriMyaiYHZZbc1dvP8v7qv5eHC5cJ3d8phVzdbFA9kqgZ3bp6Cy2xAJLWclZP7zlCObL7NVwBVXs5Ve8to9ffnfYW1D3y1Us3gkYRHPNX2ihDb6qhkiK/s400/100-WILLIAMSBURG-TEATRO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071524207363589138" /></a><br />"THE WILLIAMSBURG THEATRE - The rich history of The Kimball Theatre dates back to January 12,1933 when the doors opened to players from the College of William and Mary performing the play «The Recruiting Officer», which records indicate was the first play staged in the first theater in British North America just a few blocks away on Palace Green"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-404682968252131562007-05-26T17:26:00.000+01:002007-05-26T17:25:26.702+01:00US NATIONAL PARKS - AUGUST 1984MANASSAS AND SHENANDOAH!<br /><br />MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD PARK<br /><br />On July 21, 1861, volunteers in uniform, from the North (Union) and from the South (Confederacy), gathered to fight their first major land battle of the American Civil War. Confident that their foes would turn and run, neither side anticipated the death. Nearly one year later, between August 28 and August 30, 1862, both sides met again on the same battlefield with the Confederates winning a victory that brought them to the height of their power. In August 1984 some Portuguese speaking lawyers, attending an conference in International Financial Conference in Washington, DC, <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyENDATfPN9X3t_sanKYp2Myxksag3JziCHYM0OcPXKs8oo5R-BhsG0KCiDOQ-3ZweGv4qdy25aUHG_R0U4Rvqj6s1D5_GqpKdkEkF8HLduQHpD0Dh121Io48FPnl3Qq9OTKmW/s1600-h/1025-MANASSAS-GG-LCS-ANT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyENDATfPN9X3t_sanKYp2Myxksag3JziCHYM0OcPXKs8oo5R-BhsG0KCiDOQ-3ZweGv4qdy25aUHG_R0U4Rvqj6s1D5_GqpKdkEkF8HLduQHpD0Dh121Io48FPnl3Qq9OTKmW/s400/1025-MANASSAS-GG-LCS-ANT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068895640133796066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_EFAOjkQx5nGUaeYtf1HfuPq9I2C6QD_elrPH6FNQclU7QubJi-goZwXJkoSa0NI2KUT0qr3PoN5mJBG0Ch6YA-o58i3ilP1xRuCrkKBPtwPVADcyZV6Dzo-Pgo0kTxtFdLI/s1600-h/1026-MANASSAS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_EFAOjkQx5nGUaeYtf1HfuPq9I2C6QD_elrPH6FNQclU7QubJi-goZwXJkoSa0NI2KUT0qr3PoN5mJBG0Ch6YA-o58i3ilP1xRuCrkKBPtwPVADcyZV6Dzo-Pgo0kTxtFdLI/s400/1026-MANASSAS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068895644428763378" /></a><br />"MANASSAS or BULL RUN? - During the war, the North generally named a battle after the closest river, stream or creek and the South tended to name battles after towns or railroad junctions. Hence the Confederate name Manassas after Manassas Junction and the Union name Bull Run for the stream Bull Run" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsOpX783-lmdqRYuj8wB8snFFXOXMSaZ9rwttRzuVFNB6wK6LogXDnz9xcd-DAbTQzyEgtO2-lHsqBYuc-8-WhL-a5oqEqsyoKlpLbawX42OQlxQ4FdvRVGlbgf_bAxPnvfsw/s1600-h/1024-MANASSAS-%C2%ABSTONEWALL%C2%BBJACKSON-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsOpX783-lmdqRYuj8wB8snFFXOXMSaZ9rwttRzuVFNB6wK6LogXDnz9xcd-DAbTQzyEgtO2-lHsqBYuc-8-WhL-a5oqEqsyoKlpLbawX42OQlxQ4FdvRVGlbgf_bAxPnvfsw/s400/1024-MANASSAS-%C2%ABSTONEWALL%C2%BBJACKSON-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068895648723730690" /></a><br />"<em>STONEWALL</em> JACKSON - Thomas Jonathan «Stonewall» Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was probably the most revered Confederate commander after Robert E. Lee. He is most famous for his 1862 Valley Campaign and as a commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee. His own troops accidentally shot him at the battle of Chancellorsville and he died of complications from an amputated arm and pneumonia several days later"<br /><br />***<br /><br />SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLg3V8mokkoCAZAAOry_T5vjU3ouz1DGCjY9uUa7IxmMIxFi8bM2tz0dzNToX4Y02mkbjlTF6ORA_JyPrNYprmzFc2FP2FkbhvrPIacK-gVT6VrJ13NK_y2xJNRSOOv6ASYli/s1600-h/1036-PARQUE+NACIONAL+SHENANDOAH-GG-ANT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLg3V8mokkoCAZAAOry_T5vjU3ouz1DGCjY9uUa7IxmMIxFi8bM2tz0dzNToX4Y02mkbjlTF6ORA_JyPrNYprmzFc2FP2FkbhvrPIacK-gVT6VrJ13NK_y2xJNRSOOv6ASYli/s400/1036-PARQUE+NACIONAL+SHENANDOAH-GG-ANT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068895648723730706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizikD5y-uc-8NrF2H_hTCDRDZlaijJAASnV8uaKVHlc758akMcMQOtOSFT2bc3Lnrbc0oh2lf44qVuBZwxxwTKdsaaADl4ySQLzhIxjpHpsOjofE3jJZ7KvLFh8yPnlWgaLkBl/s1600-h/1034-PARQUE+NACIONAL+SHENANDOAH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizikD5y-uc-8NrF2H_hTCDRDZlaijJAASnV8uaKVHlc758akMcMQOtOSFT2bc3Lnrbc0oh2lf44qVuBZwxxwTKdsaaADl4ySQLzhIxjpHpsOjofE3jJZ7KvLFh8yPnlWgaLkBl/s400/1034-PARQUE+NACIONAL+SHENANDOAH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068894867039682706" /></a><br />"A WILDERNESS OASIS IN THE BUSY EAST... is the way the National Parks site treats Shenandoah National Park. It deservers the label... and actually, looking at the horizon from the peaks of Shenandoah National Park it’s hard to believe that one is just 75 miles from Washington, DC"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgxzRtI0pIdYbR-_R-DmOHi3rQP1Y0VSNyBV-d-HTRW4sLSq8hXGiyPXGyu_OpJMNduR1Ee3P3hUTGmO4RZ2XrAxXxcgK7aD3gLS_n_6Vh0ugSGnr7-7Ap5o-byKOoEyJ0m-6/s1600-h/1027-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgxzRtI0pIdYbR-_R-DmOHi3rQP1Y0VSNyBV-d-HTRW4sLSq8hXGiyPXGyu_OpJMNduR1Ee3P3hUTGmO4RZ2XrAxXxcgK7aD3gLS_n_6Vh0ugSGnr7-7Ap5o-byKOoEyJ0m-6/s400/1027-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068894871334650018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSx1gGcUXI9xiDu7A57_LSuMYp0uDsXyvhfQsoGtENwg3WGL93wfbcwZGqL8VfbevGUGGuJRuYj7eQr3bHwyE0Gu1jLdsz2faOT2VLQ_GqvQPc2BBLFr9ZQ97TOHlWhL3wvuRF/s1600-h/1028-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSx1gGcUXI9xiDu7A57_LSuMYp0uDsXyvhfQsoGtENwg3WGL93wfbcwZGqL8VfbevGUGGuJRuYj7eQr3bHwyE0Gu1jLdsz2faOT2VLQ_GqvQPc2BBLFr9ZQ97TOHlWhL3wvuRF/s400/1028-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068894871334650034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQlGULgAZy_xr7xgVDcHmCt2vToL_8rIH3gcFH5LcwLDKjNB8sEreCr1KS-qkq7JFD2jHBpZdawr84sZLtD6aYhrFxfiDTqp6TwDUjXh4938JsKg_xQE7AccYZ_HH_NKhJFjH/s1600-h/1029-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQlGULgAZy_xr7xgVDcHmCt2vToL_8rIH3gcFH5LcwLDKjNB8sEreCr1KS-qkq7JFD2jHBpZdawr84sZLtD6aYhrFxfiDTqp6TwDUjXh4938JsKg_xQE7AccYZ_HH_NKhJFjH/s400/1029-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068894875629617346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlqJsIa08MNsYQOda2dA8xciXYoE2LOmQIjm553Cn7jsucj247vB4HNqBeqsUZlH2DQwQLZzpyNLrstliQl_UbwZttrv1NZQdgZWoQo_DzldkzHAKyuyGFqYARNJ0xbmJ61Pq/s1600-h/1030-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlqJsIa08MNsYQOda2dA8xciXYoE2LOmQIjm553Cn7jsucj247vB4HNqBeqsUZlH2DQwQLZzpyNLrstliQl_UbwZttrv1NZQdgZWoQo_DzldkzHAKyuyGFqYARNJ0xbmJ61Pq/s400/1030-GRUTAS+SHENANDOAH-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068894879924584658" /></a><br />"SHENANDOAH CAVERNS - Beautiful odd formations on an easy-going environment..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-78161935958312086832007-05-12T19:38:00.000+01:002007-05-12T19:24:02.450+01:00BALTIMORE - AUGUST 1984A VIBRANT CITY ON THE WATER...<br /><br />at least is what they say!<br />While in D.C. we profited from the oportunity to stroll around during the week-ends. The first visit was to <a href="http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/visitor/index.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>, one of the three independent cities in the US that are not in Virginia. Actually, an independent city in the US is a city that does not belong to any particular county. There are 42 independent cities in the United States, 39 in Virginia and the remaining three are Baltimore, Maryland, St. Louis, Missouri and Carson City, Nevada.<br />In Baltimore, we didn't go much further than the Inner Harbour, but anyhow it was an interesting experience. The Inner Harbour was basically a light freight commercial port and passenger port until the 1950s, when economic changes ended both freight and passenger use. The area became a grass-covered parkland that was used in 1976 for the bicentennial visit of tall ships, and its transformation into a major cultural and economic area of the city continued under Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer (1971-1987). The main anchor attractions are Harbourplace, the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTlmd32Wgimkq_G_Hn_XWMc29mA-lJkfB9v9Vh3Jl7SWUDiOC1nzbXM1SeCoA8YOSV8rP-Dv808o-pya_eDAxEq9H5LeWVgwdtu3DLap02x7ExYrI_yIfG6WauwPBXcI3H_7B/s1600-h/059-BALTIMORE-CENTRO+COMERCIAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTlmd32Wgimkq_G_Hn_XWMc29mA-lJkfB9v9Vh3Jl7SWUDiOC1nzbXM1SeCoA8YOSV8rP-Dv808o-pya_eDAxEq9H5LeWVgwdtu3DLap02x7ExYrI_yIfG6WauwPBXcI3H_7B/s400/059-BALTIMORE-CENTRO+COMERCIAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452914928606258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjLoRydq3ypelZ7-ayurD2scbO6vQU5TFzncZQEDUphMnFw-hRtohJ268wd0ptA03FWXqQYQqHJypC_3aAyM1GPycRZoaC8zEfHm6Qd3dURF1E5Ke9dMO6bHtQvOHZDa_HH6p/s1600-h/063-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjLoRydq3ypelZ7-ayurD2scbO6vQU5TFzncZQEDUphMnFw-hRtohJ268wd0ptA03FWXqQYQqHJypC_3aAyM1GPycRZoaC8zEfHm6Qd3dURF1E5Ke9dMO6bHtQvOHZDa_HH6p/s400/063-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452571331222514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7BV9PZXWsCd8u80vqzZp7DyTdO4eXzpSO21rGQyedz_8mhLxLnogE5U4jdWVDspH90ksmx3JJ9hugQl8ZE6uMk5YLMJ1q7Dq9wQTvg4ihRcfzF4uO4WR20Bztxog2R_7MePf/s1600-h/066-BALTIMORE-CENTRO+COMERCIAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7BV9PZXWsCd8u80vqzZp7DyTdO4eXzpSO21rGQyedz_8mhLxLnogE5U4jdWVDspH90ksmx3JJ9hugQl8ZE6uMk5YLMJ1q7Dq9wQTvg4ihRcfzF4uO4WR20Bztxog2R_7MePf/s400/066-BALTIMORE-CENTRO+COMERCIAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452579921157154" /></a><br />"SHOPPING MALL - Located at the water's edge, Harbourplace & The Gallery is Baltimore’s premiere shopping, dining and entertainment destination. It offered a great variety of stores as well as restaurants. Concerts, street performers, holiday fireworks, and special events to visiting ships there is always something for everyone..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjSDzR4gRPSZDj8shaIRsYe2eCl1fNiZD_QmwC_jjLGyH0C9pjP7iZX9OelsDN1hd8JWMeQZ3r_gL1VBXJfmcNr8_vZgIQrO5DSTlbOx1iMKi5Ah-qRB-J9qGA3SBzcwHQvzR/s1600-h/067-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjSDzR4gRPSZDj8shaIRsYe2eCl1fNiZD_QmwC_jjLGyH0C9pjP7iZX9OelsDN1hd8JWMeQZ3r_gL1VBXJfmcNr8_vZgIQrO5DSTlbOx1iMKi5Ah-qRB-J9qGA3SBzcwHQvzR/s400/067-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452103179787154" /></a><br />"THE WATERFRONT PROMENADE, a sidewalk along the water, was often the site of free entertainment. It seems that once completed it will become an important component of the National Historic Seaport of Baltimore and will provide visitors with a way to tour the entire harbour along the one continuous route. In 1984 it was interesting to see it crowded on week-ends..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9C2fUfv-T673C1y2GRwwXo4Ymkb5k1wcDBfJib1n8JG7PzljPyGltsbc9goUNipXChfYorh-JyU0dTwNQMzLLnNkMF5HnnAWEwloWbVZJShOIk-BH949BE8BhrmOcEqXD56EX/s1600-h/062-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9C2fUfv-T673C1y2GRwwXo4Ymkb5k1wcDBfJib1n8JG7PzljPyGltsbc9goUNipXChfYorh-JyU0dTwNQMzLLnNkMF5HnnAWEwloWbVZJShOIk-BH949BE8BhrmOcEqXD56EX/s400/062-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452567036255202" /></a><br />"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_%281854%29">USS CONSTELATION</a> (1854) is the last existing American Civil War-era naval vessel and was one of the last sail-powered warships built by the US Navy"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJ1ZHtGudaLOjA7Gh19FNCJ9igeA_8drWUPCra2dCoTXZDHyiiHBWnL3gacNgtu9tm3fCM-YYiYvQEvjz-BwH_Y5ZKmdWtITs05ynymukHWKDaulzb2QJ0GXbCZETzprtSuu4/s1600-h/064-BALTIMORE-CENTRO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJ1ZHtGudaLOjA7Gh19FNCJ9igeA_8drWUPCra2dCoTXZDHyiiHBWnL3gacNgtu9tm3fCM-YYiYvQEvjz-BwH_Y5ZKmdWtITs05ynymukHWKDaulzb2QJ0GXbCZETzprtSuu4/s400/064-BALTIMORE-CENTRO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452575626189826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh1d3QA8xhMVBO2XfVl_p2Nlq8tDZ_yI3YC2Ry1EPm51OiC7yf5n7vAsejpzWCixJ08h9ZTJcb_7i2JWsYh2Nh0-f8Y9hH8_d56l6UT4NWeKw8dICj2-gvDY-idsNpexPMAK8/s1600-h/065-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh1d3QA8xhMVBO2XfVl_p2Nlq8tDZ_yI3YC2Ry1EPm51OiC7yf5n7vAsejpzWCixJ08h9ZTJcb_7i2JWsYh2Nh0-f8Y9hH8_d56l6UT4NWeKw8dICj2-gvDY-idsNpexPMAK8/s400/065-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452575626189842" /></a><br />"THE INNER HARBOUR 1984, with the Baltimore World Trade Center, the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building. Its observation deck, called «Top of the World», is open to the public and some of the photos in this post, including the first one and the next one, were taken from there. The 1977 landmark tower, designed by I.M.Pei, also houses the headquarters of the Maryland Port Administration"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGwwm2HFdnFRJRBY8_-YSxCYrJpxVEZ-JGLDbVniZDVBtdhHwKN8h4odW9CgjrpCOArAzHtaC-rMTHQLI9D6q_1rntWaZ4_HGI0JUPydOv5cL7Yh9Qa2RwBaAP1vXGNExW2pt/s1600-h/060-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGwwm2HFdnFRJRBY8_-YSxCYrJpxVEZ-JGLDbVniZDVBtdhHwKN8h4odW9CgjrpCOArAzHtaC-rMTHQLI9D6q_1rntWaZ4_HGI0JUPydOv5cL7Yh9Qa2RwBaAP1vXGNExW2pt/s400/060-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452919223573570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08oiGXfD5EDbzw0WInu9PLNdBC4Bs3T1NxpXIM9y9ErxY9wJHIIo5_m5oPijPbNEh0gB3SB2d-Yw8Wk5_zURE9mgGeRyG9_GDafXYlR6GfvH9Sz-DQcXW1q5bq_Kh_2ywr4Kl/s1600-h/061-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08oiGXfD5EDbzw0WInu9PLNdBC4Bs3T1NxpXIM9y9ErxY9wJHIIo5_m5oPijPbNEh0gB3SB2d-Yw8Wk5_zURE9mgGeRyG9_GDafXYlR6GfvH9Sz-DQcXW1q5bq_Kh_2ywr4Kl/s400/061-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452927813508178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe12EzYqNcB0FJZAs5AcxdwCKnV_LaIeoK2w4Phuwq9hJ3Y-IPOrMfGtBeU8X1wTQL1mcvJM2EvWwG19PnpYbVMatMy4GXKAIzE6rHtGv1cGTwt1ep8cL9Lz65_2c9x7bTc2S0/s1600-h/070-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe12EzYqNcB0FJZAs5AcxdwCKnV_LaIeoK2w4Phuwq9hJ3Y-IPOrMfGtBeU8X1wTQL1mcvJM2EvWwG19PnpYbVMatMy4GXKAIzE6rHtGv1cGTwt1ep8cL9Lz65_2c9x7bTc2S0/s400/070-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452111769721778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzY9YAcP1JaD3KsV0WtYRCJcq2HUEAPicQtsRzBBAUCNEsKSN1EoiD74mA8PqdyPemyLY3TlSmBX-FWZoJjsjnQfnP_SZ3I5SO06RBhQ18XcN_XfPBQVe696ZAzcgWK_9etaR/s1600-h/071-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzY9YAcP1JaD3KsV0WtYRCJcq2HUEAPicQtsRzBBAUCNEsKSN1EoiD74mA8PqdyPemyLY3TlSmBX-FWZoJjsjnQfnP_SZ3I5SO06RBhQ18XcN_XfPBQVe696ZAzcgWK_9etaR/s400/071-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452116064689090" /></a><br />"THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM in Baltimore, constructed during the urban renewal period of the city, was opened in 1981. The aquarium's collection has 10,500 specimens of 560 different species. Particular attractions include the dolphin display and the rooftop rainforest. The 2005 Annex came much later"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2k1PoojgYh4qnrhdyWX6zgchm8Ad2gZgH-nJmXTOX5IyNCAzXeCLrUiK2dfn3Nw97bTnLVuJunJKfWF3oLFpGcJCD1udh0Ua52Q1cWHloc2quuESzWCxmBlt2-031w1E04cd/s1600-h/072-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2k1PoojgYh4qnrhdyWX6zgchm8Ad2gZgH-nJmXTOX5IyNCAzXeCLrUiK2dfn3Nw97bTnLVuJunJKfWF3oLFpGcJCD1udh0Ua52Q1cWHloc2quuESzWCxmBlt2-031w1E04cd/s400/072-BALTIMORE-AQU%C3%81RIO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452116064689106" /></a><br />"SHADOWS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvJxK_ecg6IM_PHhMrHtGEx81Z_gVCO_fEZl9vaCkTdmdIbEeYmogKNL2aXjt4zLk4NU9u1n2N2c1YJ4UR9lIHmT9zVMBoND_i-eECIXCdXnxqmhGV1AbIoIjwcSRTI_j0OQI/s1600-h/068-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvJxK_ecg6IM_PHhMrHtGEx81Z_gVCO_fEZl9vaCkTdmdIbEeYmogKNL2aXjt4zLk4NU9u1n2N2c1YJ4UR9lIHmT9zVMBoND_i-eECIXCdXnxqmhGV1AbIoIjwcSRTI_j0OQI/s400/068-BALTIMORE-INNER+HARBOUR-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063452107474754466" /></a><br />"AQUARIUM LANDING - Exit Only"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-38127325395732636992007-05-05T19:37:00.000+01:002007-05-05T19:38:58.463+01:00STROLLING THE MALL - AUGUST 1984ARTS IN WASHINGTON, DC<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oOEj-pyB2Vm06a_CFqBy0s6BCNLkOnBdcf-St9yeY2NpUqiDRdYZuMd1-vD60FvqDHdPWUULruomssdVpagQShtxCxCVVFth64xEJT9Vekp36fEXKIUdNFuPWJdKwBm06Os3/s1600-h/1-OLD+POST+HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oOEj-pyB2Vm06a_CFqBy0s6BCNLkOnBdcf-St9yeY2NpUqiDRdYZuMd1-vD60FvqDHdPWUULruomssdVpagQShtxCxCVVFth64xEJT9Vekp36fEXKIUdNFuPWJdKwBm06Os3/s400/1-OLD+POST+HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061125424906263122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPM22AEWUMBSeVQ_ytWm6JCyyxL-l6dqh9wduYj3863iLq11s15gdgMNtcgYC0EJ-Nqsxbm7LECDjvJlUoIAwM6mvt9R_tswo5fARCXJFaWAYOGsy5hYH-u0Bd4pcX4m-gckCL/s1600-h/2-OLD+POST+HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPM22AEWUMBSeVQ_ytWm6JCyyxL-l6dqh9wduYj3863iLq11s15gdgMNtcgYC0EJ-Nqsxbm7LECDjvJlUoIAwM6mvt9R_tswo5fARCXJFaWAYOGsy5hYH-u0Bd4pcX4m-gckCL/s400/2-OLD+POST+HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061125429201230434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq6oNDGb2cBppS8D5XijrOfwCBwpYgWLRKavtnTR7ZOSHHuWvQF1qfvxKxttn23BPMCfv4nkaTvXkDsE_iO21paFo-OFDSoWSIvext3OOXZcm8f-v9L9wt9KIdV4Kb3EXyuwY/s1600-h/3-OLD+POST+HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq6oNDGb2cBppS8D5XijrOfwCBwpYgWLRKavtnTR7ZOSHHuWvQF1qfvxKxttn23BPMCfv4nkaTvXkDsE_iO21paFo-OFDSoWSIvext3OOXZcm8f-v9L9wt9KIdV4Kb3EXyuwY/s400/3-OLD+POST+HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061125429201230450" /></a><br />"THE OLD POST HOUSE - Ranked as one of Washington's top eight attractions, The Old Post Office Pavilion offers international cuisine, sophisticated shopping, as well as relaxation with a jazzy piano or a string quartet...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXs1ZlGHwdOpfUVnsUD0ZydDHizsDoc6WsDAv48eKpnsEd1oM83SAc-Jt3jHgPJAjyG4VL8RbRgpu6zsRckwT25s4r6yrljlEyYjwSiP8n14AJ8AHKf1ToAvrrwtMC8aQqdqx/s1600-h/4-SMITHSONIAN..jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXs1ZlGHwdOpfUVnsUD0ZydDHizsDoc6WsDAv48eKpnsEd1oM83SAc-Jt3jHgPJAjyG4VL8RbRgpu6zsRckwT25s4r6yrljlEyYjwSiP8n14AJ8AHKf1ToAvrrwtMC8aQqdqx/s400/4-SMITHSONIAN..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061125433496197762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJ0SZ2JhylKblYZn7RUO2W8R6BSvOa4EqZ6_NbKMpyUuDObjakmDHbUwpAeckZolFpEyF-nGgbpAr6sg9_ArKKh8Q82ujAF6C8-twAnYTVFfK_75-ovWP2G77-gUAA8EJIiPI/s1600-h/4-SMITHSONIAN-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJ0SZ2JhylKblYZn7RUO2W8R6BSvOa4EqZ6_NbKMpyUuDObjakmDHbUwpAeckZolFpEyF-nGgbpAr6sg9_ArKKh8Q82ujAF6C8-twAnYTVFfK_75-ovWP2G77-gUAA8EJIiPI/s400/4-SMITHSONIAN-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061125433496197778" /></a><br />"<a href="http://www.si.edu/">SMITHSONIAN CASTLE</a>, Smithsonian's first building, was designed by architect James Renwick Jr., whose other works include St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, and was completed in 1855. It houses the Institution’s administrative offices and the Smithsonian Information Centre"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd46FZL99nf8GKSLXEaCBgw5wpYkZyT4SUou1ypOfWMOmTuNNqUTC3onFYvfUGkd8B8hVs-pg08ZlBQmE0uCZo5tazUxUQyjBMXTlczmR4Z1UC1osGYojHvTCPNrAITxRGaYe/s1600-h/5-MUSEU+HIRSHHORN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd46FZL99nf8GKSLXEaCBgw5wpYkZyT4SUou1ypOfWMOmTuNNqUTC3onFYvfUGkd8B8hVs-pg08ZlBQmE0uCZo5tazUxUQyjBMXTlczmR4Z1UC1osGYojHvTCPNrAITxRGaYe/s400/5-MUSEU+HIRSHHORN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061124046221761026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjbvYj8Yd3joCSoGjSAiw2v618rm_O2IR_jD6XkRAXAxzUVV-5ar2Heq5n8CbJtIWAci_Zpe2D2vX28eZCTve6ZBdCOWPYEGB2Hh6jZIhS-Jc72OtuqwqavdaREPQC7rJRgcA/s1600-h/6-HISHHORN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjbvYj8Yd3joCSoGjSAiw2v618rm_O2IR_jD6XkRAXAxzUVV-5ar2Heq5n8CbJtIWAci_Zpe2D2vX28eZCTve6ZBdCOWPYEGB2Hh6jZIhS-Jc72OtuqwqavdaREPQC7rJRgcA/s400/6-HISHHORN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061124046221761042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ELovckfubmy4QXp2cKS2kG0sdkvfeBr8exNHns1B6pxBwp9AMQvSzLuzUGd8RUgUt_vvapSHNLCa606ql1ophv5Jutufj8W7rrlvLBRT3sHRqfpcUKWFvSVSQTeDs7CMY_qc/s1600-h/7-HISHHORN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ELovckfubmy4QXp2cKS2kG0sdkvfeBr8exNHns1B6pxBwp9AMQvSzLuzUGd8RUgUt_vvapSHNLCa606ql1ophv5Jutufj8W7rrlvLBRT3sHRqfpcUKWFvSVSQTeDs7CMY_qc/s400/7-HISHHORN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061124050516728354" /></a><br />"<a href="http://hirshhorn.si.edu/">THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN</a> is the Smithsonian's museum of international modern and contemporary art, started in 1966 with the extensive art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). The Burghers of Calais (Rodin) and Six Dots over a mountain (Calder) are among the sculptures seen here in the Garden"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzz5_pJojhh0MTMH114PotCJfOaIAmKTI_fYXvcemmvONTWtXcErEqrDpOkRGWuqKCCeRMvFgXX6WP2eBLoPlTO2SUXR8mmkaK-Cxht1hMU3IdBDQ7JuQ0kpQSQvyi0tc71vT/s1600-h/8-MUSEU+ESPA%C3%87O.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzz5_pJojhh0MTMH114PotCJfOaIAmKTI_fYXvcemmvONTWtXcErEqrDpOkRGWuqKCCeRMvFgXX6WP2eBLoPlTO2SUXR8mmkaK-Cxht1hMU3IdBDQ7JuQ0kpQSQvyi0tc71vT/s400/8-MUSEU+ESPA%C3%87O.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061124050516728370" /></a><br />"<a href="http://www.nasm.si.edu/">THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM</a> maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It now even includes Air France Concorde «Fox Alpha», the first Concorde to enter service. It is located at the Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Centre, not at the Mall building, however" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0wusPJjyPUlOhVU_OdGg7HIdd8U1lm5qhyphenhyphenKOt_HHnDFe_JzZoWw4d4-Uaeyw7SzFIuzVxBrYDK7pU6J1j1fAu1Yygp1Woqr0U48ty6jb3Vkcv4czhl3ofe1I3U_nd5l2lwwb/s1600-h/8-NATIONAL+GALLERY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0wusPJjyPUlOhVU_OdGg7HIdd8U1lm5qhyphenhyphenKOt_HHnDFe_JzZoWw4d4-Uaeyw7SzFIuzVxBrYDK7pU6J1j1fAu1Yygp1Woqr0U48ty6jb3Vkcv4czhl3ofe1I3U_nd5l2lwwb/s400/8-NATIONAL+GALLERY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061124050516728386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0NxqoIoW4Htsv-UqkgnY1hAL2AcLcsMK-uBgTQvlOrTj4YgETm0KkaS3zFx83xEoL-fIft48Ff4OtIRoDS-eh7lsAccdPxOCOoDHWaglfUkqzdU6whvHMr6h7CyimjdK5jad/s1600-h/9-NATIONAL+GALLERY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFb7n6ItNFPSzZxvv5I2RUulbEkNriq31Q3uk3FmO_77oQ2-H3RM0n0eqwWcGg6fWhyphenhyphenReFeupgdnfSNEkR_Hpy8mP6NBPKw__zghnzP3J2yBmsuRCk7rLvl-Sje5OZN3vzYbHh/s400/11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061123509350848978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzn4T5TAgqfj7K2k3WXjM8JZe-yj-tKu4UuLME1iXF8ltGHkwdnCAYA-i5PAbo5Mut75SE7vdORYARl1OhmsDOn4SuD7npkvRZ6YMhWMf4CmItlHa4NnlfjcTVDencj1ikoPSm/s1600-h/12-NATIONAL+GALLERY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzn4T5TAgqfj7K2k3WXjM8JZe-yj-tKu4UuLME1iXF8ltGHkwdnCAYA-i5PAbo5Mut75SE7vdORYARl1OhmsDOn4SuD7npkvRZ6YMhWMf4CmItlHa4NnlfjcTVDencj1ikoPSm/s400/12-NATIONAL+GALLERY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061123509350848994" /></a><br />"<a href="http://www.nga.gov/home.htm">NATIONAL GALLERY</a> - David Smith's «Circle One, Circle Two, Circle Three», Miro's «The Farm», Picasso's «Family of Saltimbanques", and many more can be seen at the Gallery"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuW7t6ljMX0KZZrnhotrrBVnZmFgyIYIsZHTH5ICEBZ_1Fol6PzKSyZsGxpGzk6QunH8fP0vwapVT1z9crJBnzhWUr9i5D7fJ5rpL1aW3MjOMbdUOeSOriaUV54vq5r3wW4a6/s1600-h/13-THE+MALL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuW7t6ljMX0KZZrnhotrrBVnZmFgyIYIsZHTH5ICEBZ_1Fol6PzKSyZsGxpGzk6QunH8fP0vwapVT1z9crJBnzhWUr9i5D7fJ5rpL1aW3MjOMbdUOeSOriaUV54vq5r3wW4a6/s400/13-THE+MALL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061123509350849010" /></a><br />"STROLLING THE MALL"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGdR6XprWd_jLcCT78ELC9xjeGm6RpPr6WDqvYaseLWOGdT80hL6wJ8ELD7J3YXADwEmqNBeOJwLOUzrjTtPQVzHzkYCKc5vlKlx81y5gHjUwgm1orl8jybxrjYuzEBuyGyTt/s1600-h/14-GALERIA+CORCORAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGdR6XprWd_jLcCT78ELC9xjeGm6RpPr6WDqvYaseLWOGdT80hL6wJ8ELD7J3YXADwEmqNBeOJwLOUzrjTtPQVzHzkYCKc5vlKlx81y5gHjUwgm1orl8jybxrjYuzEBuyGyTt/s400/14-GALERIA+CORCORAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061087096618113378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8Zw4OD22jFqmetDsphTibfX3Tu-pn0UvlQ3KLIK7ZBU1WihcT8necnAqXbDYugMiwGXEnS6wWG07g5CQF3elX2AtpwU32E2sTmS8nDuSOcO_SkcWAN510tovT4TQiJYYqqp0/s1600-h/15-GALERIA+CORCORAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8Zw4OD22jFqmetDsphTibfX3Tu-pn0UvlQ3KLIK7ZBU1WihcT8necnAqXbDYugMiwGXEnS6wWG07g5CQF3elX2AtpwU32E2sTmS8nDuSOcO_SkcWAN510tovT4TQiJYYqqp0/s400/15-GALERIA+CORCORAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061087096618113394" /></a><br />"<a href="http://www.corcoran.org/collection/index.htm">CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART</a>"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPv-k3838S3rDZ9P6cu5RiCeDH_1CBHk7iu9ttpD0XQ-nShsF9-xVE-_VIqw_MiUzSM8p4eYu0LrqcLEwYNGm3ifqesmVPLueHJkgBIyNexXY_IAt32ey9dY9RJo3LmsBnNiK/s1600-h/16-WATERGATE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPv-k3838S3rDZ9P6cu5RiCeDH_1CBHk7iu9ttpD0XQ-nShsF9-xVE-_VIqw_MiUzSM8p4eYu0LrqcLEwYNGm3ifqesmVPLueHJkgBIyNexXY_IAt32ey9dY9RJo3LmsBnNiK/s400/16-WATERGATE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061087100913080706" /></a><br />"WATERGATE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtklA-i2jJlnWGy5K37EpVkK-qRGRSeorXTSPgBqzWmdID2szbGVVsJ9o9kxt2kvaI9AkXfHmepQ3RWct6Y5Y2Z7B7r6Uyt_dYliXkj_i1ZMcINQ60rFCeKEJ0hUTn9Xnops7/s1600-h/17-ESCULTURA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtklA-i2jJlnWGy5K37EpVkK-qRGRSeorXTSPgBqzWmdID2szbGVVsJ9o9kxt2kvaI9AkXfHmepQ3RWct6Y5Y2Z7B7r6Uyt_dYliXkj_i1ZMcINQ60rFCeKEJ0hUTn9Xnops7/s400/17-ESCULTURA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061087100913080722" /></a><br />"OUTSIDE <a href="http://www.kennedy-center.org/">KENNEDY CENTRE</a>"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ukvASQto-735uagh1yrN-f0kP4ZwyhasTMcr18VbQB9A8Mer9Jw-70xB9Mj_cbMBZNrbN6GGO3al58TLhlOt6OIW94WBNb0m3INxLrnTvK7WGbQXMXhyqylgDr4SUpgxhfUK/s1600-h/18-JFK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ukvASQto-735uagh1yrN-f0kP4ZwyhasTMcr18VbQB9A8Mer9Jw-70xB9Mj_cbMBZNrbN6GGO3al58TLhlOt6OIW94WBNb0m3INxLrnTvK7WGbQXMXhyqylgDr4SUpgxhfUK/s400/18-JFK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061087100913080738" /></a><br />"INSIDE KENNEDY CENTRE"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-71522762885443961292007-04-28T23:32:00.001+01:002007-04-28T23:32:14.336+01:00WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1984THE ROAD OF POWER AND MEMORIALS...<br /><br />After New England, Canada and Mexico in August/September 1983, Guida got pregnant and <a href="http://www.bloguendar.blogspot.com/">Di</a>, our daughter, was born in June 1984. We travelled several times between Lisbon and Faro, and in August 84 I attended an International Conference in Washington, DC. These are some of the pictures taken during the three weeks in the USA.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-V1_DkUw0PH__NaM6icaZYGwL4VqCZVMBRJgoRAZgu5m-N0TAwvngwivRxCQCN7Qw9QtZg_aNyfPWr6j7gxj1OARU0CLv_woRlSGYdgcxgtWHJT4AEJZQbIm2ZwuW1GzgjzG/s1600-h/1-UNION+STATION.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-V1_DkUw0PH__NaM6icaZYGwL4VqCZVMBRJgoRAZgu5m-N0TAwvngwivRxCQCN7Qw9QtZg_aNyfPWr6j7gxj1OARU0CLv_woRlSGYdgcxgtWHJT4AEJZQbIm2ZwuW1GzgjzG/s400/1-UNION+STATION.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058506822000596178" /></a><br />"UNION STATION - It opened in 1907 and for over 90 years, Union Station has welcomed people to Washington, D.C. With over 32 million people passing through each year, it is the most visited site in all of Washington, D.C. I arrived at National Airport"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUulbYvsKxGjoD8AYVrobgRBgU0XcR_rqN9FQBbk1wsESaqQTGLQeU2C_hpfyifNZPNWDCZXegsQ1XmjnwbVYukPWNeDbUMcuV-zR4_dKOH99nWPVHNyNTeSYQJspYlVF-AUk/s1600-h/0000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUulbYvsKxGjoD8AYVrobgRBgU0XcR_rqN9FQBbk1wsESaqQTGLQeU2C_hpfyifNZPNWDCZXegsQ1XmjnwbVYukPWNeDbUMcuV-zR4_dKOH99nWPVHNyNTeSYQJspYlVF-AUk/s400/0000.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058506813410661522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zf2WgWfO-boe74NXn5ocRnSSDzVa8ulqqkhyRWRuq7RbcIOOe6-Ak4Hp_sDO4wx522LRiPHOG-sbRJKyU66_GBdd7CDqaPu7ZXSj0bNrcF5Uq3RQB1kqwRv-niPDUZhDRIO7/s1600-h/0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zf2WgWfO-boe74NXn5ocRnSSDzVa8ulqqkhyRWRuq7RbcIOOe6-Ak4Hp_sDO4wx522LRiPHOG-sbRJKyU66_GBdd7CDqaPu7ZXSj0bNrcF5Uq3RQB1kqwRv-niPDUZhDRIO7/s400/0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058506817705628834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmxmkayR-yf7vzxhtvkHQv52vNALhwNC0XtUg6dSApJllH24FY8orJxKos46DXTETaRkPJnYe5HYq_Zut2ZVXcsDYdgxlym999QopBGs762YrRa0te6uxBUIVFW6mAtGLR2Yx/s1600-h/00-APART.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmxmkayR-yf7vzxhtvkHQv52vNALhwNC0XtUg6dSApJllH24FY8orJxKos46DXTETaRkPJnYe5HYq_Zut2ZVXcsDYdgxlym999QopBGs762YrRa0te6uxBUIVFW6mAtGLR2Yx/s400/00-APART.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058506817705628850" /></a><br />"APARTHOTEL - The lodging was not in an interesting neighbourhood (4th Street SW/School St), but was close to Federal Center Metro Station and had a Safeway with good steaks just around the corner..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilA_KgIz9h02fQ9I0DIuB-SwrlMX8w0smOoFizVpbOHQa43csCKvYSZD0YK8cz_d8YnMGC1hLt0tE8OwkEjxSvR-cNjC3TFxddylub1fzK9mnJafKfqPCS_sZAQHXwIpzLD4Q0/s1600-h/000-HOTEL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilA_KgIz9h02fQ9I0DIuB-SwrlMX8w0smOoFizVpbOHQa43csCKvYSZD0YK8cz_d8YnMGC1hLt0tE8OwkEjxSvR-cNjC3TFxddylub1fzK9mnJafKfqPCS_sZAQHXwIpzLD4Q0/s400/000-HOTEL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058506817705628866" /></a><br />"TV SET - It was on this TV that I saw Carlos Lopes win the gold medal of the Los Angeles Olympic Marathon for Portugal"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsx-QlOwFElF4PdqHHMSWQr9XG9qfiYbUovYbrE3xKY_O8jfIDB2r3nUSuq_dbGbfb5Y5nD_i1d0qNzdxfIujhHBrlTYlklJQyRbQ1kPpXI7K73KC2I8MJ0pP6_YKFQYmnpbs/s1600-h/2-SUPREMO+TRIBUNAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsx-QlOwFElF4PdqHHMSWQr9XG9qfiYbUovYbrE3xKY_O8jfIDB2r3nUSuq_dbGbfb5Y5nD_i1d0qNzdxfIujhHBrlTYlklJQyRbQ1kPpXI7K73KC2I8MJ0pP6_YKFQYmnpbs/s400/2-SUPREMO+TRIBUNAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058507930102158562" /></a><br />"SUPREME COURT - In 1984 we were in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_E._Burger">Burger Court era</a>. Several important decisions were taken during the Burger Court. In Portugal we have a saying: «Depois de mim virá, quem de mim bom fará...» (After me someone will come who of me good will make...). That was what happened with the Rehnquist Court (see «<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Court-Divided-Rehnquist-Future-Constitutional/dp/0393058689">A Court Divided</a>», by Marc Tushnet) and more recently with the Roberts Court"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo05jzOjUXMEggjV3YXTGgo5t03Wwy1rX-79ltng_XLOvPW2OT_aLENozUFyKjAsjOufZiAKX4mRYngkC3NCKe2R-Ab6X0De3ZhemXd7xLwsqwM4XCrdKnzrOPojjQE11XCiD7/s1600-h/3-BIBLIOTECA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo05jzOjUXMEggjV3YXTGgo5t03Wwy1rX-79ltng_XLOvPW2OT_aLENozUFyKjAsjOufZiAKX4mRYngkC3NCKe2R-Ab6X0De3ZhemXd7xLwsqwM4XCrdKnzrOPojjQE11XCiD7/s400/3-BIBLIOTECA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058507930102158578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sycJ4-1esabxT2cWvLIdMqLYaoVIjK0hmpdpeKenu25Tr_jsrI-mF2TuWUM2dtXWK-Qldqnj33H_3hLG1-4i9cEH-K7LFE513JRfSdVbTBB6rcI2-qsMTnqS7etcEQJnyPew/s1600-h/4-BIBLIOTECA+CONGRESSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sycJ4-1esabxT2cWvLIdMqLYaoVIjK0hmpdpeKenu25Tr_jsrI-mF2TuWUM2dtXWK-Qldqnj33H_3hLG1-4i9cEH-K7LFE513JRfSdVbTBB6rcI2-qsMTnqS7etcEQJnyPew/s400/4-BIBLIOTECA+CONGRESSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058507934397125890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUOjc8RJyoXs3l7XgLdzqywtFOfT9VXrzU7QoBGcweHZ0O0BY9wl4Q7lgoh6b_0tQfd9y6n8fAMvlqpuLPX19k6asofXTNxMJ1QNtR2YKgZSfkfwRthsCZ-8Gpyo9jBh2fvC3/s1600-h/5-BIBLIOTECA+CONGRESSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUOjc8RJyoXs3l7XgLdzqywtFOfT9VXrzU7QoBGcweHZ0O0BY9wl4Q7lgoh6b_0tQfd9y6n8fAMvlqpuLPX19k6asofXTNxMJ1QNtR2YKgZSfkfwRthsCZ-8Gpyo9jBh2fvC3/s400/5-BIBLIOTECA+CONGRESSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058507934397125906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRFF342p4jOMPZmsqJu-M-JXZ-KTgwnwc-rTgaydkizVAubZVvpn-1DLL_gci1NagTWDfKrjlWRmfgtN_Mob8SHl62-PEG_EH13yongKDj1jW9WdhVBRLboWb1PPJAPGjfUEJ/s1600-h/6-BIBLIOTECA+CONGRESSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRFF342p4jOMPZmsqJu-M-JXZ-KTgwnwc-rTgaydkizVAubZVvpn-1DLL_gci1NagTWDfKrjlWRmfgtN_Mob8SHl62-PEG_EH13yongKDj1jW9WdhVBRLboWb1PPJAPGjfUEJ/s400/6-BIBLIOTECA+CONGRESSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058507938692093218" /></a><br />"THE LIBRARY OF THE CONGRESS is the US oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts. The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. The Thomas Jefferson Building of 1897 (photos) is the original separate Library of Congress building, and some say it's the most beautiful building in Washington. The John Adams Building was built in 1938 and the James Madison Memorial Building was completed in 1981"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JgTxdigkZtD08NrTeRiYboePQs8n78JQlNHK6oGPCsfy0e7J3-jV5kf0KgwnkLJGbaPce0WS3_RQbHkAflyrhAcaa266gRIu4ra-k21BhECC0Potg_gZF4cVlMkXTVdWiVEj/s1600-h/9-CAPITOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JgTxdigkZtD08NrTeRiYboePQs8n78JQlNHK6oGPCsfy0e7J3-jV5kf0KgwnkLJGbaPce0WS3_RQbHkAflyrhAcaa266gRIu4ra-k21BhECC0Potg_gZF4cVlMkXTVdWiVEj/s400/9-CAPITOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058511361781028178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivK192DWuq8WS4Hs0ARTj97AayFRaR406CIY2jQCUgs9Z3a-JwkgTvTNyH7qx-Dnb_dsu23GZ875TnqNrwyquhB96m4Mfvn4In-LBQBYQCKcZxZ9-lEC8U9iOId8NPRwsSnHrt/s1600-h/8-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivK192DWuq8WS4Hs0ARTj97AayFRaR406CIY2jQCUgs9Z3a-JwkgTvTNyH7qx-Dnb_dsu23GZ875TnqNrwyquhB96m4Mfvn4In-LBQBYQCKcZxZ9-lEC8U9iOId8NPRwsSnHrt/s400/8-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058511361781028162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqjWns-NbC9374EICCwKyzOK20NNMgQmO_hWbRk8klBGQ5NdSdePB3qDZix7Afg0U2_HXCVIKbusCCCwF99Bt7LciQuN_CpuXBSrY27OfoAJVJ5OWI2W9Wfu1gkIikO5jKlIW/s1600-h/7-CONGRESSO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqjWns-NbC9374EICCwKyzOK20NNMgQmO_hWbRk8klBGQ5NdSdePB3qDZix7Afg0U2_HXCVIKbusCCCwF99Bt7LciQuN_CpuXBSrY27OfoAJVJ5OWI2W9Wfu1gkIikO5jKlIW/s400/7-CONGRESSO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058511357486060850" /></a><br />"CAPITOL - Although not in the geographic centre of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the focus by which the quadrants of the district are divided. The current dome and the House and Senate wings were completed under the supervision of Edward Clark"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TYudl2SqEwfGmy6tHRDKXZ2rEi_lYYP4bSh8sa09ARsGS9VIB33KkctKXRf19VucWba6fa7xeP2IjxlILtZFk4I0yeNmgT2N-FB25U0q0wrWXJLkJLKZgTnAeXjAPC1dP_E0/s1600-h/10-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TYudl2SqEwfGmy6tHRDKXZ2rEi_lYYP4bSh8sa09ARsGS9VIB33KkctKXRf19VucWba6fa7xeP2IjxlILtZFk4I0yeNmgT2N-FB25U0q0wrWXJLkJLKZgTnAeXjAPC1dP_E0/s400/10-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058511366075995490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3sc6aJaEqelz63RzNCXEY1tTVeUqtZ9DbqF5Sa5wdXBqtcJA48VN9T_sTew6zAlZWHnE7W0Tejnprvg1FESm5PXTnfjtjU3081DwllRUlvG-2yWlGxh1Qkz1hOaml8DTWAi0/s1600-h/11-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3sc6aJaEqelz63RzNCXEY1tTVeUqtZ9DbqF5Sa5wdXBqtcJA48VN9T_sTew6zAlZWHnE7W0Tejnprvg1FESm5PXTnfjtjU3081DwllRUlvG-2yWlGxh1Qkz1hOaml8DTWAi0/s400/11-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058511366075995506" /></a><br />"DOME - The building is marked by its central dome above a rotunda and two wings, one for each chamber of Congress: the north wing is the Senate chamber and the south wing is the House of Representatives chamber"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaTvE1ElQYjEue0O3IjYjHtG7Ghy8MTsEjZCuZn1V6KBpI71azs3kFGWoeBg47AGgoY_xQV3b-B-F-NPRwUHg3fLFZRIM_LTczpcjTmbqGPBSjLlMJSp7-yg9BsISycoEW1OO/s1600-h/12-SENADO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaTvE1ElQYjEue0O3IjYjHtG7Ghy8MTsEjZCuZn1V6KBpI71azs3kFGWoeBg47AGgoY_xQV3b-B-F-NPRwUHg3fLFZRIM_LTczpcjTmbqGPBSjLlMJSp7-yg9BsISycoEW1OO/s400/12-SENADO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058512461292656002" /></a><br />"SENATE - «Parliamentary obstruction - filibustering - is a political sport for which the season is always open» Lindsay Rogers"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0vz8_cab7SkO_-51I-oRCC42COBEgeuMq_LkRNEujhG7qMacY0AcWnAhSWrY9sofCbJxohRg5JTXkXPzvwf5PYGAPDpMleVAp4e2JCieyoNw4urefhsRsBK5OqxItudjl1FI/s1600-h/13-MALL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0vz8_cab7SkO_-51I-oRCC42COBEgeuMq_LkRNEujhG7qMacY0AcWnAhSWrY9sofCbJxohRg5JTXkXPzvwf5PYGAPDpMleVAp4e2JCieyoNw4urefhsRsBK5OqxItudjl1FI/s400/13-MALL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058512461292656018" /></a><br />"THE MALL seen from the west terrace of Capitol Building"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprK4ptty1vPmeUDC0sy4LokPnhie0sPoInYBant2ARV7SqIuPU5JudV2P47gxjDFODJHNPkEVLGCiEZFaEonMCyPnzdsORR8mfXmeaVO6DVSO7dyng5qxZVJJUmGAgFPhAsrK/s1600-h/PENN+AV..jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprK4ptty1vPmeUDC0sy4LokPnhie0sPoInYBant2ARV7SqIuPU5JudV2P47gxjDFODJHNPkEVLGCiEZFaEonMCyPnzdsORR8mfXmeaVO6DVSO7dyng5qxZVJJUmGAgFPhAsrK/s400/PENN+AV..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058512461292656034" /></a><br />"PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE is called the «America's Main Street», connecting the Capitol Building with the White House. A National Historic Site, Pennsylvania Avenue has seen marches, parades, promenades, and protests all the way up and down"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1C2xWojfn_jg-MJHkxV1nQNuS2Mcnm2_NXWNYXmikkDt7pi76cO-K5rdsRyShmmw2-6iwYDMUgCtN43VqSlxGd4fzXJVdoGVwGB4N_5zdpqUXA2W-RiLuAx73Uh1HAKAb6LH/s1600-h/14-MONUMENTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1C2xWojfn_jg-MJHkxV1nQNuS2Mcnm2_NXWNYXmikkDt7pi76cO-K5rdsRyShmmw2-6iwYDMUgCtN43VqSlxGd4fzXJVdoGVwGB4N_5zdpqUXA2W-RiLuAx73Uh1HAKAb6LH/s400/14-MONUMENTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058512465587623346" /></a><br />"THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, at the centre of the Mall, is one of the most prominent landmarks in Washington, DC. Authorized by the Congress in 1833, its construction began in 1848, the exterior was completed in 1884, and it was opened to the public in 1888. The Washington Monument is roughly 170 meters tall and is made of marble from two different quarries resulting in the change of color about one-third of the way up"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7avVQS3QywG0kla4LIAiIiR2CZ0Aw3v3KXXw9V1HfmSAiZUoVYFwPap-upCb1mYbDNn88FYg_U8WZkDWz0838inJeIkKG_MiZoXZ2vgFssNnBQYyWJbEfg0Xt7abNV3h8yN4/s1600-h/15-OBELISCO-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7avVQS3QywG0kla4LIAiIiR2CZ0Aw3v3KXXw9V1HfmSAiZUoVYFwPap-upCb1mYbDNn88FYg_U8WZkDWz0838inJeIkKG_MiZoXZ2vgFssNnBQYyWJbEfg0Xt7abNV3h8yN4/s400/15-OBELISCO-CAPIT%C3%93LIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058512465587623362" /></a><br />"FROM THE TOP - An elevator takes visitors on a 70 second trip up to the 150 meter platform for magnificent views of the city. EAST, towards Capitol Hill"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFKh1ROijgJK16cq9O3J59x6q5fiQzaEgypmDmWqW77ADsU1H2m9jNCxia_O9Bru6oE3CHNzpQdhEalwh1iq267XaaVn-RnCxiFiVPMJ4rJvKr8WsPUzq20qI7iEldWgwAVwd/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFKh1ROijgJK16cq9O3J59x6q5fiQzaEgypmDmWqW77ADsU1H2m9jNCxia_O9Bru6oE3CHNzpQdhEalwh1iq267XaaVn-RnCxiFiVPMJ4rJvKr8WsPUzq20qI7iEldWgwAVwd/s400/16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058513371825722834" /></a><br />"NORTH - The White House"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTFAGWtNf_C61P-OoW5O5GxdJ0m0mqOl21M14WxBAzBgVp8UIG8-gB5kHeqf3Maz5DkM_8tjSP3VrvHrVV64vrVxz3E_qqLkkglRS84aY7Nf3TT-RAS_mDNGMcXGFsvvax2tP/s1600-h/17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTFAGWtNf_C61P-OoW5O5GxdJ0m0mqOl21M14WxBAzBgVp8UIG8-gB5kHeqf3Maz5DkM_8tjSP3VrvHrVV64vrVxz3E_qqLkkglRS84aY7Nf3TT-RAS_mDNGMcXGFsvvax2tP/s400/17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058513371825722850" /></a><br />"WEST - The Lincoln Memorial"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-nXC5jmAQhZD38lmugpm2wTor3ba_LAo2b9ht2_ut4Voa2J7OeJf4DwQ1TJuRT56mYqWp8QGQye6Ics8KQ0OohoS-56GfoQaDDlmgSkjIizxpemF7LqkhSr_SzAI0HwoZVhR/s1600-h/18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-nXC5jmAQhZD38lmugpm2wTor3ba_LAo2b9ht2_ut4Voa2J7OeJf4DwQ1TJuRT56mYqWp8QGQye6Ics8KQ0OohoS-56GfoQaDDlmgSkjIizxpemF7LqkhSr_SzAI0HwoZVhR/s400/18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058513371825722866" /></a><br />"SOUTH - Jefferson Memorial and the Potomac River"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RLIrSPKmlZCdQh6KSPL4QpZ4er3039GQYfOcU6HFGfBQCoG56nIiE0G4dhwTsOjcO8-ugxEfo-Hnp70RO0MHnj8xRJRpPRZ96ItEy0ZxkIJadRWgYOAYARRv_PANjWsIhTLj/s1600-h/19-LINCOLN+MEMORIAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RLIrSPKmlZCdQh6KSPL4QpZ4er3039GQYfOcU6HFGfBQCoG56nIiE0G4dhwTsOjcO8-ugxEfo-Hnp70RO0MHnj8xRJRpPRZ96ItEy0ZxkIJadRWgYOAYARRv_PANjWsIhTLj/s400/19-LINCOLN+MEMORIAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058513371825722882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdh0_vlMfKWJ4oMPBtxqPkdK8ZN2MbLePCa47S1Nt6YDuBRh4wftepV_XjTj3gvqSbPEtsJfFbslspUbTaPOrNpIhXknLgoOtEObAzQuusU-dSOgzJfFbHmpifFeRLpnG4klM1/s1600-h/20-LINCOLN+MEMORIAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdh0_vlMfKWJ4oMPBtxqPkdK8ZN2MbLePCa47S1Nt6YDuBRh4wftepV_XjTj3gvqSbPEtsJfFbslspUbTaPOrNpIhXknLgoOtEObAzQuusU-dSOgzJfFbHmpifFeRLpnG4klM1/s400/20-LINCOLN+MEMORIAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058513376120690194" /></a><br />"LINCOLN MEMORIAL - With and without ducks..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmxF16zovMqGrz7jna2RqUOC2KQjBp26BM6x19duJjj5ivAf0bIw_lYg7qiatGUMy03jcTzBahODVvUdFxCv8S2vsHGxPTjMJSzlHRP3NG6ft8rRZFMqLFFdeQVunFByFR8LZ/s1600-h/22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmxF16zovMqGrz7jna2RqUOC2KQjBp26BM6x19duJjj5ivAf0bIw_lYg7qiatGUMy03jcTzBahODVvUdFxCv8S2vsHGxPTjMJSzlHRP3NG6ft8rRZFMqLFFdeQVunFByFR8LZ/s400/22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058527940354791042" /></a><br />"LINCOLN - «In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever». Beneath these words, the marble statue" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d4WboTkjPWpBWLAiweiWbr8q5JWYh3iU9ZHhruLx2GABq0p0uJR89YM11-E25KZmYfesPyKjBxUEWuvV6EEw6Y4gWsCCfT4_i8CmkigY-h_KpbOaVaJRPL1q8VAcfUrgj82n/s1600-h/21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d4WboTkjPWpBWLAiweiWbr8q5JWYh3iU9ZHhruLx2GABq0p0uJR89YM11-E25KZmYfesPyKjBxUEWuvV6EEw6Y4gWsCCfT4_i8CmkigY-h_KpbOaVaJRPL1q8VAcfUrgj82n/s400/21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058516270928647714" /></a><br />"PORTUGUESE SPEAKING LAWYERS - Three Brazilians, One Portuguese"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNberheMspafnWH41d0oaxwNBfsvyGCExaRRigCyQR6dwBPP61HD49KPgA1UT6zGOKPCKGl1YGowA_N0Z3lHI7ttV7jYzlBI_6aAM3UWal3hyphenhyphenIiLuinJflJ04mRwfJekI58wkT/s1600-h/23-VIETNAM+MEMORIAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNberheMspafnWH41d0oaxwNBfsvyGCExaRRigCyQR6dwBPP61HD49KPgA1UT6zGOKPCKGl1YGowA_N0Z3lHI7ttV7jYzlBI_6aAM3UWal3hyphenhyphenIiLuinJflJ04mRwfJekI58wkT/s400/23-VIETNAM+MEMORIAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058527940354791058" /></a><br />"THE WALL - Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The stone walls bear the names of the 58,000 servicemen who died in the Vietnam War between 1961 and 1973"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFzKxjSXsr_dBGhu6xf9C86__VrKhYA5pgMNWQI3lokBDeH5d3qrYoEPHiQlc6un1KPgie_sYBL5JFr83D8LNeOrCPNIlPV_M5vtzkrUrl9Z4n1pHAKacBvOP4V1IuqEE7EjP/s1600-h/24-JEFFERSON+MEMORIAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFzKxjSXsr_dBGhu6xf9C86__VrKhYA5pgMNWQI3lokBDeH5d3qrYoEPHiQlc6un1KPgie_sYBL5JFr83D8LNeOrCPNIlPV_M5vtzkrUrl9Z4n1pHAKacBvOP4V1IuqEE7EjP/s400/24-JEFFERSON+MEMORIAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058527944649758370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3CdDxzG5UgQpd9glxN93GAlhuHb7d_Auw-ns3pCE7avvXys9cDWAybhGQkds8rVt3OjEhYe6kibC2HfQdzsDQcmaYElqJ-TVMJzx1uo5o3I2kN6P6eW4_Xgr6tYPqk9T94_6/s1600-h/25-JEFFERSON.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3CdDxzG5UgQpd9glxN93GAlhuHb7d_Auw-ns3pCE7avvXys9cDWAybhGQkds8rVt3OjEhYe6kibC2HfQdzsDQcmaYElqJ-TVMJzx1uo5o3I2kN6P6eW4_Xgr6tYPqk9T94_6/s400/25-JEFFERSON.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058527944649758386" /></a><br />"JEFFERSON MEMORIAL - Honouring the third President of the United States. My favourite..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-14534130098115197622007-04-23T22:34:00.000+01:002007-04-28T15:53:40.199+01:00AGAIN IN MEXICO CITY - SEPTEMBER 1983ON THE WAY TO, AND IN XOCHIMILCO!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KI2AkIpdqjp3yrBykXphc5kbQiDkMzaWNxyzeTvK3dtuXal-td5cXFCFNZcnbFUv71clytnhEierscmd067wdDVFyU4TB08w3EQP5hlZTkvjOUTBGzgMH-NjIxnXqZPkcl-G/s1600-h/211-CID.M%C3%89XICO-UNIVERSIDADE-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KI2AkIpdqjp3yrBykXphc5kbQiDkMzaWNxyzeTvK3dtuXal-td5cXFCFNZcnbFUv71clytnhEierscmd067wdDVFyU4TB08w3EQP5hlZTkvjOUTBGzgMH-NjIxnXqZPkcl-G/s320/211-CID.M%C3%89XICO-UNIVERSIDADE-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056742677595885602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrZ8qIxKtLqeUvBHXKpgZHPupOECEFYdW74M0arzd9gr2h6JVICMVTjEuh0OBrIQNdCFJ0HdVYa5TfDB7dG-kznaKeLNN55CaOcVipRyWdH94X6QfLymElXCekfBpAZkVl1gt/s1600-h/212-CID.M%C3%89XICO-UNIVERSIDADE-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrZ8qIxKtLqeUvBHXKpgZHPupOECEFYdW74M0arzd9gr2h6JVICMVTjEuh0OBrIQNdCFJ0HdVYa5TfDB7dG-kznaKeLNN55CaOcVipRyWdH94X6QfLymElXCekfBpAZkVl1gt/s320/212-CID.M%C3%89XICO-UNIVERSIDADE-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056742677595885618" /></a><br />"UNIVERSITY - The most important Mexican university was founded in 1551. It is the largest university in Latin America and it is ranked the best in Latin America and also the most important university in the Spanish-speaking world. The building with the mural is the Library"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kP_bnl3EomvIzIjbbEIhSvFuaAGC_C_P2-aoCCecjr6p0HurmYhPFtrNAz8ErVXmOAR0b9uNl6ZXX4r3DFxyGghF8iNY9-5At-dBczU-uqdqiOi_RThe7E6s5PwCXwwL33D-/s1600-h/213-CID.M%C3%89XICO-EST%C3%81DIO+OL%C3%8DMPICO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kP_bnl3EomvIzIjbbEIhSvFuaAGC_C_P2-aoCCecjr6p0HurmYhPFtrNAz8ErVXmOAR0b9uNl6ZXX4r3DFxyGghF8iNY9-5At-dBczU-uqdqiOi_RThe7E6s5PwCXwwL33D-/s320/213-CID.M%C3%89XICO-EST%C3%81DIO+OL%C3%8DMPICO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056742681890852930" /></a><br />"OLYMPIC STADIUM" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfN_G5qVlfzhOjFUWGtX8Bzn2dulYgqT713spu9tAlVCwSx-sdodHfhtzGtfmjv2ttXM0y6_wDYibVX5sPUy5vC3b50u03vxzGcgFFIvQrtQUESHScj8HgJx8iImOBFes59MZ/s1600-h/214-CID.M%C3%89XICO-XOCHIMILCO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdIwumRIwPxrUaucUBLCGA5V7jfKCz7x53GF0ixthgVGdVkKuANxkDHs3a-rB0r1pQyWtRYH7LRRVlEk8-01Ni1RSpHHlTjVLvMAS6Y1dEXjRGazOf7j2Fdokct6lvFsEIsRu/s320/219-CID.M%C3%89XICO-XOCHIMILCO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056742325408567282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw66xE4ThYXCTk4LhYELodMbwzZh1cmPJFGbpoqksHdHzKBoNzO7KmYfJ-zDbazT9RsXuUIBiDXpsrL3-E5Czqt4MxBQ1xFbBegQCNiF9tH2FYLsxTeCRze4kir3zIo6LsKvx/s1600-h/220-CID.M%C3%89XICO-XOCHIMILCO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw66xE4ThYXCTk4LhYELodMbwzZh1cmPJFGbpoqksHdHzKBoNzO7KmYfJ-zDbazT9RsXuUIBiDXpsrL3-E5Czqt4MxBQ1xFbBegQCNiF9tH2FYLsxTeCRze4kir3zIo6LsKvx/s320/220-CID.M%C3%89XICO-XOCHIMILCO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056742325408567298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv30EL1TJtMNBEkaRG49sjFN5cA-p6xwMLL6MRo3ldqVQPZgVNBTu09ozoAzXrnstRphz2YSYt29Cn_imlEXjvPIyf74FC0odQCgiXRN22EKI0Nbfc5hQhK8Lfj-OZoVRUA1H/s1600-h/221-CID.M%C3%89XICO-XOCHIMILCO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv30EL1TJtMNBEkaRG49sjFN5cA-p6xwMLL6MRo3ldqVQPZgVNBTu09ozoAzXrnstRphz2YSYt29Cn_imlEXjvPIyf74FC0odQCgiXRN22EKI0Nbfc5hQhK8Lfj-OZoVRUA1H/s320/221-CID.M%C3%89XICO-XOCHIMILCO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056742329703534610" /></a><br />"XOCHIMILCO lies 28 km south of Mexico City and has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage List. According to the UNESCO site, «with its network of canals and artificial islands, it testifies the efforts of the Aztec people to build a habitat in the midst of an unfavourable environment. Its characteristic urban and rural structures, built since the 16th century and during the colonial period; have been preserved in an exceptional manner»"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-55706668123093799812007-04-16T09:06:00.000+01:002007-04-16T10:07:13.623+01:00CANCUN - SEPTEMBER 1983BEACH BREAK<br /><br />After visiting the Aztec and Mayan ruins we made a break and went to the beach in Cancun. The weather was not particularly nice, as some hurricane threats were in the air, but finally everything ran smoothly!<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRARV3tRYcEbwErwdP15uJ__DbOYRHy5tmwE8xiEgQAkoAp9B7X8qHu-GD7T3xKSmt9AgkD69evsaS4j2ahsT08KUnXpgiI_nogOWuAyqPoIk9TrNmk2NyMjjMCZMJhtYI_F-U/s1600-h/188-CANCUN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRARV3tRYcEbwErwdP15uJ__DbOYRHy5tmwE8xiEgQAkoAp9B7X8qHu-GD7T3xKSmt9AgkD69evsaS4j2ahsT08KUnXpgiI_nogOWuAyqPoIk9TrNmk2NyMjjMCZMJhtYI_F-U/s320/188-CANCUN-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935973909314978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoKc2EOuJ_bd9BaHQa0gPfI56Y3y1ZArVNLktf-OpTVB8dufaqKEOn8x3wnpypZ31A1C5f1v0e3Yw6TMBdhbvnzMcEcvPPq5eU0sC5nkw0U1n7_hxllyn9w_bW71RfC3eaLWa/s1600-h/189-CANCUN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoKc2EOuJ_bd9BaHQa0gPfI56Y3y1ZArVNLktf-OpTVB8dufaqKEOn8x3wnpypZ31A1C5f1v0e3Yw6TMBdhbvnzMcEcvPPq5eU0sC5nkw0U1n7_hxllyn9w_bW71RfC3eaLWa/s320/189-CANCUN-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935978204282290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka4Hl-iPf31OCQVRnKdTb2RqQpigrBC_awSO6YpWSf_hGdzzFJ_6mfWZKcpIRXsmOjcHilHuZHdkWLKc62Y8IGLMzvAcJgGL_nkIX2JNRGTrk8ULfMEUBu9UHb_MlspMuSpvi/s1600-h/205-CANCUN-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka4Hl-iPf31OCQVRnKdTb2RqQpigrBC_awSO6YpWSf_hGdzzFJ_6mfWZKcpIRXsmOjcHilHuZHdkWLKc62Y8IGLMzvAcJgGL_nkIX2JNRGTrk8ULfMEUBu9UHb_MlspMuSpvi/s320/205-CANCUN-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935282419580178" /></a><br />CANCUN, originally a small Mayan settlement situated in the Quintana Roo state of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, was chosen in 1970 to become a tourist resort. The main complex lies on a narrow island separated from the mainland by a tropical blue lagoon, with 14 miles of tropical beach and is surrounded by Mujeres Island, the Caribbean Sea, and the Nichupte and Bojorquez lagoons. The mainland - Cancun City - is connected to the island by two bridges. Further to the tourist resort, the existence of a Convention Centre and the organization of some international conferences also helped to foster the development of the site"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2nE4UIz5UbmlGHr8I22kBh7bIRicJWeKr6xIAn2cY5Jcw147VikRDmTqOOUjULG17J-M2ZAAVcIMoU4rwUrbm_efp3let5SVhChPcKkNV4U5pvrvrtn1wIITTwT4fpV2FGms/s1600-h/191-CANCUN-MAR-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2nE4UIz5UbmlGHr8I22kBh7bIRicJWeKr6xIAn2cY5Jcw147VikRDmTqOOUjULG17J-M2ZAAVcIMoU4rwUrbm_efp3let5SVhChPcKkNV4U5pvrvrtn1wIITTwT4fpV2FGms/s320/191-CANCUN-MAR-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935982499249602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1imUCzGFfXeneRw8gZR1rqaOuT69i66P7nlqjV2Bd6w3RooVbMUMni24YDRQjppeO12ep2NlMFUmt5EEQNSBq62CnwKE3-Pix8w1NIIgFgDxRmCYlsxhiJFn08KnIKWmJJHA/s1600-h/192-CANCUN-PRAIA-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1imUCzGFfXeneRw8gZR1rqaOuT69i66P7nlqjV2Bd6w3RooVbMUMni24YDRQjppeO12ep2NlMFUmt5EEQNSBq62CnwKE3-Pix8w1NIIgFgDxRmCYlsxhiJFn08KnIKWmJJHA/s320/192-CANCUN-PRAIA-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935986794216914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZj4n2JjwpxzGx4sEQiJ_weguU2_OO4sCd9Bapa6ah9xH_4284WVm7_p-HUpxzGvckzRQFuV6kC5fE_dmU1DDoo8_ApVVzK68Vl0xb6VA6OOziU37f4StkbC8wHLhvS1eCWzU9/s1600-h/206-CANCUN-KRYSTAL-PISCINA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZj4n2JjwpxzGx4sEQiJ_weguU2_OO4sCd9Bapa6ah9xH_4284WVm7_p-HUpxzGvckzRQFuV6kC5fE_dmU1DDoo8_ApVVzK68Vl0xb6VA6OOziU37f4StkbC8wHLhvS1eCWzU9/s320/206-CANCUN-KRYSTAL-PISCINA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935286714547490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9smsHGvYq4aEMc4-NDuFIq6jTQZc7h_CRtiOmhbipqFbKbBAhmaeyWwTiaU1Ljpu69FwACwaCMuZPyhJMglv8lNxDcWjKGQfH73coP3VrqA7zmLLk5SM5Z9KVza4KJZ7pU5f3/s1600-h/209-CANCUN-KRYSTAL-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9smsHGvYq4aEMc4-NDuFIq6jTQZc7h_CRtiOmhbipqFbKbBAhmaeyWwTiaU1Ljpu69FwACwaCMuZPyhJMglv8lNxDcWjKGQfH73coP3VrqA7zmLLk5SM5Z9KVza4KJZ7pU5f3/s320/209-CANCUN-KRYSTAL-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935291009514818" /></a><br />"KRYSTAL HOTEL - In 1983 there were much fewer hotels in Cancun than nowadays. The Krystal, which opened exactly in 1983, was one of the best, and its location was superb. The white powder sand of the beach was fabulous. It seems that after hurricane Wilma destroyed the beach in 2005, the new sand that was brought in during the recovery process is much coarser and somewhat darker than the powdery white original. Shame"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXLK-3YxuWOmLnI8efG87yC8C_SdBbR35bC2Jlh4brMTZbK_wzMYe52u45aZzomp8Co_w7M3H9Qsy1sTFcs5mlhuNXWYfpYUwQZkY3M5LLlqKuN244SCqVRX7kZCvrECV_8FP/s1600-h/208-CANCUN-CAMINO+REAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXLK-3YxuWOmLnI8efG87yC8C_SdBbR35bC2Jlh4brMTZbK_wzMYe52u45aZzomp8Co_w7M3H9Qsy1sTFcs5mlhuNXWYfpYUwQZkY3M5LLlqKuN244SCqVRX7kZCvrECV_8FP/s320/208-CANCUN-CAMINO+REAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935291009514802" /></a><br />"CAMINO REAL - Another great hotel in those days, and probably still today"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaL4xF9KHHerrvQa6Y-O4JfRHx5DkvphGXmFeEM603REv6-JwXV09BkfF9Ddi3Wa9a39qKdsA_J1XwnTRGXj8_ynkQtvJKCSZD4Iy0lIqmFoGvfWUrMSRYdSHN3yAQ0cPNu15/s1600-h/196-CANCUN-ISLA+MUJERES-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaL4xF9KHHerrvQa6Y-O4JfRHx5DkvphGXmFeEM603REv6-JwXV09BkfF9Ddi3Wa9a39qKdsA_J1XwnTRGXj8_ynkQtvJKCSZD4Iy0lIqmFoGvfWUrMSRYdSHN3yAQ0cPNu15/s320/196-CANCUN-ISLA+MUJERES-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935991089184226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyMxOjdNuw3jD8asHBlcr1FPKGMWF1SpVuPNssW0deCf25wZFmyKRyn8E1ypvq7fQeCI56vkSk1l-AiHcwF3RZFFGXXrFslpvW_ZbZfpXD4IImJKo3Ootxp_p94deNU48yiTE/s1600-h/198-CANCUN-ISLA+MUJERES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyMxOjdNuw3jD8asHBlcr1FPKGMWF1SpVuPNssW0deCf25wZFmyKRyn8E1ypvq7fQeCI56vkSk1l-AiHcwF3RZFFGXXrFslpvW_ZbZfpXD4IImJKo3Ootxp_p94deNU48yiTE/s320/198-CANCUN-ISLA+MUJERES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935690441473362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGNtcPXMGSCI0AVnqUDs8GOfMU2fMmi2mPvvd2I5pfxkfbvgsvZTX24fbSZ7NQnnY-QyQJGNs-J-SnyHUt07XHZtXhm4BBhnENbminTz_OLzyiokzdeiTu1MXXTEZNPCKdw1u/s1600-h/199-ISLA+MUJERES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGNtcPXMGSCI0AVnqUDs8GOfMU2fMmi2mPvvd2I5pfxkfbvgsvZTX24fbSZ7NQnnY-QyQJGNs-J-SnyHUt07XHZtXhm4BBhnENbminTz_OLzyiokzdeiTu1MXXTEZNPCKdw1u/s320/199-ISLA+MUJERES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935690441473378" /></a><br />"FERRY TRANSFER to Isla Mujeres. Located opposite Cancun coast, Isla Mujeres is 7.5 km long and an average 500 meters wide"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VymRqX_vFDBbKJJQuFUAsWtqCIU56p-PypY8g99yWBkwLf4rPPY48a9fOQt8SzJ7KQiup1rT5t_XLINBce9sHEcNPkiuniGoda5jRDuU4w4-IfhQYe_AdwZxRl6SwM5vYeaW/s1600-h/200-ISLA+MUJERES-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VymRqX_vFDBbKJJQuFUAsWtqCIU56p-PypY8g99yWBkwLf4rPPY48a9fOQt8SzJ7KQiup1rT5t_XLINBce9sHEcNPkiuniGoda5jRDuU4w4-IfhQYe_AdwZxRl6SwM5vYeaW/s320/200-ISLA+MUJERES-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935694736440690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4f6W5LxVD4OwehpU8W8pIsGzfDqg0EXIAKeLSH5DdTVLP2EdcFaqF4yUMbFZBWCNEvDYQXPwmp3Ewd8WBFU2Ncb0SO_o0K-KvU1We2fi74znL-QhyphenhyphenPD7qj0mCzDJ9XLgh4Gi/s1600-h/203-ISLA+MUJERES-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4f6W5LxVD4OwehpU8W8pIsGzfDqg0EXIAKeLSH5DdTVLP2EdcFaqF4yUMbFZBWCNEvDYQXPwmp3Ewd8WBFU2Ncb0SO_o0K-KvU1We2fi74znL-QhyphenhyphenPD7qj0mCzDJ9XLgh4Gi/s320/203-ISLA+MUJERES-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935699031408018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CRJR8PSa-MLDYfyp9BOSPrlMoefRFu3qNk068x51ylWYCLLhukOMzFOsKttlYfl7B5bsJNScnx6s2mCTM9REpjESCADVSyFU49f73j0lEv2AZwFcyb9HDKYcvzoR3I-U1EQG/s1600-h/204-ISLA+MUJERES-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CRJR8PSa-MLDYfyp9BOSPrlMoefRFu3qNk068x51ylWYCLLhukOMzFOsKttlYfl7B5bsJNScnx6s2mCTM9REpjESCADVSyFU49f73j0lEv2AZwFcyb9HDKYcvzoR3I-U1EQG/s320/204-ISLA+MUJERES-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935282419580162" /></a><br />"ISLA MUJERES - The publicity states that «Isla Mujeres is a privileged place with a unique natural and cultural wealth in Mexico. It combines the beauty of the Caribbean, the dense tropical jungle and the wonderful heritage of the Mayan civilization. It stands out as one of Mexico's natural treasures, a truly delightful paradise on earth» Well, there is no need to exaggerate..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMEyq4gNrjFha-tyd16TfOrLGXunnxont9j_JETSykGYafc8_Mg-tZm445I2tGuiZK2yZX9h-zgNd7HtfHnySFux9sxRyRHtQCgjDFQiu_ilNYKNEYikyHUadqrY6znC_7_os/s1600-h/202-ISLA+MUJERES-PRAIA-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMEyq4gNrjFha-tyd16TfOrLGXunnxont9j_JETSykGYafc8_Mg-tZm445I2tGuiZK2yZX9h-zgNd7HtfHnySFux9sxRyRHtQCgjDFQiu_ilNYKNEYikyHUadqrY6znC_7_os/s320/202-ISLA+MUJERES-PRAIA-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053935699031408002" /></a><br />"BEACH - The beach was good, and empty..."GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-32538121484776541472007-04-07T00:34:00.000+01:002007-04-07T12:23:47.976+01:00CHICHEN ITZA - SEPTEMBER 1983MAYAN ADVENTURE<br /><br />After Uxmal, we returned to Mérida, just to make a tour to Chichén Itzá, «the city at the mouth of the well of the Itza tribe», one of the most impressive, and the best preserved, of the Mayan sites. Actually, while Europe was still in the Middle Age, the Maya mapped the heavens, created the only writing system native to the American continent, were masters of mathematics and invented the calendar. The Maya also cleared routes through jungles and swamps to foster trade with other peoples. Around 300 B.C., they adopted a system of government ruled by nobles and kings, which started to decline around 900 A.D. when the southern Maya abandoned their cities.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEY2larIAZM7NZQWcjSxBol2QUTdnOL0Lf4u1vHkNCj4H9vmHXsFY2hVkAcvG3OZjozcg_aAFl6R1frwu_AM5Yeklfpb92hERPTbdy0AZzC1jG2Ql2Guy7oi55orN2fAavDRFk/s1600-h/187-CHICHEN+ITZA-M%C3%89RIDA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEY2larIAZM7NZQWcjSxBol2QUTdnOL0Lf4u1vHkNCj4H9vmHXsFY2hVkAcvG3OZjozcg_aAFl6R1frwu_AM5Yeklfpb92hERPTbdy0AZzC1jG2Ql2Guy7oi55orN2fAavDRFk/s320/187-CHICHEN+ITZA-M%C3%89RIDA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050478296538091170" /></a><br />"ON THE WAY from Mérida to Chichén Itzá. Chichén Itzá was included in the <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/483">UNESCO</a>'s World Heritage List in 1988"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf_sanxsPLX-n97ULRsPloRTcT0_NMDLCCmwQVEY70ryRWVHR7Js-iEp6ocM1RMIcSwoXBB8TnQql-l7yL1GlG2Ck53pHpEeteu9sAQ7xrD2vZ2bXSA8303qKqU2pwJ1QWChC/s1600-h/165-CHICHEN+ITZA-CENOTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf_sanxsPLX-n97ULRsPloRTcT0_NMDLCCmwQVEY70ryRWVHR7Js-iEp6ocM1RMIcSwoXBB8TnQql-l7yL1GlG2Ck53pHpEeteu9sAQ7xrD2vZ2bXSA8303qKqU2pwJ1QWChC/s320/165-CHICHEN+ITZA-CENOTE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050478300833058482" /></a><br />"CENOTE is a thirty meter deep and sixty five meter diameter sinkhole formed by water percolating through the soft limestone above. Since the porous soil held little water, these underground bodies were extremely important to the city. It's a bizarre world with red limestone stalactites, a green water pool, and roots of trees hanging around. Once a year, in April, the beam of light touches the tip of the stalactite. The Cenote, however, seems to have been also used for the sacrifice of some young girls, full of jewels and offers, to Tlaloc, the God of Rain"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKxFFzT993MFijcpO-hWC_owyOri8gIA_8zGyV7l2GDzQnQgFNEfdAlV6Tk0qAVIFL1LBzrqUHNgePzoOCFE5EJioRj7bUUv-0Wz3ln4InCk1i7-1uPbJXeG_Fus5PSGTpqlH/s1600-h/163-CHICHEN+ITZA-BALLCOURT-MM-AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKxFFzT993MFijcpO-hWC_owyOri8gIA_8zGyV7l2GDzQnQgFNEfdAlV6Tk0qAVIFL1LBzrqUHNgePzoOCFE5EJioRj7bUUv-0Wz3ln4InCk1i7-1uPbJXeG_Fus5PSGTpqlH/s320/163-CHICHEN+ITZA-BALLCOURT-MM-AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050478300833058498" /></a><br />"BALL COURT - The Mayans were great sportsmen and build huge ball courts to play their games. The Great Ball Court of Chichén Itzá is 166 meter long and 69 meter wide. However, a whisper from one top can be heard clearly at the other and throughout the whole court. This stunning acoustics is a secret still to be explained. The ball game of the Maya was named Pokta-Pok, the name of a famous golf course nowadays in Cancun"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFPsE64BcfYmguW3JB6EMXMnGNts1CKCO4qEHbxaEtStimZxCoDlIuDd-T7_5fOWg49Aq92QvMsYxVfIYYsJTFZwsZLaT0wzBGLJ0rat3qNHZievGUKHC3oW2JSMAiqGl4wdg/s1600-h/164-CHICHEN+ITZA-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFPsE64BcfYmguW3JB6EMXMnGNts1CKCO4qEHbxaEtStimZxCoDlIuDd-T7_5fOWg49Aq92QvMsYxVfIYYsJTFZwsZLaT0wzBGLJ0rat3qNHZievGUKHC3oW2JSMAiqGl4wdg/s320/164-CHICHEN+ITZA-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050478305128025810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mRjr5TwNweFaAc9J5gdB1d3EvQm7XIsXJ7dtH1ap-ZTVt5Bt_V6f5mcbBDguoiI-foQ9ECqEJ_D0YeNbogQByVahWZy6oI3FBzEhjSvzpuoxjAENae3IlOPDbgTEz89nmvyP/s1600-h/167-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mRjr5TwNweFaAc9J5gdB1d3EvQm7XIsXJ7dtH1ap-ZTVt5Bt_V6f5mcbBDguoiI-foQ9ECqEJ_D0YeNbogQByVahWZy6oI3FBzEhjSvzpuoxjAENae3IlOPDbgTEz89nmvyP/s320/167-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050475083902553698" /></a><br />"JAGUARS, SERPENTS..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QZkw4XLyF1a8HIHu18rN9-6BX9VjnJHap_lS71Mly2HXfpV8eUZ3rNuc8KEqlY_UlKQYANvh00MI5nuyILuIslqrb4tF1XburBkGJi1jEy2HYa6Z6P6X1Vm9ImgQXUjpRXrA/s1600-h/161-CHICHEN+ITZA-EL+CASTILLO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QZkw4XLyF1a8HIHu18rN9-6BX9VjnJHap_lS71Mly2HXfpV8eUZ3rNuc8KEqlY_UlKQYANvh00MI5nuyILuIslqrb4tF1XburBkGJi1jEy2HYa6Z6P6X1Vm9ImgQXUjpRXrA/s320/161-CHICHEN+ITZA-EL+CASTILLO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050475083902553682" /></a><br />"TOURIST CROWD - It's true that the magic of the place is better enjoyed with a few people, but if you're on your own and lucky enough, you'll be able to avoid the crowds"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigt7dTG9BDcAQJsZPGjACT6po9bSUxzdM4jfMtmaez1pIqA-wcmHp7NwaF0BltwqS-opk5CO7n0llqEvGykxRnc8nFgKTS1jziJBRIXVEoIvgl44F7hY1gxpvYtPg3o3mzOb1Y/s1600-h/174.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigt7dTG9BDcAQJsZPGjACT6po9bSUxzdM4jfMtmaez1pIqA-wcmHp7NwaF0BltwqS-opk5CO7n0llqEvGykxRnc8nFgKTS1jziJBRIXVEoIvgl44F7hY1gxpvYtPg3o3mzOb1Y/s320/174.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050475088197521026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm0CElOtB8Pxba9rw7abx14z5u6oxtWGkl-0WNkt2-8faLWvu9BC8Oi6LLeZGTfeirJwhDsSkSMIicObgZB57U_w7nIR0yWeGlD2tp752gSUmkdRD7Ms4Y6KlF67zJUu8tUkl/s1600-h/175-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO-MM-AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm0CElOtB8Pxba9rw7abx14z5u6oxtWGkl-0WNkt2-8faLWvu9BC8Oi6LLeZGTfeirJwhDsSkSMIicObgZB57U_w7nIR0yWeGlD2tp752gSUmkdRD7Ms4Y6KlF67zJUu8tUkl/s320/175-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO-MM-AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050475092492488338" /></a><br />"EL CASTILLO - The Kukulcán pyramid called «the castle» is at the centre of the huge (300 hectares) site. Its construction was planned in such a way that each March and September Equinox the rising and setting sun would cast a shadow of a serpent - Kukulcán or Quetzalcoatl - twisting the side steps of the pyramid. The four stairs of the pyramid have ninety-one steps each, which, together with the top platform, make a total of 365, the same figure as the days of the Gregorian calendar... The acoustics is also amazing: a person standing on the top step can speak normally and be heard by those at ground level"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxcbBgj9M26RIIiCVldgSKtOJgPCI_NsoJgqLu-T1_PwXaeyfrcjDGSm0wY5HTu-esEnBgOPO09k61G-lE1aEiaHXa8yg3SE9eqXYIw9P7W4LleZebyN7slwKWNEJ6vOzzjH_/s1600-h/169-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxcbBgj9M26RIIiCVldgSKtOJgPCI_NsoJgqLu-T1_PwXaeyfrcjDGSm0wY5HTu-esEnBgOPO09k61G-lE1aEiaHXa8yg3SE9eqXYIw9P7W4LleZebyN7slwKWNEJ6vOzzjH_/s320/169-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050475088197521010" /></a><br />"WALL - Climbing the pyramid (it seems it's no longer allowed) was quite a challenge but the spectacular view of the city and the surrounding jungle was fabulous"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoqlJetuCfcrlt0BpadXCRNbs6wSb1an7UO393JoCzed-6iBmJv0JND_sgEXhONuzSz-jTA0CUwTnjFcd2ouHQnO8exDBCxOC5px4BuAzcg9NU_8yhH-HNnDB5Vk405_CpMUR/s1600-h/168-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+GUERREIROS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoqlJetuCfcrlt0BpadXCRNbs6wSb1an7UO393JoCzed-6iBmJv0JND_sgEXhONuzSz-jTA0CUwTnjFcd2ouHQnO8exDBCxOC5px4BuAzcg9NU_8yhH-HNnDB5Vk405_CpMUR/s320/168-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+GUERREIROS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050474031635566082" /></a><br />"THE BALL COURT AND THE JUNGLE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg248EtYzd6HpKa8dBYFkMRtbL_LkJHr_4emSYQxU2nUBSIybvb68rqV1WwdqBSg_S40dOzL1359sOkK797_bH31RenOTna1Jkab2eh_ELdnMnpqjUoohyphenhyphenLICr94atDU_pwXo4U/s1600-h/170-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+GUERREIROS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg248EtYzd6HpKa8dBYFkMRtbL_LkJHr_4emSYQxU2nUBSIybvb68rqV1WwdqBSg_S40dOzL1359sOkK797_bH31RenOTna1Jkab2eh_ELdnMnpqjUoohyphenhyphenLICr94atDU_pwXo4U/s320/170-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+GUERREIROS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050474031635566098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvtE8xI3TVeJGPMH2rQD4hbx8a6-Uo7bbsxcaNo1WAmSyEfvNIYewzhPh9qVlH-40WA2YodRcZAP_g5Qqk64NkKiTunOLar4V-gXzOt8n4jiO2Uz9mh6_elT0_BPVt8RzwZmN/s1600-h/171-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+GUERREIROS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvtE8xI3TVeJGPMH2rQD4hbx8a6-Uo7bbsxcaNo1WAmSyEfvNIYewzhPh9qVlH-40WA2YodRcZAP_g5Qqk64NkKiTunOLar4V-gXzOt8n4jiO2Uz9mh6_elT0_BPVt8RzwZmN/s320/171-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+GUERREIROS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050474035930533410" /></a><br />"THE TEMPLE OF THE WARRIORS as seen from the top of the Kukulcán. This Temple - forty meters wide and twelve meters high - is one of the most terror instigating ruins on the site: a huge temple, hundreds of columns that continue on into the jungle and lots of carvings depicting warriors..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM4xw47igqd-7BAhvjtuGxy7SucYszdbfeFMX_DHKfMBhGfTAwjt5dww1M7npU36GMADK4snvnzY_2EY8JxXXug0gFBRxD41wUt0K_bLUT4cso7RATLhexz_BgNuAWFhyphenhyphenLDB0/s1600-h/179-CHICHEN+ITZA-CHAC+MOOL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM4xw47igqd-7BAhvjtuGxy7SucYszdbfeFMX_DHKfMBhGfTAwjt5dww1M7npU36GMADK4snvnzY_2EY8JxXXug0gFBRxD41wUt0K_bLUT4cso7RATLhexz_BgNuAWFhyphenhyphenLDB0/s320/179-CHICHEN+ITZA-CHAC+MOOL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050474035930533426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcx-RPVyMpd1rIZpPOyRmKEqyFCvpG25P3IlLvn0sdJY32TqZNeC-6_eojYamz8xbW92DI0JJCv6VnlarNCQYEyC3aBjvEo96ODvW9PPirOpvh9mhyphenhyphenh9pT4ObPPx2Y1X1riaWZ/s1600-h/181-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcx-RPVyMpd1rIZpPOyRmKEqyFCvpG25P3IlLvn0sdJY32TqZNeC-6_eojYamz8xbW92DI0JJCv6VnlarNCQYEyC3aBjvEo96ODvW9PPirOpvh9mhyphenhyphenh9pT4ObPPx2Y1X1riaWZ/s320/181-CHICHEN+ITZA-ELCASTILLO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050474040225500738" /></a><br />"CHAC MOOL - The Chac Mool depicts a human figure in an awkward position: seated on the ground with its upper back raised, the head turned to a right angle, the legs drawn up to the buttocks, elbows rest on the ground, and its hands holding a tray over the stomach, used for offerings or human sacrifices. The current name derives from the name «Chaacmol» which Augustus Le Plongeon gave to a sculpture he and his wife excavated from the Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars in 1875"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7ddZE0MHxHet-8IKgBgS2-0LY3Cfl9aX7jvm9X9k42NbVJ0QHEHXin3MmYwLjztRnT3_25yar6pXDsbc5lulHLmllqTVV81bpa0n7S2sx_9JcP6j7w_L0pDXzE8tv6m3j1wO/s1600-h/177-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLOGUERREIROS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7ddZE0MHxHet-8IKgBgS2-0LY3Cfl9aX7jvm9X9k42NbVJ0QHEHXin3MmYwLjztRnT3_25yar6pXDsbc5lulHLmllqTVV81bpa0n7S2sx_9JcP6j7w_L0pDXzE8tv6m3j1wO/s320/177-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLOGUERREIROS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050472296468778418" /></a><br />"COLUMNS - At the temple of Warriors"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKGCbO8qAKbSnUS_P4R6EyUxVCbnn-NmVaIYGFGU1lPL-OnH93OaZeL60h0XgVx9C941BbW_CsuIwTCtW15aBn2y-Dv19MMP-XHEt-myXp8bGHaT95PyBIBNdFek_facs_K-d/s1600-h/183-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+JAGUAR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKGCbO8qAKbSnUS_P4R6EyUxVCbnn-NmVaIYGFGU1lPL-OnH93OaZeL60h0XgVx9C941BbW_CsuIwTCtW15aBn2y-Dv19MMP-XHEt-myXp8bGHaT95PyBIBNdFek_facs_K-d/s320/183-CHICHEN+ITZA-TEMPLO+JAGUAR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050472300763745730" /></a><br />"TEMPLE OF THE JAGUAR"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaqipmxp3hAL2D1Ft0soe-Xh3S5uGDsvP-4VqUp06_jCoVY_mo6JaQJtU0SmHTLkf5e_8sYrIDoh-jwPPaAgr_Hm8tXpX2MX5TR9eAL7pUcnf8nazcR1_7J-s2JV17EMRzLng/s1600-h/184-CHICHEN+ITZA-OBSERVAT%C3%93RIO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaqipmxp3hAL2D1Ft0soe-Xh3S5uGDsvP-4VqUp06_jCoVY_mo6JaQJtU0SmHTLkf5e_8sYrIDoh-jwPPaAgr_Hm8tXpX2MX5TR9eAL7pUcnf8nazcR1_7J-s2JV17EMRzLng/s320/184-CHICHEN+ITZA-OBSERVAT%C3%93RIO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050472300763745746" /></a><br />"EL CARACOL/THE OBSERVATORY is a round building on a large square platform, nicknamed «the snail» for the stone spiral staircase inside. Several of its windows point towards the equinox sunset and the southernmost and northernmost points on the horizon where Venus rises"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23eS-7j4S_E6evfQbP1mWMCuqMX6jyD1PJ-I3R7yr2-sQv-j6ztGfVEMVSH0Z1FaVQAMPIi9iPrIGllHCYmS3eI5cgZf4jAH5209tbCwkvuMRS_43n1nYPA-CDrzzvzQdfUkg/s1600-h/185-CHICHEN+ITZA-CONVENTO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23eS-7j4S_E6evfQbP1mWMCuqMX6jyD1PJ-I3R7yr2-sQv-j6ztGfVEMVSH0Z1FaVQAMPIi9iPrIGllHCYmS3eI5cgZf4jAH5209tbCwkvuMRS_43n1nYPA-CDrzzvzQdfUkg/s320/185-CHICHEN+ITZA-CONVENTO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050472305058713058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdaT85Px7AVlzhVry3pSl7YqFEBr3qVpQrVbV_rKYj0NDmZHyt1lEwd4h2Uea6njtIErf5_DaTMj0uLwxZr_Tmp2CZuV-Qyd86mmF-Zh2z61KQ-kqrNwN6LXXljA-GTzrMJqA/s1600-h/186-CHICHEN+ITZA-CONVENTO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdaT85Px7AVlzhVry3pSl7YqFEBr3qVpQrVbV_rKYj0NDmZHyt1lEwd4h2Uea6njtIErf5_DaTMj0uLwxZr_Tmp2CZuV-Qyd86mmF-Zh2z61KQ-kqrNwN6LXXljA-GTzrMJqA/s320/186-CHICHEN+ITZA-CONVENTO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050472305058713074" /></a><br />"LAS MONJAS/NUNNERY - The Spanish nicknamed this complex Las Monjas, but it seems to have been actually a governmental palace. It contains some of the best preserved structures at Chichén Itzá, as every square meter of wall has carvings and paintings decorating it"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-74990242739692128112007-03-30T21:34:00.000+01:002007-03-31T00:13:07.147+01:00UXMAL - SEPTEMBER 1983IN THE LAND OF THE MAYAS!<br /><br />***<br /><br />MÉRIDA<br /><br />After Oaxaca and Villahermosa, we flew Aeromexico to Mérida. Mérida was founded on January 6, 1542, by Francisco de Montejo (a Spanish <em>Conquistador</em> known as «<em>El Adelantado</em>») and is the capital and largest city of the Yucatán state. It was built over the Maya city of T'ho, and is nicknamed «The White City», both for the colour of its buildings and the fact that the residents keep it particularly clean.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgvgDW16TKR-z_UAohppboVOneKw9jaShBzBl-fHtrP26AQRuxda2jhO_SeWAyXWAY-HZtMEHhlYAKi8eJv0t4y8LFN_wHrdKIJ3gDAIXmc2XD8Ar5_T4VgV8HrEindOkyHSy/s1600-h/144-M%C3%89RIDA-HOLIDAYINN-AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgvgDW16TKR-z_UAohppboVOneKw9jaShBzBl-fHtrP26AQRuxda2jhO_SeWAyXWAY-HZtMEHhlYAKi8eJv0t4y8LFN_wHrdKIJ3gDAIXmc2XD8Ar5_T4VgV8HrEindOkyHSy/s320/144-M%C3%89RIDA-HOLIDAYINN-AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823201012688290" /></a><br />"HOLIDAY INN - By that time there was no Hyatt Regency skyscraper yet, so we stayed at the Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn is located at Paseo de Montejo, one of the most beautiful city's avenues, and has a nice touch of colonial architecture, since it was one of the richest haciendas in 1542, when the city was founded"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zrr7P4kSYLkD5umWlEWKEj1_14dV9DpWzb3A3jRFlzOs-UOuR8Vt8Yf-wnnsl-TWmhcNu0tiLr_xNsZa2Fns5IM3Lm-Qxn05-6ehKK6OMd03QKMzx3fkPJZvX__1gC4zBZSv/s1600-h/140-M%C3%89RIDA-CENTRO-GG-AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zrr7P4kSYLkD5umWlEWKEj1_14dV9DpWzb3A3jRFlzOs-UOuR8Vt8Yf-wnnsl-TWmhcNu0tiLr_xNsZa2Fns5IM3Lm-Qxn05-6ehKK6OMd03QKMzx3fkPJZvX__1gC4zBZSv/s320/140-M%C3%89RIDA-CENTRO-GG-AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823724998698482" /></a><br />"CASA MONTEJO is the building that was originally built for the <em>Adelantado</em>. From such building, only the beautiful front is preserved, but it shows a great example of the civil architecture of Mexico" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsfykyGlMSs-s7K0_HW4HANaCWmU-2TSwpFWmgEi0u-D_FMbfuS_-xp7L7gv-vt8qBkBM830AzyRd63hvmkTBu4-_P55EUGUp2Cila_q-keqVUJZovoX5xS_EfXcAvyD19EcO/s1600-h/141-M%C3%89RIDA-JARDIMCATEDRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsfykyGlMSs-s7K0_HW4HANaCWmU-2TSwpFWmgEi0u-D_FMbfuS_-xp7L7gv-vt8qBkBM830AzyRd63hvmkTBu4-_P55EUGUp2Cila_q-keqVUJZovoX5xS_EfXcAvyD19EcO/s320/141-M%C3%89RIDA-JARDIMCATEDRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823724998698498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0FvfSxmfw-ID9NCPbCsfBIO3JMAjBeUU1Db1mNJ76qyTeUOGp-2hB2rE6INej33vREyt4Ls3f7TmSZ9duLGVOANiXFoSbEG7HI3iOJ3kWqtMTjgcrwwmkXjn45x9UvcFaJ18/s1600-h/142-M%C3%89RIDA-JARDIMCATEDRAL-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0FvfSxmfw-ID9NCPbCsfBIO3JMAjBeUU1Db1mNJ76qyTeUOGp-2hB2rE6INej33vREyt4Ls3f7TmSZ9duLGVOANiXFoSbEG7HI3iOJ3kWqtMTjgcrwwmkXjn45x9UvcFaJ18/s320/142-M%C3%89RIDA-JARDIMCATEDRAL-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823729293665810" /></a><br />"SAN ILDEFONSO CATHEDRAL, built between 1556 and 1599 by Juan Miguel Aguero in the place that once was occupied by the Mayor church, is one of the oldest cathedrals in the American continent. Its foundations were built with the huge stones from the pyramids dismantled by the Spaniards"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_ldO2aTuJ31JeaP_p8S8wA_Gixr34dJPKYe9C7_9mgI09DOU1SuaCA_ryclo_GCWM-T89n0UYkPMcDGHW43QEPbrdCtuR8M-ydmMdRa8JvXbxC7XcVg1ulPIzrdNkSj587rn/s1600-h/143-M%C3%89RIDA-PAL%C3%81CIO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_ldO2aTuJ31JeaP_p8S8wA_Gixr34dJPKYe9C7_9mgI09DOU1SuaCA_ryclo_GCWM-T89n0UYkPMcDGHW43QEPbrdCtuR8M-ydmMdRa8JvXbxC7XcVg1ulPIzrdNkSj587rn/s320/143-M%C3%89RIDA-PAL%C3%81CIO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823733588633122" /></a><br />"PALACE"<br /><br />***<br /><br />UXMAL<br /><br />The archeological centre of Uxmal is located northwest of the Yucatan peninsula, roughly 50 km south-west from Mérida. Uxmal (the name meant «built three times» in the Mayan language) is one of the most important parts of the late classic period (600-900 AC) of the Mayan culture, and is rated as the finest Mayan archaeological site. It was the greatest metropolitan and religious centre in the Puuc hills.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghULOhQcEwuVzU26kAapsMhig-Pc-6KDFi57J2G26lsJQGpVt-LKlEj_9Lv4qKlsqExLvBA2tA5lyNRDSVSRQyItGjHkxQ84Jj8mfVevs4tWQ5CQzheqK4C6oFiyT6s948AIaq/s1600-h/151-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghULOhQcEwuVzU26kAapsMhig-Pc-6KDFi57J2G26lsJQGpVt-LKlEj_9Lv4qKlsqExLvBA2tA5lyNRDSVSRQyItGjHkxQ84Jj8mfVevs4tWQ5CQzheqK4C6oFiyT6s948AIaq/s320/151-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047822651256874338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2F4oqJwv6GogB6gnH89q6uutbmHDhiooJ864-btPSJviyZYOVhyphenhyphenZVEaqmden7m_LUXKigEMwTDSpkjcpE14YPCee0iaIjNWsBZDbOKjygJ5Pbeps3m5smnNAKONwlkHkr_wH/s1600-h/153-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2F4oqJwv6GogB6gnH89q6uutbmHDhiooJ864-btPSJviyZYOVhyphenhyphenZVEaqmden7m_LUXKigEMwTDSpkjcpE14YPCee0iaIjNWsBZDbOKjygJ5Pbeps3m5smnNAKONwlkHkr_wH/s320/153-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047822659846808962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivI35WsrJhSWOBthZ3vL6Rnm1_haW6kI2Yo1_vEI8vK8zsHmn9qqtYyOupDshtJdgdeFjoW-z2cy8uKfdtthOKGlZU4q8B0qXhRD8H4MGZVujbDfqXLvEn0cjeg47loKT5v1mm/s1600-h/145-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivI35WsrJhSWOBthZ3vL6Rnm1_haW6kI2Yo1_vEI8vK8zsHmn9qqtYyOupDshtJdgdeFjoW-z2cy8uKfdtthOKGlZU4q8B0qXhRD8H4MGZVujbDfqXLvEn0cjeg47loKT5v1mm/s320/145-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823205307655602" /></a><br />"THE PYRAMID OF THE MAGICIAN, at 30 m, is the tallest structure in Uxmal. According to an ancient legend, a magician-god named Itzamna was supposed to have constructed the pyramid in one night. From archaeological excavation however, we know that the pyramid was constructed in five phases. The legendary association of the pyramid with a magician may be understood as an indication that the structure had ancient use as a mystery school and ceremonial centre. The entire city is aligned with reference to the position of the planets then known, and the pyramid is oriented so that its stairway on the west faces the setting sun at the time of summer solstice" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKj0O2zhQXE0l3USEjQft6QtesBLTEEKMaSisoP-RrayrTxc29BGU3as5HxJU0n9NWEDTuBrf0MFqB0EKpCZ15JBKdqAK2dr9upOe3uxiFNLcZzgEfIXe8phOgwGViE0QAOPNK/s1600-h/147-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKj0O2zhQXE0l3USEjQft6QtesBLTEEKMaSisoP-RrayrTxc29BGU3as5HxJU0n9NWEDTuBrf0MFqB0EKpCZ15JBKdqAK2dr9upOe3uxiFNLcZzgEfIXe8phOgwGViE0QAOPNK/s320/147-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823205307655618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSITNm024oigDxdBleRc4R3w79dnbJ2OnBs8ebSxjRU_Zp6vOgOftG-6UePENyN1tNsDdej03-mLoKa66AmL7Eu2uEdFyU8rr5suUITf36S7X6BW2-Wddlgx3bXn9Yskl8fzL9/s1600-h/149-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSITNm024oigDxdBleRc4R3w79dnbJ2OnBs8ebSxjRU_Zp6vOgOftG-6UePENyN1tNsDdej03-mLoKa66AmL7Eu2uEdFyU8rr5suUITf36S7X6BW2-Wddlgx3bXn9Yskl8fzL9/s320/149-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823213897590242" /></a><br />"ARCHAEOLOGICAL CAMP"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0cRkmbfxTS_h_LzXVFlOqXfy5adtRfeHSUwB_D7j4oqtYc-2gn104NWbdmdei_n1DYPO2bOa8pJn1DHFEK7V7OLXUZpsfyjf01KGUOimr1JnuA5eJlzZTV3spgk11ou6CeDy/s1600-h/148-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0cRkmbfxTS_h_LzXVFlOqXfy5adtRfeHSUwB_D7j4oqtYc-2gn104NWbdmdei_n1DYPO2bOa8pJn1DHFEK7V7OLXUZpsfyjf01KGUOimr1JnuA5eJlzZTV3spgk11ou6CeDy/s320/148-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047823209602622930" /></a><br />"GOVERNOUR'S PALACE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQk9TRN5xg2hkIg6rHpnYdR9hjuZuIzJypd0pL0GN4novq92RgfbBxo1zZQgX7_y8EM3-d2XWW8b5eLLC0WuQsKJUi9knQMAmYV-VAH7W3JjdBlaTt5yp5S1D6p9nkz1KsrBB/s1600-h/150-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO-MM-AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQk9TRN5xg2hkIg6rHpnYdR9hjuZuIzJypd0pL0GN4novq92RgfbBxo1zZQgX7_y8EM3-d2XWW8b5eLLC0WuQsKJUi9knQMAmYV-VAH7W3JjdBlaTt5yp5S1D6p9nkz1KsrBB/s320/150-UXMAL-CAMPOARQUEOL%C3%93GICO-MM-AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047822651256874322" /></a><br />"TOURIST GROUP"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjC4D53FgR8LNvSRj1DHAvQe5j_rq1r2C3pcySLLkyPhfaMmwOMg04GdcrbcqS6OeVr5nmmdRybW9kn1UWAv0ZDrDY8emVfBriBPk7dL7FarTlwVJdQvUGZe748QzkJnieZOz/s1600-h/154-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjC4D53FgR8LNvSRj1DHAvQe5j_rq1r2C3pcySLLkyPhfaMmwOMg04GdcrbcqS6OeVr5nmmdRybW9kn1UWAv0ZDrDY8emVfBriBPk7dL7FarTlwVJdQvUGZe748QzkJnieZOz/s320/154-UXMAL-PIR%C3%82MIDE-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047822659846808978" /></a><br />"ANOTHER PYRAMID"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYbMR7iJvgR03TXnqkoq5258_x6Oax6tdb_fpuOd_RAWh7fzRLajTO1-W7-nIUfTRkhAShvloq-_-7jQlLR7Ff8Qdm4Wr74VnV_TNHLyV4scPOMXN5A9kP7lXsG9WT-HIwKqO/s1600-h/152-UXMAL-CAMPO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYbMR7iJvgR03TXnqkoq5258_x6Oax6tdb_fpuOd_RAWh7fzRLajTO1-W7-nIUfTRkhAShvloq-_-7jQlLR7Ff8Qdm4Wr74VnV_TNHLyV4scPOMXN5A9kP7lXsG9WT-HIwKqO/s320/152-UXMAL-CAMPO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047822655551841650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrhP1zVPcttZBZTtxoZsHEt3ftv1Rqfac5107Je-roRYVOKePk5LDGCP3193RPpSVpDx1u1DSxsYeUjSJ-G0K4PM81VeX9x9kFJXEipXEXWe9GD38jIr-rMApdqihyphenhyphenfeSQaFe/s1600-h/155-UXMAL-MURO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrhP1zVPcttZBZTtxoZsHEt3ftv1Rqfac5107Je-roRYVOKePk5LDGCP3193RPpSVpDx1u1DSxsYeUjSJ-G0K4PM81VeX9x9kFJXEipXEXWe9GD38jIr-rMApdqihyphenhyphenfeSQaFe/s320/155-UXMAL-MURO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047820928974988546" /></a><br />"NUNNERY QUADRANGLE - An incredible decor"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSV5orfCxCAGtOQRJnLqR-O2HK1HSoOb6PZ0uvSTl2Q4cE9jYLeDXk9h4_39kcPG8bsysnoKAup28pySNkHx2mJGcCsBWsLeimpRkd2TeYT2cofmrxCYXf-5qfewd616ZOE263/s1600-h/157-UXMAL-MISSION+INN-PISCINA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSV5orfCxCAGtOQRJnLqR-O2HK1HSoOb6PZ0uvSTl2Q4cE9jYLeDXk9h4_39kcPG8bsysnoKAup28pySNkHx2mJGcCsBWsLeimpRkd2TeYT2cofmrxCYXf-5qfewd616ZOE263/s320/157-UXMAL-MISSION+INN-PISCINA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047820933269955858" /></a><br />"MISSION INN BREAK between the day visit and the light and sound show"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX23fKmPD8y5CdL-4Iw4TbIMft5x5liBG1cNyWH7HGCBwHxiQd84UQgb7nyhxAIo3sGDfKFhkuazccBKwVY0dhTVw5F0lbFIK9C2uUEa8BvoU-yMUDuAz_bRDp1K6YeBZTPONi/s1600-h/158-UXMAL-LUZ+E+SOM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX23fKmPD8y5CdL-4Iw4TbIMft5x5liBG1cNyWH7HGCBwHxiQd84UQgb7nyhxAIo3sGDfKFhkuazccBKwVY0dhTVw5F0lbFIK9C2uUEa8BvoU-yMUDuAz_bRDp1K6YeBZTPONi/s320/158-UXMAL-LUZ+E+SOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047820937564923170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNO95UQ9wq3YW7sJOGA5pcSZQt-HI4cYIlj64rkNJbEc2R18watDYqqCcdoDuUVjTp-JV2q4Q2sn-77ZLYsxkl6V9_u1JuqNjSIglyvp8XrlrHgFgZDUC6b8isE9jUAu52q5PT/s1600-h/159-UXMAL-LUZ+E+SOM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNO95UQ9wq3YW7sJOGA5pcSZQt-HI4cYIlj64rkNJbEc2R18watDYqqCcdoDuUVjTp-JV2q4Q2sn-77ZLYsxkl6V9_u1JuqNjSIglyvp8XrlrHgFgZDUC6b8isE9jUAu52q5PT/s320/159-UXMAL-LUZ+E+SOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047820937564923186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpD8fb6S_2WZsUujp0fXbqUQnMC075M78whFAZLt7PWnWd2zVZCAzH3BEFX5U7yB9GftnwN10jG49vV_77l-5DhdTuUqlTQGpFAqjxlAAas7zkzjp5DGLdtrM6-7cpMrSda2J/s1600-h/160-UXMAL-LUZ+E+SOM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpD8fb6S_2WZsUujp0fXbqUQnMC075M78whFAZLt7PWnWd2zVZCAzH3BEFX5U7yB9GftnwN10jG49vV_77l-5DhdTuUqlTQGpFAqjxlAAas7zkzjp5DGLdtrM6-7cpMrSda2J/s320/160-UXMAL-LUZ+E+SOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047820941859890498" /></a><br />"LIGHT AND SOUND"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-6539355138006208512007-03-17T13:34:00.000+00:002007-03-17T13:35:19.617+00:00PALENQUE - SEPTEMBER 1983TRAVELLING IN CENTRAL MEXICO<br /><br />After Oaxaca we flew to Villahermosa, the capital city of the state of Tabasco.<br />Villahermosa was by that time a city living an oil boom, crowded with workers from the oil platforms, but with no particular interest in it, except for the La Venta Park and for the possibility of driving from there to Palenque. In 1983, there was only one brand-new good hotel (I wonder whether it was the predecessor to the present Hyatt Regency) and we stayed there. But, due to some breakfast eggs, water, ice cubes or anything else, the fact is that I was caught by some sort of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montezuma">Montezuma's revenge</a>. It was not funny, and the photos show...<br />The main aim of our stay was to visit the Mayan archaeological site of Palenque - some 150 Km south east of the city, a bit more than a hour and a half drive - and that was the first thing we did.<br /><br />***<br /><br />PALENQUE, CHIAPAS (MAYAN)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzVlYmDet3f892awEsH9-RqVPao3PfMHdkTPwfee1JclGpYZ9FovrVv5gqnFSwNhxBcZpeIYM_-g4bDBRKH0jQCtu_z32MAVJlj1rOvgEvAIC5vyxSo9T5SyEyx9t0lZWICsC/s1600-h/134-PALENQUE-VILLAHERMOSA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682180912490706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzVlYmDet3f892awEsH9-RqVPao3PfMHdkTPwfee1JclGpYZ9FovrVv5gqnFSwNhxBcZpeIYM_-g4bDBRKH0jQCtu_z32MAVJlj1rOvgEvAIC5vyxSo9T5SyEyx9t0lZWICsC/s320/134-PALENQUE-VILLAHERMOSA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ROAD Villahermosa-Palenque: I wonder whether this was already the current federal highway 186..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3JXxJ5x9Z0h_nSzV2XoHSkLX5dnP_miM3hFDlkeEZas-jv0OaYfJrOvVLQ3-PjYixaUrpjiwoaBraqAz-nLdgj2UG4VHyfw4I3zwNblCP11FH1VEOSCk04OiRqRP7aGW_qTI/s1600-h/133-PALENQUE-ENTRADA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682176617523394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3JXxJ5x9Z0h_nSzV2XoHSkLX5dnP_miM3hFDlkeEZas-jv0OaYfJrOvVLQ3-PjYixaUrpjiwoaBraqAz-nLdgj2UG4VHyfw4I3zwNblCP11FH1VEOSCk04OiRqRP7aGW_qTI/s320/133-PALENQUE-ENTRADA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"ENTRANCE to the city of Palenque, actually no real attraction to speak of..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX4ZLMqEJseuFQVkBQZePYMRq7CguoLNSZd2WicojlDirUUF76UJBbFXWOj6BbI6jVOw6Y6-EHrWlCH8d_Be1sne6ZMsQ8ItDeHd-5MCGJMQwoaubQYxdqWsXi4kfhOigqzAV/s1600-h/115-PALENQUE-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042684719238162818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX4ZLMqEJseuFQVkBQZePYMRq7CguoLNSZd2WicojlDirUUF76UJBbFXWOj6BbI6jVOw6Y6-EHrWlCH8d_Be1sne6ZMsQ8ItDeHd-5MCGJMQwoaubQYxdqWsXi4kfhOigqzAV/s320/115-PALENQUE-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJoPNHFJm6MS1zWBqQuRVzcK0cJlCPpT7esFq-F1bejzJDkNTgRqWWpf5giDiGYVzpGSjvyYNSuxW2iYUFOz6hmRDRccCosc6fAj6Z8DJfbmbFOJNrYitRoVXMuMibazpsgSE/s1600-h/121-PALENQUE-SELVA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042683714215815490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJoPNHFJm6MS1zWBqQuRVzcK0cJlCPpT7esFq-F1bejzJDkNTgRqWWpf5giDiGYVzpGSjvyYNSuxW2iYUFOz6hmRDRccCosc6fAj6Z8DJfbmbFOJNrYitRoVXMuMibazpsgSE/s320/121-PALENQUE-SELVA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"JUNGLE - The site is hidden deeply in the jungle of Chiapas, on a densely forested ridge, and was already long abandoned when the Spanish arrived in Chiapas. The first European to visit the ruins and publish an account was Father Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada in 1567. The ruin's existence, however, was lost and rediscovered several times until 1844 when the American lawyer John L. Stephens and the English drawer Frederic Catherwood introduced this jewel of Mayan architecture to the world publishing the book «Incidents of travelling in Central America». While the ruins have received some of the most extensive excavation and reconstruction efforts of any of the Mayan sites, only 34 structures have been opened of an estimated 500 that are scattered around the area. As one wanders through the ruins, small hills are seen everywhere about the site. These are not hills however, but Mayan structures long overgrown with jungle. The site was included in the UNESCO’s <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/411">World Heritage List </a>in 1987"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2nXwMFonZ_b9h188S_ms8zaSJvBLCwEtW5dP9QjBZtXgkPIcFPTUN52FxlQmA9z6G1h7HF3BdXxnILD58HycduIPvor8oJCcbk5yNupfPQAShzxJlYvdtXtNBiyknAy8Rvxj/s1600-h/119-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042683709920848178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2nXwMFonZ_b9h188S_ms8zaSJvBLCwEtW5dP9QjBZtXgkPIcFPTUN52FxlQmA9z6G1h7HF3BdXxnILD58HycduIPvor8oJCcbk5yNupfPQAShzxJlYvdtXtNBiyknAy8Rvxj/s320/119-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeu_ObCp4pde6dIcpCB5Zc1YpAMpaY9kobtuTZI-vPnPw5HKYa9RbaXu_XLa9rITwxmm6vbCC9KGqaR40y5DHvKhcv8VErtrg1gU6JCOYPzRBkgg2NrtFefw2ANyhhQuGE6tO/s1600-h/124-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042683722805750130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeu_ObCp4pde6dIcpCB5Zc1YpAMpaY9kobtuTZI-vPnPw5HKYa9RbaXu_XLa9rITwxmm6vbCC9KGqaR40y5DHvKhcv8VErtrg1gU6JCOYPzRBkgg2NrtFefw2ANyhhQuGE6tO/s320/124-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLQfLhZ-ADFW79UX29gaReY5imewBM_O-dwZENkV8pFqQDjDYlHTgv8T5jvQe_y2UfE7kVZgftr1YSpfFl4AOQWXmeHTC7u6_fJnDsomCUmPmYL2Qogr7p90jBksFLix-4r8k/s1600-h/125-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-MM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682979776407778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLQfLhZ-ADFW79UX29gaReY5imewBM_O-dwZENkV8pFqQDjDYlHTgv8T5jvQe_y2UfE7kVZgftr1YSpfFl4AOQWXmeHTC7u6_fJnDsomCUmPmYL2Qogr7p90jBksFLix-4r8k/s320/125-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-MM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"TEMPLE OF INSCRIPTIONS - The ruins of Palenque are considered to be the most beautiful of the Mayan city-states and one of the loveliest archaeological sites in the world. In its cultural apogee Palenque was even more stunning, for then its limestone buildings were covered with white plaster and painted in a rainbow of pastel tones. Most of the buildings were constructed between the 7th and 10th centuries AD, including this fabulous pyramid topped by the Temple of Inscriptions (Temple of Pacal Votan). Then, mysteriously, the city was abandoned and reclaimed by the jungle. Even its Mayan name was lost (some would claim that it was named «Nah Chan»), and the ruins received their current name from the nearby village of Santo Domingo de Palenque. See the guy on the top with a Mexican hat on hand?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuZX2Dn1uQhw0Kk1Q2IuDCwIk76HWg0vmOJLKriPv4RGHwNLa5IiN0e91dt51KtOy1JNt0zVvsvxGzRuRcHA0cIxfN0sDGmyZ571CDEIrHW50buLRXb8DMkJZRy_tk-Dt5Fnq/s1600-h/118-PALENQUE-TEMPLO+INSCRIÃÃES.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042684723533130146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuZX2Dn1uQhw0Kk1Q2IuDCwIk76HWg0vmOJLKriPv4RGHwNLa5IiN0e91dt51KtOy1JNt0zVvsvxGzRuRcHA0cIxfN0sDGmyZ571CDEIrHW50buLRXb8DMkJZRy_tk-Dt5Fnq/s320/118-PALENQUE-TEMPLO+INSCRI%C3%87%C3%95ES.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"INSIDE the walls of this remarkable pyramid topped by the Temple of Inscriptions there is an elaborate, 600 hieroglyphs-long text carved in stone detailing the city's ruling dynasty and the exploits of Pacal the Great. One of the major findings took place in 1949, when the archaeologists found a stone slab in the floor that could be lifted up, revealing a passageway to this long interior stairway leading down to ground level and the shrine/tomb of Pacal, the Great, profusely decorated in bass-relieves. Inside this chamber was also found the impressive sarcophagus of Pacal, King of Palenque. The building of this mausoleum is believed to have been ordered by the King itself. Over his crypt there is a sophisticated stone showing him falling into the underworld, and taking the semblance of one of the Maya Hero Twins who defeated the lords of the underworld to achieve immortality"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9qZynX7L7gKvYp_JbhHOzoEGd2Lf8CR3MVZHzsBK8iod_kYJOVOoFojqbXszuy2WqW2fPagmJhFjZxgEq7bJJt00u0ULGuWOUemvdvRZOOUf_z8HVTw_BpzwSp1_hpbFMZVV/s1600-h/116-PALENQUE-PALÃCIO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042684723533130130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9qZynX7L7gKvYp_JbhHOzoEGd2Lf8CR3MVZHzsBK8iod_kYJOVOoFojqbXszuy2WqW2fPagmJhFjZxgEq7bJJt00u0ULGuWOUemvdvRZOOUf_z8HVTw_BpzwSp1_hpbFMZVV/s320/116-PALENQUE-PAL%C3%81CIO.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"THE PALACE is an extensive building complex (100 meters long and 80 meters wide) so named by archaeologists. Its structure is pretty complicated, arranged by galleries, columns, interior yards, corridors, passages, scaled basements, and stone boards with hieroglyphic writings. It seems that at least some portions of the building may have been used as residences for the high priests and the aristocracy, but it is also believed that the complex served as an administrative centre for the city. The four stories tower, originally without a roof, is an astronomical observatory, and its structural type is unique in the Mayan world. From the tower, on the day of the winter solstice, an observer will see the sun set directly over the Temple of the Inscriptions. Archaeologists reconstructing the site, ignoring the Mayan astronomical knowledge, and thus the purpose of a stars-viewing roofless platform, capped it with a roof..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte5vznLCGM2jUm4mnRmuOLXHR2zZXkQx1npJF7wQpfWnYRgvPMcmm1D4d4PyZnvK_ty6NlIy2Clmw57kfxr5XyjxSwQVLlt5fodzIJSyLDLiTwHaMihOb0pfa50bMH5exmrOE/s1600-h/123-PALENQUE-PALÃCIO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042683718510782818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte5vznLCGM2jUm4mnRmuOLXHR2zZXkQx1npJF7wQpfWnYRgvPMcmm1D4d4PyZnvK_ty6NlIy2Clmw57kfxr5XyjxSwQVLlt5fodzIJSyLDLiTwHaMihOb0pfa50bMH5exmrOE/s320/123-PALENQUE-PAL%C3%81CIO.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"THE PALACE seen from the East side"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9mf5tNki3PO_eQM81KXynSMxFLOOROTX5jFg1BjE2YifrUOyO0uksSLebfzv2jI-H0N26SKdqtY70tMPN42Ta2S9hHuXF-oiU6Ut9KspOPJMp0C_CgsoZJJi31jLW_OoO2tV/s1600-h/122-PALENQUE-PALÃCIO-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042683714215815506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9mf5tNki3PO_eQM81KXynSMxFLOOROTX5jFg1BjE2YifrUOyO0uksSLebfzv2jI-H0N26SKdqtY70tMPN42Ta2S9hHuXF-oiU6Ut9KspOPJMp0C_CgsoZJJi31jLW_OoO2tV/s320/122-PALENQUE-PAL%C3%81CIO-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"INSIDE THE PALACE - Captives Patio"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTULILbKeTc-1SPWVESeGT3B29eyYvPzYlR9KSK18YVLLpswBnkMhfDrMBtY4CAXdTSrUptGe4Xj7_H06Dzwp41bTcKc34IRtC417wFLSRvkDkC_X2IVlYPQolx5Rg4iwcpwb/s1600-h/130-PALENQUE-PALÃCIO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682172322556050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTULILbKeTc-1SPWVESeGT3B29eyYvPzYlR9KSK18YVLLpswBnkMhfDrMBtY4CAXdTSrUptGe4Xj7_H06Dzwp41bTcKc34IRtC417wFLSRvkDkC_X2IVlYPQolx5Rg4iwcpwb/s320/130-PALENQUE-PAL%C3%81CIO.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"STILL THE PALACE"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-yqrD1GA9mgSp_KxyZ64Ph179TnNns6ERhKxibtaEGk-fgWDGb8X4Yfks2W1_dE-hASkusq7cIxbEineF0mni8ivwJrkwpho9gm014BF4M2nkkzu2nKIj97NE2N-5iRQIElj/s1600-h/126-PALENQUE-BAIXO+RELEVO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682984071375090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-yqrD1GA9mgSp_KxyZ64Ph179TnNns6ERhKxibtaEGk-fgWDGb8X4Yfks2W1_dE-hASkusq7cIxbEineF0mni8ivwJrkwpho9gm014BF4M2nkkzu2nKIj97NE2N-5iRQIElj/s320/126-PALENQUE-BAIXO+RELEVO.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"BAS-RELIEF - Palenque has many fine bas-relief carvings. This one in the Palace represents the coronation of King Pacal"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtP3kKu63Hcy9vL0lT0iJn7NVTbjy000wsh4Z60uAHYIBz3ZhraAhDoFm7ZEtrm7toDfqcHcykFAt7uoacDj0979Mow4a-HUASGmt2o4z1RSIdSZYlMbwFC3TDwkBRkqE1oo9/s1600-h/127-PALENQUE-PIRÃMIDE-MM-GG-AC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682988366342402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtP3kKu63Hcy9vL0lT0iJn7NVTbjy000wsh4Z60uAHYIBz3ZhraAhDoFm7ZEtrm7toDfqcHcykFAt7uoacDj0979Mow4a-HUASGmt2o4z1RSIdSZYlMbwFC3TDwkBRkqE1oo9/s320/127-PALENQUE-PIR%C3%82MIDE-MM-GG-AC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"RUINS in the jungle, and tourists..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iNy4rNVJEylRbS8KTcGKL3iIShl5viL_ZpOEMICJYzcQDZuzJCzSs8z1XVgKlza9zBg2L1tpk-yWUgwkn37pb6REKIgAfGrBfDVbSUdEsiBHWBgLR6blxWBxMx00XJFnwsee/s1600-h/128-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-GG-AC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682988366342418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iNy4rNVJEylRbS8KTcGKL3iIShl5viL_ZpOEMICJYzcQDZuzJCzSs8z1XVgKlza9zBg2L1tpk-yWUgwkn37pb6REKIgAfGrBfDVbSUdEsiBHWBgLR6blxWBxMx00XJFnwsee/s320/128-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-GG-AC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9rZEpCGh0wJJVbLU9i9mpoVipT2eyuSIVfxvDjz-vquSPlM1EOQ57IIwlJW-1Ycbh8nqVYC0KtzTUeYDZ4JgX3Dhz-bkGNlMWmsW9FBPaC2GeV4SYYc4rLpQq3MVWAM5LyZP/s1600-h/129-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-MM-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682992661309730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9rZEpCGh0wJJVbLU9i9mpoVipT2eyuSIVfxvDjz-vquSPlM1EOQ57IIwlJW-1Ycbh8nqVYC0KtzTUeYDZ4JgX3Dhz-bkGNlMWmsW9FBPaC2GeV4SYYc4rLpQq3MVWAM5LyZP/s320/129-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"TIRED TOURISTS in front of the Pyramid of the Temple of Inscriptions: the hot and humid weather and Montezuma's revenge were bringing me down..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0xVCOSIkVhl-S6QZKA96h5VFDE8UdWBB00fi1AZHV9-ooF0KNw6Nll_ju71Wgq8LAFP2PIbNF4GQZD5WG0uJxit0iDpJGpyucpigOW4mNOhMQP9PkqgDGsd85FUhQrXoFVbg/s1600-h/131-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-SELVA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682176617523362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0xVCOSIkVhl-S6QZKA96h5VFDE8UdWBB00fi1AZHV9-ooF0KNw6Nll_ju71Wgq8LAFP2PIbNF4GQZD5WG0uJxit0iDpJGpyucpigOW4mNOhMQP9PkqgDGsd85FUhQrXoFVbg/s320/131-PALENQUE-TEMPLO-SELVA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"NO MIST - This is what you see when you enter the archaeological site (or when you look back while getting out). Sometimes, in the early morning, is a bit misty, but not by 1:30 p.m."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZPYJYAZLBPQ3ckUV2VeuNTtIn_yAkghJupxvSGi6CvYGDO7kX7u-sh6rG2XbIr4C8J2E9NjqM16E8710GrFMyHIduIqlKMzDjXpqaQUlge8Y7mdhLMl4Nzeb1qziqCjzLGBa/s1600-h/132-PALENQUE-ALMOÃO-MM-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042682176617523378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZPYJYAZLBPQ3ckUV2VeuNTtIn_yAkghJupxvSGi6CvYGDO7kX7u-sh6rG2XbIr4C8J2E9NjqM16E8710GrFMyHIduIqlKMzDjXpqaQUlge8Y7mdhLMl4Nzeb1qziqCjzLGBa/s320/132-PALENQUE-ALMO%C3%87O-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"LUNCH TIME" <br /><br />***<br /><br />LA VENTA, VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO (OLMEC)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6etK9PUiqFJ3j_33g_tRLh3b5RUvMx9Rk1MKrQ4L10cteRmOUXoXJi0owSZXtIo2sob_ONDu9ZWQwcJQYA_wezf894qtXmaHq9hrGcq23B3upo_gbSfEASxGWtr0Sf3BaI0a/s1600-h/135-VILLAHERMOSA-PARQUE+LA+VENTA-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042681309034129474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6etK9PUiqFJ3j_33g_tRLh3b5RUvMx9Rk1MKrQ4L10cteRmOUXoXJi0owSZXtIo2sob_ONDu9ZWQwcJQYA_wezf894qtXmaHq9hrGcq23B3upo_gbSfEASxGWtr0Sf3BaI0a/s320/135-VILLAHERMOSA-PARQUE+LA+VENTA-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"LA VENTA PARK in Villahermosa - not be confused with the archaeological site of La Venta, which is located about 100 kilometres away on the Gulf Coast - is a wonderful getaway within the city for anyone wishing to see the works of the ancient ancestors of the Maya, the Olmec. There are 28 Olmec carvings at this outdoor museum, transported from the archaeological site. It also has an interesting lake"<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp2TRMkDn8a274GuE7TlM-FkFPdi00yRbkHm90Ak0Ox31ZKr6RjKfgbY1KosAI5YSVO2P4TruKJ1_fv5Ojh0Gv0uo9fziF8kndm4tbwh-Dtp8SXLbafxiH9A4wcPoRuQQb7oB/s1600-h/136-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-OLMECAS-MM-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042681313329096786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp2TRMkDn8a274GuE7TlM-FkFPdi00yRbkHm90Ak0Ox31ZKr6RjKfgbY1KosAI5YSVO2P4TruKJ1_fv5Ojh0Gv0uo9fziF8kndm4tbwh-Dtp8SXLbafxiH9A4wcPoRuQQb7oB/s320/136-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-OLMECAS-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"STELE TWO - The Olmec highest civilization dates from 1,200 B.C., although they were at their peak in this area from 800 to 300 B.C. Many believe the Olmec were the cradle civilization for Mesoamerica, even calling the Olmecs «the mother culture of Mesoamerica». There is little doubt that the Olmec reverence for the prime deities represented by the jaguar, serpent and eagle, had a major influence on the Maya, Central Mexican and Zapotec concepts of these deities. The Olmecs probably founded writing in Mexico and left behind a rich culture that has made the later civilizations of the Zapotecs and Maya some of the greatest civilizations in World History"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74q8bLhkTRya4pTgZBzxSx1oqwHKt5W4cqNNDqrMNYQ6fArnx5Zxw2qXOZ_DrxjSgMqInXriNo9uQP-C4gP0DBEXv1OBYH5X8VuP67wAVsJNxgHAOz1iL4zShyBu-kTf9smsp/s1600-h/138-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-MOSQUITOS-MM-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042681317624064114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74q8bLhkTRya4pTgZBzxSx1oqwHKt5W4cqNNDqrMNYQ6fArnx5Zxw2qXOZ_DrxjSgMqInXriNo9uQP-C4gP0DBEXv1OBYH5X8VuP67wAVsJNxgHAOz1iL4zShyBu-kTf9smsp/s320/138-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-MOSQUITOS-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"FEMALE FIGURE - Some name this Olmec statue «the mother-in-law», others «the Grandmother». Whether right or wrong, the point was that mosquitoes were hideously attacking us nearby..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUen3GcBmFyPq_zWlsKrgoPfuwR1-gdLgG5TdMwL4gIECw4Er56dV_clcpOdF3ZdVTxfl9pojXfoce_sAlaX0Vo-69qgGMkcKEgplSaWLL0pypGlVUs5fyksJqBvMCAHmxDEE/s1600-h/137-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-OLMECAS-MM-AC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042681313329096802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUen3GcBmFyPq_zWlsKrgoPfuwR1-gdLgG5TdMwL4gIECw4Er56dV_clcpOdF3ZdVTxfl9pojXfoce_sAlaX0Vo-69qgGMkcKEgplSaWLL0pypGlVUs5fyksJqBvMCAHmxDEE/s320/137-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-OLMECAS-MM-AC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"COLOSSAL HEADS - The main attraction of the La Venta Park are the famous ten foot high Olmec heads. Intricately carved and massive in size, these heads are a stunning example of the sophisticated artistry employed by the ancient Olmec. Here we can see the so called Monument One, The first amazing colossal stone head to be found in 1860 in the swamps of the Mexican Gulf Coast" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KXBNkwtdGuec2aki05-9TWh0nkW5drCCQGE2JLEtNO6V1ALsYJ9xvM7y2mLB7LJr4wGKikgDxbNdFvgd4ffPMGEXpHWSF1gFie8zzVJtYLw9I3cgtDKXmlmMSV5IIm4p8qGR/s1600-h/139-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-OLMECAS-GG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042681317624064130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KXBNkwtdGuec2aki05-9TWh0nkW5drCCQGE2JLEtNO6V1ALsYJ9xvM7y2mLB7LJr4wGKikgDxbNdFvgd4ffPMGEXpHWSF1gFie8zzVJtYLw9I3cgtDKXmlmMSV5IIm4p8qGR/s320/139-VILLAHERMOSA-LA+VENTA-OLMECAS-GG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"MONUMENT FOUR, another colossal Olmec head!"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-28803720951035349412007-03-11T00:47:00.001+00:002007-03-11T00:47:26.565+00:00OAXACAN RUINS - SEPTEMBER 1983OAXACA VALLEY: MONTE ALBAN, TULE AND MITLA!<br /><br />***<br /><br />MONTE ALBÁN<br /><br />Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. From about 500 B.C. through 800 A.D., Monte Alban, located at an altitude of 1941m on the top of an artificially-levelled mount, which rises 400 m above the Oaxaca Valley, flourished as the capital of the Zapotecs. Monte Albán was named Danipaguache in the Zapotec language; what a name...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjF9VvKwnTlOXVQCmRdvnx6cle2vnZoiYavwN3S6_27epv4F7DEX28YAEfV22vkUCks7W_hE9CgW6Uql8bmWi8n5WV5791YcOvoiU2xuENFvY1uaiNRXPs6VAfxrQ4Lkc0SZQJ/s1600-h/069-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjF9VvKwnTlOXVQCmRdvnx6cle2vnZoiYavwN3S6_27epv4F7DEX28YAEfV22vkUCks7W_hE9CgW6Uql8bmWi8n5WV5791YcOvoiU2xuENFvY1uaiNRXPs6VAfxrQ4Lkc0SZQJ/s320/069-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040398516736434274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn2cqB5_Fm1SNI28g1bAx2kEnRQqBR7bT6h83ZjU6g5gQlpEm_vf0vdtaYoaU6-FzW-Lc3jG3JGVsE-PoEOJXFnySta4YAtztd-RBThAkuDLDBz8TE5Ia0jxRtonR4LTmJ_mF/s1600-h/073-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn2cqB5_Fm1SNI28g1bAx2kEnRQqBR7bT6h83ZjU6g5gQlpEm_vf0vdtaYoaU6-FzW-Lc3jG3JGVsE-PoEOJXFnySta4YAtztd-RBThAkuDLDBz8TE5Ia0jxRtonR4LTmJ_mF/s320/073-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040397997045391378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvI6kmq5ZNRFwXvvenhKtwvhjSYKmksAD3oOfj26t9mHfI2MHAXHModjSatNQJ90loiUo9qNEToNU-GeeX4vXlnQJGKfae712dofi00hYOKALlLcTbqanZipjqzMYDhqMMhMI/s1600-h/076-077-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvI6kmq5ZNRFwXvvenhKtwvhjSYKmksAD3oOfj26t9mHfI2MHAXHModjSatNQJ90loiUo9qNEToNU-GeeX4vXlnQJGKfae712dofi00hYOKALlLcTbqanZipjqzMYDhqMMhMI/s320/076-077-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040398001340358706" /></a><br />"THE SITE is located approximately 9 km to the west of the city of Oaxaca City, perched high above the surrounding valley"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eV6K9gSCOYLcB2424sRK8p2N65ov6cuXmxErrixjdl19F9__T7qa86qJ_K8_OAd-OWLwqQ5C9kGROjVZ7W_bcA3DwOwebwzK55yEkPXbWR4EkRR__L5QRKDHHRtzRrTbwkh7/s1600-h/071-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3CnvQeEoy1BXVTNmhkSs68yrKKeAHvzMwYoJHtypKpmfZBSEU0fkTvJxzOI_A93bFs_bf9o1t-j9-4ez6RfXUAVNsMeQzdaQ4XyxfSrtRtZ4uHXAR1W9zjnf7_YAb_65CYRc/s320/079-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040397356752062498" /></a><br />"GRAND PLAZA seen from the Northern Platform - The archaeological site is built around the Gran Plaza, approximately 300 meters by 200 meters, with three pyramids occupying the centre of the plaza, along with the enigmatic Building J"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODDzMgasVbCj0ag4RbVW7vJBmYwKeqBAnZbESvn7wZXagrazqwn70eDxIiMm9xFlzEQ5Y1aJo03tfOrTcF7Z9nVAeRu2PFgc_g6hB6yweDuBj3-DiQQROpUppRwHy9fl3C6ie/s1600-h/070-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODDzMgasVbCj0ag4RbVW7vJBmYwKeqBAnZbESvn7wZXagrazqwn70eDxIiMm9xFlzEQ5Y1aJo03tfOrTcF7Z9nVAeRu2PFgc_g6hB6yweDuBj3-DiQQROpUppRwHy9fl3C6ie/s320/070-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040398516736434290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPgX54t1a6EtdB46YdggvWUJ3tnWRITDE5acKQtpa-fQaSAfoTl4PK2QN4-loS8uC1pbBaNFzjFswivbKBZaDugQ0Q2otzHccxtcioU_kIzx29_v_PPJcn9AJpN-XmsWMPCK2/s1600-h/068-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxULXWP533o1-ssp6gcoeCUNBn9yuNdg86_evIM0_oLG_F7Tv6iO2UFezecYEk0OFxShLapkgHZ_4PLQ4lSE8W-RS7auBUWjWvFKs5KUL0ZVZFrCIITJHLB5mEgzSEtKEu5EE/s320/063-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040398963413033106" /></a><br />"PYRAMID SYSTEMS AND CENTRAL BUILDINGS"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRBYEGP2mLw37CYaSOQmM96qUplM7BGYq8RJbkOwHCZwZewCHSVvACj0yeM4Mz_Nr34dwolTXiAPh324XVuknkvFUhAzynbdoDaZtNm2RWIdDzoPJItzzd55QSByIZTWSQbk-/s1600-h/067-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRBYEGP2mLw37CYaSOQmM96qUplM7BGYq8RJbkOwHCZwZewCHSVvACj0yeM4Mz_Nr34dwolTXiAPh324XVuknkvFUhAzynbdoDaZtNm2RWIdDzoPJItzzd55QSByIZTWSQbk-/s320/067-OAXACA-MONTEALBAN-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040398512441466946" /></a><br />"<em>DANZANTES</em> - The oldest carved stones at the site are the Dancers, featuring drawings of naked men in contorted and twisted poses. The notion that they depict dancers is now largely discredited, and the present consensus is that they represent those who lived and died in Monte Alban, including captives, warriors, and the sacrificed"<br /><br />***<br /><br />TULE<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhcoi7DCKWxBSrexngcsy_9WLk2az7BjUH2Y5QE4vqfHIfSvrw31PEXNsoJQcNT75CpU9CZvbbhg0qLzcXCSdeskxHpABbkXOIbaUTAK_9r1VBkmobO2F08XVYJoOM2FAIhjv/s1600-h/092-TULE-%C3%81RVORE-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhcoi7DCKWxBSrexngcsy_9WLk2az7BjUH2Y5QE4vqfHIfSvrw31PEXNsoJQcNT75CpU9CZvbbhg0qLzcXCSdeskxHpABbkXOIbaUTAK_9r1VBkmobO2F08XVYJoOM2FAIhjv/s320/092-TULE-%C3%81RVORE-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040397356752062514" /></a><br />"ARBÓL DE TULE - Santa Maria del Tule, about 13 kilometres east of Oaxaca, is famous for its Tree, a Taxodium mucionatum, which is two thousand years old, about 40 m high and 42 m wide at its bottom. The Tule Tree has a volume of 705 cubic meters and an approximated weight of 509 020 kilograms. In its shade more than 500 people can be sheltered, and it takes about 30 individuals, hand to hand, to hold it at ground-level..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3YkeVQBUcXPWIrhiPF_tYDqMoY3RG0kq5IxM0FEN0JGpF-I-rp0TfWdrULhUNM_7COMIagAOHVOGxqwbRDHdQKqrt8-YcsC1MNnU1TY8Oqm_E6EYC2jA6yOlmraSAry6yvZI/s1600-h/093-TULE-IGREJA-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3YkeVQBUcXPWIrhiPF_tYDqMoY3RG0kq5IxM0FEN0JGpF-I-rp0TfWdrULhUNM_7COMIagAOHVOGxqwbRDHdQKqrt8-YcsC1MNnU1TY8Oqm_E6EYC2jA6yOlmraSAry6yvZI/s320/093-TULE-IGREJA-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040397356752062530" /></a><br />"TULE CHURCH - Front view of the church with football playground..."<br /><br />***<br /><br />MITLA<br /><br />San Pablo de Mitla is located about 40 km southeast of the city of Oaxaca. While archaeological evidence shows that Mitla was occupied by 500 BC, the earliest construction dates to only about 200 AD. Construction of pre-Columbian style buildings continued up until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in the 1520s. The ruins of Mitla are one of Mexico's most interesting sacred places.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5f_-e92iFKxlbeAamnWEDjYCKit9nXwzuTgcNwFjZxDcQNPaqURZ10g_yHC3mkxpyEOOodkMeO4fUrx9K-s73a2Kv_Jtq3E7PuETkLe22iaY4mzKI0vMtU2FyLz9mPt-zm0rI/s1600-h/094-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5f_-e92iFKxlbeAamnWEDjYCKit9nXwzuTgcNwFjZxDcQNPaqURZ10g_yHC3mkxpyEOOodkMeO4fUrx9K-s73a2Kv_Jtq3E7PuETkLe22iaY4mzKI0vMtU2FyLz9mPt-zm0rI/s320/094-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396871420757954" /></a><br />"CACTUS - Mitla's archeological site consists of 5 main groups of construction, the oldest of which is believed to date from between 450 and 700 A.C. High cactus receive the visitors to the site"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcURL5h1rDixW2P92QzBuKjOSBh0qS9TEbg4R55hlN79jqGHp5cmvrswxEk9Q1tqpNaLSqA3Jlqf4s64UyXUdFaOnxcWMcDVDmeJO3J1n_V93kO6QSdHRtzF9HbEzK9x5h-asZ/s1600-h/096-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcURL5h1rDixW2P92QzBuKjOSBh0qS9TEbg4R55hlN79jqGHp5cmvrswxEk9Q1tqpNaLSqA3Jlqf4s64UyXUdFaOnxcWMcDVDmeJO3J1n_V93kO6QSdHRtzF9HbEzK9x5h-asZ/s320/096-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396875715725282" /></a><br />"CHURCH OF SAN PABLO - In 1494 the Aztecs conquered Mitla and sacked the city. Once the Spanish took over, they found their efforts to convert locals to Catholicism thwarted by competition from native beliefs, manifesting themselves at ancient buildings such as those at Mitla. To combat the problem, the Spanish built a new church on top of a former temple"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfT3Prq75WOQsDVQWLkOMyFTXjcpIq76h6n_OTHVYNE6ROd5z-pCUbfhLvMg3vIeVvB0KIknFGdFLsAlb0mXo3tAUiGxR-_TDwyS2rnGyBJphdi5MSgpNVSVxlAluP7y6E93e/s1600-h/097-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfT3Prq75WOQsDVQWLkOMyFTXjcpIq76h6n_OTHVYNE6ROd5z-pCUbfhLvMg3vIeVvB0KIknFGdFLsAlb0mXo3tAUiGxR-_TDwyS2rnGyBJphdi5MSgpNVSVxlAluP7y6E93e/s320/097-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396875715725298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishrDN7DRPRxuhb340OwOOei7dAXGJHy2hdZGG4YDUTlDOKD2O4XKkDlOvKFtzrE1wPOYu2f1D-mxJPNDW4UyS8qj0r9BdfndC649cuOGuG_8V0g4qStiRUKm7Q43ZpRV7eROk/s1600-h/102-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishrDN7DRPRxuhb340OwOOei7dAXGJHy2hdZGG4YDUTlDOKD2O4XKkDlOvKFtzrE1wPOYu2f1D-mxJPNDW4UyS8qj0r9BdfndC649cuOGuG_8V0g4qStiRUKm7Q43ZpRV7eROk/s320/102-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396398974355346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTPYOblJWAx3yBHOn7qjh5TMrImi2nMH7B7Oc4aevtjou8g4SuMyL2mk6-EqQFv2D08mI7IDtd7um5HFJH8bkuMTyhfR-6xtdX2JVlFIKfdIAGcBOpWrV-9QQ1ddHH9oTg1Ik/s1600-h/099-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTPYOblJWAx3yBHOn7qjh5TMrImi2nMH7B7Oc4aevtjou8g4SuMyL2mk6-EqQFv2D08mI7IDtd7um5HFJH8bkuMTyhfR-6xtdX2JVlFIKfdIAGcBOpWrV-9QQ1ddHH9oTg1Ik/s320/099-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396394679388018" /></a><br />"THE SITE - The archaeological zone of Mitla includes five main groups of structures and by the beginning of the Christian era the town had stretched for more than two thirds of a mile along either side of the Mitla River"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S7JaTdoGPl15hboo5i22GfWbMon6OqLHe2JpVqy_q0J4Jy5mwa__g1rlATl-H5yUUVPA1mBV9eIRhzbFNhr6CeLNOgU6WjUn6mMBwQny5WCZ2TSVP3YMRi6Pxshlp-4cXSXr/s1600-h/101-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S7JaTdoGPl15hboo5i22GfWbMon6OqLHe2JpVqy_q0J4Jy5mwa__g1rlATl-H5yUUVPA1mBV9eIRhzbFNhr6CeLNOgU6WjUn6mMBwQny5WCZ2TSVP3YMRi6Pxshlp-4cXSXr/s320/101-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396398974355330" /></a><br />"THE PRE-COLUMBIAN BUILDINGS that survived still retain traces of paintwork"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0g_YxzkrxAR-sr-E8WnLuXwOgNgRfQDNUUIpo7sNlnfh8uLubqsAcYIi4iww4I4TMweo7zKUa2GAz_NbHzt_1_TlfndOsznM417-Dz7lYowj3tPbs9lDyV0me5_pj3PqGQUDa/s1600-h/103-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0g_YxzkrxAR-sr-E8WnLuXwOgNgRfQDNUUIpo7sNlnfh8uLubqsAcYIi4iww4I4TMweo7zKUa2GAz_NbHzt_1_TlfndOsznM417-Dz7lYowj3tPbs9lDyV0me5_pj3PqGQUDa/s320/103-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396398974355362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rUT6blEc8QBCEpKDCW1kL-M7DEvLZDtO8q0XOP1p0t4ccFn3zJ1XUUY302qAfmhECLESNeX0TiIToLRvB5DZMUGIMkeSHmp2AqXvJd6v0K2VYNhOb1qKQyGliVUg3hkxVvKU/s1600-h/098-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rUT6blEc8QBCEpKDCW1kL-M7DEvLZDtO8q0XOP1p0t4ccFn3zJ1XUUY302qAfmhECLESNeX0TiIToLRvB5DZMUGIMkeSHmp2AqXvJd6v0K2VYNhOb1qKQyGliVUg3hkxVvKU/s320/098-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396880010692610" /></a><br />"INSIDE THE PALACE" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvp_mSOXITSSGC9extTvfDxBjzto7SJ5cGKeWWj7n9E0ljTCeqA6Rz6PYYDKXSZtmvZU9pvqPYdA6f4vLIR38TtGaueETHrFoHUBSeWW1Q7t5BbPYAhsxO1z-2Ml6O1vSz60M/s1600-h/095-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvp_mSOXITSSGC9extTvfDxBjzto7SJ5cGKeWWj7n9E0ljTCeqA6Rz6PYYDKXSZtmvZU9pvqPYdA6f4vLIR38TtGaueETHrFoHUBSeWW1Q7t5BbPYAhsxO1z-2Ml6O1vSz60M/s320/095-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396871420757970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ0fLU0BHy08jkFzwNOxVLT1WujsBL131VHS3npQlZMfgOhkspoj85AK034qwTnZfR896kflzwHFL4X6NvsDAAQFOCuhAZj_a5A8BHOT-eMJvGgLp2c68umAyMhAPPBrPMTmY/s1600-h/104-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ0fLU0BHy08jkFzwNOxVLT1WujsBL131VHS3npQlZMfgOhkspoj85AK034qwTnZfR896kflzwHFL4X6NvsDAAQFOCuhAZj_a5A8BHOT-eMJvGgLp2c68umAyMhAPPBrPMTmY/s320/104-MITLA-RU%C3%8DNAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040396403269322674" /></a><br />"THE PALACE WALLS are decorated with distinctive geometric mosaics that characterize Mitla's buildings. Each frieze consists of up to 100,000 separate pieces of cut stone. The motif of these intricate geometric mosaics are believed to be a stylized representation of the Sky Serpent and therefore a symbol of the pan-regional deity, Quetzalcoatl"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965582.post-80290925233761771892007-03-04T21:03:00.001+00:002007-03-04T21:03:47.617+00:00OAXACA - SEPTEMBER 1983WELCOME TO THE FREE AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF OAXACA!<br /><br />Our 1983 Mexican trip was entirely planned at my desk (itinerary, flights, hotels, tours...) and then requested to the travel agency (the travel agency started commercially selling the same trip the following year, but paid no <em>copyright</em> royalties...). The idea was to start in Mexico City, see some Aztec, Zapotec, Olmec and Mayan ruins, have some rest in Cancun - then a not yet fully crowded resort - and return to Mexico City to get back to New York and head home, via Madrid. This was a non repeated more than a month-long holiday, which started in New York, went through New England, Quebec, Washington DC and Mexico.<br /><br />Our second destination in Mexico was The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, as it is named, and we flew the 45 minute Aeromexico flight to get its capital city: Oaxaca. Oaxaca is located in the Oaxaca Valley at an altitude of about 1550 m, and is a good example of Spanish colonial town planning, with a rectangular grid of streets surrounding a central square, the zócalo. Oaxaca was included in the <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/415">World Heritage List</a> of UNESCO in 1987.<br /><br />That was long before the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Oaxaca_protests">Oaxaca Protests</a>...<br /><br />***<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hotelvictoriaoax.com.mx/">HOTEL VICTORIA</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexMLxji3IW-wPGGbyNl-XcbihBE42-uG3l8n_EMHRY-gvQIUhzU0D9FUNpwLxmPVEDifh7aRzZ_HqidVBUkf8tvSQR_FfBZgA3h0kn6DzqXBmDfRCR0IaHBoEAdFM71ijHR0S/s1600-h/090-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-MANH%C3%83.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexMLxji3IW-wPGGbyNl-XcbihBE42-uG3l8n_EMHRY-gvQIUhzU0D9FUNpwLxmPVEDifh7aRzZ_HqidVBUkf8tvSQR_FfBZgA3h0kn6DzqXBmDfRCR0IaHBoEAdFM71ijHR0S/s320/090-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-MANH%C3%83.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038105448829741074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfD7_7HTcVK5yyJlMILzoG4j8bLCxbdVAA4S2vt9q5ny0qo_JDeCFnRnRMEmAwEiMdMdMzi3_j3UjHa90yl0Q39WcHWPvXsIvq0kWcAdBv_vmlPS2v4XKIhI-87lmds8UCAL2S/s1600-h/105-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfD7_7HTcVK5yyJlMILzoG4j8bLCxbdVAA4S2vt9q5ny0qo_JDeCFnRnRMEmAwEiMdMdMzi3_j3UjHa90yl0Q39WcHWPvXsIvq0kWcAdBv_vmlPS2v4XKIhI-87lmds8UCAL2S/s320/105-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103073712826114" /></a><br />"ROOM VIEW - We booked the Hotel Victoria, a very nice hotel in the middle of a huge garden on the top of the Fortin Hill. It was not very far away from city centre and was supposed to have a beautiful view over the city, being a bit out of reach for the possibly unpleasant annoyances of staying at night in the downtown area. We were given a room with a beautiful view towards the garden and the city centre" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho55PDgvA8019Sk_zagfKU4wE4dnjSzh4QoaJiWIt9lBgPPG_7uccyQxQRR2WiwowX32_vuwpW2DgIY3fDZrzR6sPB93YfvZsAcLRclv1f40zGTOyBLwwV6f3iNPVqVFr7QzoC/s1600-h/062-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho55PDgvA8019Sk_zagfKU4wE4dnjSzh4QoaJiWIt9lBgPPG_7uccyQxQRR2WiwowX32_vuwpW2DgIY3fDZrzR6sPB93YfvZsAcLRclv1f40zGTOyBLwwV6f3iNPVqVFr7QzoC/s320/062-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038105444534773746" /></a><br />"VIEW from the Hotel restaurant. The El Tule restaurant was a very nice one, and had a fabulous view. It was there that I tried the famous <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_6270,00.html">mole negro ozaqueno:</a> chicken with a spicy chocolate sauce... I adore trying local food, but didn’t become a huge fan of the <em>Oaxacan black mole</em>"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YxLvTWUmRmToyeU-iZy5xMf1YYyuZm-Grj8dsZ3IZpkXEJiwMko8iKYIZJODT86JJ40Pt7riMojl_ECB15sVe38B1JU7dWJxVzIWE2wzswj7BOobwLDY05mlVPjY9Xin0Iho/s1600-h/061-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YxLvTWUmRmToyeU-iZy5xMf1YYyuZm-Grj8dsZ3IZpkXEJiwMko8iKYIZJODT86JJ40Pt7riMojl_ECB15sVe38B1JU7dWJxVzIWE2wzswj7BOobwLDY05mlVPjY9Xin0Iho/s320/061-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038105444534773730" /></a><br />"LOBBY BAR, a nice place to enjoy the views"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC2-_KYtUhRjXuJKIXcSejciVy7fqCr0pXCCbU06m-ltGtDg1M-0M9EbAv37w43Vd5Tndel1YeN_fWF8YCPLBZMJZJWI6CSduao26AdZ1AGZiaeSw_sIRUGVpCCpWTDLZhB2p/s1600-h/106-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-PISCINA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC2-_KYtUhRjXuJKIXcSejciVy7fqCr0pXCCbU06m-ltGtDg1M-0M9EbAv37w43Vd5Tndel1YeN_fWF8YCPLBZMJZJWI6CSduao26AdZ1AGZiaeSw_sIRUGVpCCpWTDLZhB2p/s320/106-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-PISCINA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103078007793426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM98tpLZ0kRGcD8KJjRKPJL68Ma9-ebqMp82NkAqy_5dJn0kM0PNQse2EO8tCiQDXy9vpPMIWzo1xW7XDCZtQkiF45A6brtNmSsCSaNSeAwDzW4bBZws2giR2fs-9nC7rrSn8/s1600-h/107-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-PISCINA-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM98tpLZ0kRGcD8KJjRKPJL68Ma9-ebqMp82NkAqy_5dJn0kM0PNQse2EO8tCiQDXy9vpPMIWzo1xW7XDCZtQkiF45A6brtNmSsCSaNSeAwDzW4bBZws2giR2fs-9nC7rrSn8/s320/107-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-PISCINA-MM-GG.jpg" border="0"alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103078007793442" /></a><br />"SWIMMING POOL - The hotel pool was also one of the reasons why I choosed to stay at the Victoria. It was the best hotel pool in Oaxaca, by that time, if not the only..." <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fxvv-3EiJt6A9a7w859uHHMiGQ_Y3wYebr5cZcJUtz90PqP2pF_GDvkXsJERuXCo7B5OJkHuH5ly849-nAuozLvRGuIYzpoN6AOcPJvHzEKk2LeKpNtcujXUoqEGLFuiafYk/s1600-h/089-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-NOITE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fxvv-3EiJt6A9a7w859uHHMiGQ_Y3wYebr5cZcJUtz90PqP2pF_GDvkXsJERuXCo7B5OJkHuH5ly849-nAuozLvRGuIYzpoN6AOcPJvHzEKk2LeKpNtcujXUoqEGLFuiafYk/s320/089-OAXACA-HOTELVICTORIA-NOITE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038105448829741058" /></a><br />"NIGHT VIEW"<br /><br />***<br /><br />DOWNTOWN OAXACA<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CN9fijOE8GSvocUmvTkmG3WogpZC_41QBVWhPiwtlaa98cFYugM9hkbUfnLiuH0EFxMXtgGgo7iLtnGHKagLf6LPgNYQVkFKCTVDY7i8aRj8j032wBegN7JXg24b4mo9H_i-/s1600-h/080-OAXACA-CATEDRAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CN9fijOE8GSvocUmvTkmG3WogpZC_41QBVWhPiwtlaa98cFYugM9hkbUfnLiuH0EFxMXtgGgo7iLtnGHKagLf6LPgNYQVkFKCTVDY7i8aRj8j032wBegN7JXg24b4mo9H_i-/s320/080-OAXACA-CATEDRAL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038104735865169826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjlTervQJmmicB1PZ1kjv5aSExtC8a1FslH-q9RhmIOjhC2BHbM66QEFISbQcKNK034aCphhp8XAW1_6kctKi5b1P6M1hQEYIpo6I8h3kZhW-JWUqvGLM1bu9GQ-noiBgxB07/s1600-h/082-OAXACA-CATEDRAL-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjlTervQJmmicB1PZ1kjv5aSExtC8a1FslH-q9RhmIOjhC2BHbM66QEFISbQcKNK034aCphhp8XAW1_6kctKi5b1P6M1hQEYIpo6I8h3kZhW-JWUqvGLM1bu9GQ-noiBgxB07/s320/082-OAXACA-CATEDRAL-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038104740160137154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2kWhh6R1bhQFjaWZzJ86yRGLFyT5pXMz0PR4-duKM3lAXaFtcfYCs3H7CwzeiSo5RGR5Jn5z7ygaHU9xQG9tvLYVxK761P6jonMA5BEDjNbTyZPTrHxpOlL09BW3WeP34hJn/s1600-h/085-OAXACA-CATEDRAL-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2kWhh6R1bhQFjaWZzJ86yRGLFyT5pXMz0PR4-duKM3lAXaFtcfYCs3H7CwzeiSo5RGR5Jn5z7ygaHU9xQG9tvLYVxK761P6jonMA5BEDjNbTyZPTrHxpOlL09BW3WeP34hJn/s320/085-OAXACA-CATEDRAL-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103928411318114" /></a><br />"CATHEDRAL - The <em>Catedral Metropolitana de Oaxaca</em>, originally started in 1535, extensively rebuilt in 1730 after a series of earthquakes and fires, and finally completed in 1752, is an impressive building. The cathedral's Baroque façade includes a fine relief of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary above the central door, and the two solid bell towers. The portal design is in eighteenth century baroque style. It is formed by triple portals with fifteen quadrants with access bays, sculpture niches, and generous relief"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWLftc33c9X5s0IK9HEGhnmvyvdygb1hTdJ86gbsAOf4EfhOSSXm0QTYq63GSVYapZdbbJ6nS5VVbYXD78x_PHUdxMtsd0coDFBruxllhAveJfTTlCeCUCoMOraaPobfMMD8M/s1600-h/081-OAXACA-CENTRO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWLftc33c9X5s0IK9HEGhnmvyvdygb1hTdJ86gbsAOf4EfhOSSXm0QTYq63GSVYapZdbbJ6nS5VVbYXD78x_PHUdxMtsd0coDFBruxllhAveJfTTlCeCUCoMOraaPobfMMD8M/s320/081-OAXACA-CENTRO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038104740160137138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaBjUlaqWvRVi7A5smEiZ0xdEdjdoBkKHjtPEjgPTN1SX7j9yiD-vkq6FoYAJPos9o1b342xOszN3Z6e_J60NCq227s9-zL_-4gWTk9YwOio8wL5MAiXGe7QFch9VEIa-LTC3/s1600-h/108-OAXACA-CENTRO-MM-AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaBjUlaqWvRVi7A5smEiZ0xdEdjdoBkKHjtPEjgPTN1SX7j9yiD-vkq6FoYAJPos9o1b342xOszN3Z6e_J60NCq227s9-zL_-4gWTk9YwOio8wL5MAiXGe7QFch9VEIa-LTC3/s320/108-OAXACA-CENTRO-MM-AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103082302760754" /></a><br />"CALLES - The streets in the downtown area follow a rectangular grid pattern, with lots of interesting two-storey buildings"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJckDiSv5gsrUItumQuWQ1s3MWRPTw3qeDYWnsSwQQb5kQDX1xM86y2sJBJevYWk0ayCsIml7RrEG9zKxogZRkVfktOUTMmOoEjR0AHpi-rSfa9OQc944qdbj8iFONQQNRqql/s1600-h/083-OAXACA-JARDIM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJckDiSv5gsrUItumQuWQ1s3MWRPTw3qeDYWnsSwQQb5kQDX1xM86y2sJBJevYWk0ayCsIml7RrEG9zKxogZRkVfktOUTMmOoEjR0AHpi-rSfa9OQc944qdbj8iFONQQNRqql/s320/083-OAXACA-JARDIM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038104744455104466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5izC98mg_51tZOBUMKXoQbladeGFOjcPfK3EDDjnZuprIcMZ1Ec_wwvKzrx7jkDknHB9pPrt-CpsxDnZSsdhOHEgGz9eAR-Hz2VJjIGYTmJf7ekM-ES5uLNF4OMKUFKAT0nL/s1600-h/084-OAXACA-JARDIM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5izC98mg_51tZOBUMKXoQbladeGFOjcPfK3EDDjnZuprIcMZ1Ec_wwvKzrx7jkDknHB9pPrt-CpsxDnZSsdhOHEgGz9eAR-Hz2VJjIGYTmJf7ekM-ES5uLNF4OMKUFKAT0nL/s320/084-OAXACA-JARDIM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103928411318098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lkKFAKir9Xn_vbNdtV6tIHsJjzlggBfe7SoPD-qE7lWdKD7RR_0apCnSCrQg6nqifxJOEZLpO4eSLXZQT_MBMOmJOQV3fA9ntRY7JlJRj8_4_3pDQlP5QVQtZIpmj9HGqEHg/s1600-h/109-OAXACA-JARDIM-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lkKFAKir9Xn_vbNdtV6tIHsJjzlggBfe7SoPD-qE7lWdKD7RR_0apCnSCrQg6nqifxJOEZLpO4eSLXZQT_MBMOmJOQV3fA9ntRY7JlJRj8_4_3pDQlP5QVQtZIpmj9HGqEHg/s320/109-OAXACA-JARDIM-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103082302760770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Ql53H9CyTT0vYHfbPgDy8MCBdUH_XaFXm7OUp4M_LVOvnHUGkpO4Ay4GJp18RAEd_spvpArpGy2-h5ANZZZ53bMoDPSB17scL-UQ25Vii7QtRhTHGqktH1ir0ozsAFIh6WY/s1600-h/110-OAXACA-JARDIM-MM-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Ql53H9CyTT0vYHfbPgDy8MCBdUH_XaFXm7OUp4M_LVOvnHUGkpO4Ay4GJp18RAEd_spvpArpGy2-h5ANZZZ53bMoDPSB17scL-UQ25Vii7QtRhTHGqktH1ir0ozsAFIh6WY/s320/110-OAXACA-JARDIM-MM-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038102541136881330" /></a><br />"PARKS - Oaxaca has numerous gardens and parks. Some of them provide you with useful shade in the hot sunny days, as well as with some interesting scenes"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9tVogh2vMM9VumbKqV7PjOWiIU-KTcgA0VfOEXduD1a494d90DAZVAGye3fzfNHx7zXyR7bIjadgmxpl8TlWVYpPLEsWYSGcUJTaFWc886-DkqzZADIT2iVEtqZPA5zqPwkX/s1600-h/086-OAXACA-FRESCO-RIVERA-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9tVogh2vMM9VumbKqV7PjOWiIU-KTcgA0VfOEXduD1a494d90DAZVAGye3fzfNHx7zXyR7bIjadgmxpl8TlWVYpPLEsWYSGcUJTaFWc886-DkqzZADIT2iVEtqZPA5zqPwkX/s320/086-OAXACA-FRESCO-RIVERA-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103932706285426" /></a><br />MURAL - Oaxaca is also known as Oaxaca de Juarez, since it is the birthplace of Benito Juarez, one of the most important heroes in the Mexican History. This mural by Arturo Garcia Bustos at the Government building depicts important figures in Mexican history. The faces in the top centre are Benito Juarez and his wife, Margarita Maza"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_6Abzk2HPNegVV6HJUdT-cVFHtYL-4xFAklwqZvFDxQa3YxIxR-6Hy8tZIHLYurPMV5cyIdK4vVU9X-8db4f5bPlmdLBUbOxOPGmv0SeN1HLxSzVV5EziuXQiyghz92SQ6Sa/s1600-h/087-OAXACA-ST.DOMINGO-GG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_6Abzk2HPNegVV6HJUdT-cVFHtYL-4xFAklwqZvFDxQa3YxIxR-6Hy8tZIHLYurPMV5cyIdK4vVU9X-8db4f5bPlmdLBUbOxOPGmv0SeN1HLxSzVV5EziuXQiyghz92SQ6Sa/s320/087-OAXACA-ST.DOMINGO-GG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103932706285442" /></a><br />"SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMÁN was built in the sixteenth century, is the most important of the numerous baroque ecclesiastical buildings in Oaxaca, and is considered the most important colonial building of the city. It is larger than the Cathedral of Oaxaca, also a Dominican construction"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9KauwbfKkgOH8vJCudsqEf9qQfa9AJdUZwy8DKWPtUKzeXjwG_tXVT2TcJ0lw43wkf7ZzkS3rHERJVu40-Y4SmmnSmS2pZIiqEHTE_QhrBOaFBCbm6NVD1L1JdErzUaSxGJ_/s1600-h/088-OAXACA-ST.DOMINGO-CLAUSTRO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9KauwbfKkgOH8vJCudsqEf9qQfa9AJdUZwy8DKWPtUKzeXjwG_tXVT2TcJ0lw43wkf7ZzkS3rHERJVu40-Y4SmmnSmS2pZIiqEHTE_QhrBOaFBCbm6NVD1L1JdErzUaSxGJ_/s320/088-OAXACA-ST.DOMINGO-CLAUSTRO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038103937001252754" /></a><br />"CLOISTER - The Cloister of Santo Domingo has Renaissance characteristics. The lower floor communicates with upper by a monumental staircase similar to the one at the Escorial in Madrid"<br /><br />***<br /><br />MUSEO RUFINO TAMAYO<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJlqtJQYaYUoe1chr_L076cRX-ge4r3fSbW-fi7M1VjRDLYFrvg0IECnPI9A3fVPT7xcdl_po64-20YwwL8gLWNkJi6SIQGfaITXowJwtq4hl-oPZaMz0EhF21O1tXTxxRq9B/s1600-h/111-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJlqtJQYaYUoe1chr_L076cRX-ge4r3fSbW-fi7M1VjRDLYFrvg0IECnPI9A3fVPT7xcdl_po64-20YwwL8gLWNkJi6SIQGfaITXowJwtq4hl-oPZaMz0EhF21O1tXTxxRq9B/s320/111-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038102545431848642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6MVkvK_ffFFMonfZnzwvqeaJHWIH9-dxiHrshb98d82uo06Zv89qkSDDr51W6eK59ZprunC8w0TMwA7pcCHaOdUJ_fTuSXUCRhTrAaxvqmB067MG83u5Em9_aZF1g4E2DPOY/s1600-h/112-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6MVkvK_ffFFMonfZnzwvqeaJHWIH9-dxiHrshb98d82uo06Zv89qkSDDr51W6eK59ZprunC8w0TMwA7pcCHaOdUJ_fTuSXUCRhTrAaxvqmB067MG83u5Em9_aZF1g4E2DPOY/s320/112-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038102545431848658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9RXcULMlyfnZvJAUWM_5cyXL2LDt9da4W50lkPf3YjDVI6xL45lufbEptO4b8RsJ4kAgTWIuofK0Pn_9rwQli-Nkc_vM9vUohx69xwXIg2nYS5QifvKMYftt-HLVbIPuhYAV/s1600-h/113-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9RXcULMlyfnZvJAUWM_5cyXL2LDt9da4W50lkPf3YjDVI6xL45lufbEptO4b8RsJ4kAgTWIuofK0Pn_9rwQli-Nkc_vM9vUohx69xwXIg2nYS5QifvKMYftt-HLVbIPuhYAV/s320/113-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038102549726815970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHhjgF3syz8-PXW54auyb4itWhwFsmXTo2Y_4ZUAXZX93c0oBsEuy3VSz4vUDb8f46CCAIcyD6oZBAiKNJCRMJI2FoLzAztYlJ07-9n6_8mJo1Dla0ixQ5YgWfYpexK5cOxNm/s1600-h/114-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO-MM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHhjgF3syz8-PXW54auyb4itWhwFsmXTo2Y_4ZUAXZX93c0oBsEuy3VSz4vUDb8f46CCAIcyD6oZBAiKNJCRMJI2FoLzAztYlJ07-9n6_8mJo1Dla0ixQ5YgWfYpexK5cOxNm/s320/114-OAXACA-MUSEUTAMAYO-MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038102549726815986" /></a><br />"MUSEUM - Rufino Tamayo was born in Oaxaca, and decided to leave his collections of pre-Columbian art to the City where he was born. The pieces of the Tamayo collection are from 1600 BC to 1521 AD"GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.com0