View from Irving's rooms |
View out his other window |
In the orange garden |
Another water feature |
And another; water has a special place in Islamic notions of heaven, I understand; nothing anthropomorphic going on there, I suppose |
...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
View from Irving's rooms |
View out his other window |
In the orange garden |
Another water feature |
And another; water has a special place in Islamic notions of heaven, I understand; nothing anthropomorphic going on there, I suppose |
Great hall; Court of the Myrtles (?) |
Courtyard |
Column |
Looking the other way |
Entry to the court of the two sisters, or was it two cousins? |
Really into columns |
This is the fountain of the twelve lions, or somesuch, which in some sense told time, or season, or month...whatever; the lions are away being reconditioned, or possibly hibernating |
Artsy-fartsy attempt to amuse myself |
In the Barrio Sacramonte
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Our cast
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Energy
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The guitarist was very good
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Wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen
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The older Gypsy-looking lady was magnifico
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The big dude did the heavy
stomping
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Alhambra at night from Plaza San Nicolas
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Why we didn't go to the top of Gibraltar |
The Costa del Sol used to be a string of fishing villages; none is left; they're all condo communities now |
There's a beach and a sea down there somewhere |
There it is |
Malaga, part of it |
Looking up at the summit of The Rock
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Our campsite, on Eastern Beach, at 36
degrees, 08'55.88N, 5 degrees, 20'23.54W;
check it out on Google Earth
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A dozen or more ships anchored outside our window
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Flying dogs, no less; just a bit more of the British obsession
with dogs, upon which I have earlier commented
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Moorish remains
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Casemates Square, ground-zero Gibraltar; formerly Villa
Viejo, the Moorish village established in 711 but destroyed
after 13 sieges; the Moors landed here first; Gibel-Tarik,
their leader, gave his name to Gibraltar
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Mechanism for depressing a gun; sort of important in a
place like Gibraltar; my questions is...how do you keep the
ball from rolling out the barrel?
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Main drag
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All the many walls and batteries are named, this one among
the oldest
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Out our window
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This is the somewhat famous runway one crosses, both on foot and in vehicles,
in order to get from Spain to Gibraltar |
Huge old (disused) pillbox just next to the border
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My, how the world has changed; I'm loving it; well, parts
of it
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