Europe
The Hallowed Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (In Pictures)
The last stop in our eight-city tour of Spain back in December was the historic city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain – the land where my mother was born. It is there that my daughter and I decided to spend our first Christmas after my wife passed away back in September. Looking back, […]
Earlier this week, I shared some photographs I snapped of the historic Old Town of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain. Now before I get to the photographs from the Cathedral (which was consecrated back in 1211!), I wanted to share with you the second most visited location in this hallowed city. It isn’t another […]
It’s been a work in progress since I started this series of photographs from my trip to Spain this past December but I’ve finally reached the end. Well, almost. If you’re just joining us, my daughter and I decided to embark on an eight-city driving tour of Spain that started in Madrid and commenced south […]
In my last post, I introduced you to the ancient Spanish city of Salamanca (check it out HERE), one of the oldest university towns in Europe featuring a rich collection of Renaissance, Roman, Gothic, and Baroque monuments. Among them are two impressive cathedrals, the Old Cathedral and the New Cathedral. The Old Cathedral (Catedral Vieja […]
Oh, Salamanca – how I misjudged you. This ancient university town was only supposed to be a layover city on our drive from Seville to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. I was not expecting it to be as lovely and dynamic a city as I (we) found it to be. Alas. Well, if you’ve been […]
Hello, again. I’m back with another series of images from my recent eight-city trip to Spain with my daughter (if you’re just joining us, you can catch up on things at the bottom of this post). We’re staying in Seville where in my last post, we visited the Seville Cathedral. For this final post in […]
