En La Ciudad

Only when a torero performed especially well, and only with the crowd's approval, the president of the bullring will wave a white kerc...

The prologue.   The fight. The victor.   The clean-up.

A cruel and pointless past-time, it amazes me that a western European capital that prides itself on all of its liberal and left-leaning po...

The largest city in southern Spain, and what was once the major trading center for the Spanish colonies in the Americas, Seville today is ...

Much as the swastika was once upon a time not associated with the Nazis, these white cloaks were (and in Spain still are) NOT associated w...

Based in the Spanish island of Mallorca, Camper shoes was founded in 1975 and is now sold around the world. They have several stores in M...

 I was only able to spend a day in the southern Spanish coastal city of Malaga, it was my loss. Continuously inhabited for more than 2,8...

Naturally no visit to Dublin would be complete without a stop in the Guinness storehouse (aka brewery). The entire facility takes up seve...

Just another gorgeous Irish castle along the way. This one has been restored and hosts feasts open to the public in the summer. But boo...

 At the incredible Cliffs of Moher. We lucked into sunshine and gentle winds, rather than the rain and gusts that are so often there. Ly...

Cross country bus travel in the US is accomplished by the riding the 'hound. Greyhound that is. In Ireland one can cross the cou...

Two more from Cork.  I'll always fall for clever (or not) word play.  And below is small scene from the English Market, in operation ...

The old and new side-by-side in Cork, Ireland. A fairly common sight in Spain as well, for someone from a relatively young country as t...

By the time I'd zoomed in several times, the photo didn't come out great; but you get the idea.  Two animals looking down on...

Much like in the Swiss Alps, the Spanish have built a series of refugios (literally - shelters) along their trail system.  A great place ...