Time: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 4:06:00 AM AKDT
GMT: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 12:06:00 GMT
Latitude: 62° 51' 54" N (62.8651°)
Longitude: 149° 30' 30" W (-149.5085°)
Depth: 52.5 mi
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=M%205.4%20-%20Central%20Alaska@62.865101,-149.508499&z=6
More Information: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ak10086847.php
Data provided by US Geological Survey.
Almost time to say good-bye to Madrid. The last few evenings here the weather has been perfect for our evening walk.
We close today with a Spanish translation lesson... For those of you not versed in the Spanish language, the little yellow warning label found on this Sandwich press in the Toledo train station says, "Warning, do not make a Panini out of your own hand." LOL
The patio of the museum has many carved stone fragments from the Roman and Visigothic cultures.
In the Museum de Santa Cruz there were some enormous ancient tapestries on display. How about having a room in your home big enough for this monster?
There are some extremely narrow streets in Toledo. We have been in some questionable situations with a car in Spain before, but you wouldn't want to get caught down this street with more than a pedal bike.
These popular keepsakes are decorated with gold from Toledo and handcrafted by locals artists.
Finally got to see how this gold is applied. We have one of these plates at home that Kirt purchased in the late 1980's. (See next post for example of what we have at home)
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz is a painting by El Greco, a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. Widely considered among his finest works, it illustrates a popular local legend of his time that claims that two Saints descended from heaven to bury the Count by their own hands. It was impressive to see this in person in the town of Toledo where we spent the day.
These intricate sculptures abound on this palace constructed in 1910 by a North-American Millionaire, Charles Deering. The building is now used for congresses, meetings, international conventions, official acts, civil weddings, and other events.
Turns out that today is Catalunya Day. There are many flags adorning the buildings and people celebrating the holiday in the streets. Another beautiful day of sun and 80 degrees.
Roger heading out for a swim early in the morning. Later in the day you could hardly see the sand for bodies laying on the beach.
Spent a good part of the day today at the beach (in the shade of course)... Beautiful day!!
This is the view from the roof-top terrance that is part of the apartment that we are renting in Sitges.
During the last part of our walk this morning, we ended up at this excellent lookout to show you the town of Sitges along with a couple of it's beaches. We really love this town!
A close up of the entrance to the big church in Sitges. A beautiful bride had just walked into the church with her hubby to get married. Very cool to see this today!
Breakfast out this morning at a local place called Granja Elsa. This was the place we stopped at the first night. Turns out we picked a good one because it is becoming one of our favorite local hang outs. If we owned a local watering hole someday, it would be very similar to this one! Maybe I'll ask her if she wants to sell it?? :)
An interesting tree that is just off the balcony of our apartment. There seems to be flowers and vines growing in the tree for built-in adornment. And as you can see, beautiful weather here is abundant. I think Sitges might be my our new favorite place in Spain.
We have some great friends looking after Riley while we are away. He is no doubt being spoiled and very well cared for. They just sent us this picture of him happily eating his breakfast.
Went exploring the different beaches here in Sitges today. There are about 5 along the edge of this small town. The winter population of the town is about 5000, but the summer population is 50,000.
Tonight we are looking for a good local restaurant, attempting to avoid the tourist spots.
