senor francisco porras ... museum owner ... jarandilla de la vera

i got the impression that mister porras, who has lived in the village all his life, has never thrown anything away

the first impression is of disorder but there turned out to be themes, and everything had been dusted

he charged me more to take these pictures than i paid to enter the prado, or guadalupe, but i didn't grudge the expense as i enjoyed his company and i had waited since last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCrVrE9Zy40

suffering for art ... an eyebrow slightly singed by los escobazos

stuff in madrid

more stuff in madrid

stuff in avila

re-naming a street in avila

toledo

at the cathedral in toledo ... no "goose-stepping" allowed

stuff in toledo

mazapan ... this cake is called "an eel"

we made do without a bmw, but we did re-visit a roman ruin and las villuercas

i've only just discovered that this familiar landmark stood elsewhere until the river was dammed

http://www.paseovirtual.net/talaverilla/augustobriga.htm

http://www.villuercas.net/index.htm

plucky little englanders venture into iberia's wide open spaces

there is a monastery in a little town in a remote part of spain ...

stuff from a room in a monastery where photography is discouraged ...

translation exercise ... how would a spaniard say "my grandfather has gone to see a man about a dog" ?

more stuff from a monastery where photography is discouraged ...

http://www.extremaduramente.com/2009/11/nuevo-museo-de-bordados-y-casullas-de-guadalupe/

http://www.hoy.es/multimedia/fotos/ultimos/46628-monasterio-guadalupe-rehabilita-organo-museo-0.html

build your house upon a rock ...

jarandilla de la vera ... los escobazos 2009 ... they're all completely bonkers !!!

collinson bwana ... the exemplary and paradigmatic epitome of anglo-hispanic super-hero-izm