I'm writing this from Granada (Spain) and can see the Alhambra (castle complex) from where I'm sitting. Like nearly all the historic...

We're now launched on a 5.5 month stay in Europe. For the first three weeks my daughter and her family will be with us. Last week we sta...

This was this morning. It's about midnight now and we're headed for the airport and back to the US. Travel time will be, in all, ...

"It would be a betrayal to even think of finishing the Sagrada Familia . . . without genius. Let it remain there, like a huge rotting...

Busking is a hard job, especially during this damn heatwave. At the time I took this photo it didn't occur to me to give the...

Pause when agitated Barcelona:  Museums visited to date: Museu d'Història de Barcelona (City History Museum):  Rome came a...

We're leaving for the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in a few minutes so I'm gobbling down my oatmeal and hurriedly slurpin...

Madrid train station Took the high speed train from Madrid to Barcelona yesterday. It topped out at 185 mph or, as this is Europe, 298...

Early two-legged Earthling National Archaeological Museum of Spain We spent the last two days at the National Archaeological Museum of...

Our window westward Madrid. Hemingway loved the place, but I can't say it does much for me. Then again, if I lived in the golden h...

Sorry. Couldn't resist doing a graffiti title. We're in Madrid and Hemingway spent a lot of time here. He loved the place, calle...