Thursday, December 29, 2011

A Farmer's Market Well Worth the Visit!

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Buckland Farm Market in New Baltimore, Virginia, United States

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A bit delayed in posting, but the autumn loveliness was overflowing at the market.

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The tractor and porch at the market.

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Pumpkins!  The market is awesome--my favorite?  Their fantastic jams and creative twizzler flavors!

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Straw people!  The market is a hidden gem in the Virginia countryside.

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The Virginia countryside beside the market.

Buckland Farm Market's website.

Monday, December 26, 2011

A Brief Stop in Arizona!

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It was lovely to return to the United States and stumble instantly upon a touch of Americana in Phoenix, Arizona

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Downtown Phoenix

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Love, love this walkway.

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Downtown Phoenix.

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I want a porch like this--too bad I have never seen anything remotely like this in the African countries I've lived in.  Phoenix, Arizona

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A park in Phoenix.



Thursday, December 22, 2011

Puente de San Martin and the Tagus River

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The walls of Toledo, Spain.

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The Tagus River and Toledo's walls.

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The view of Toledo from the medieval Puente de San Martin.

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The Tagus River and Toledo.

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The St. Martin Bridge.

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The countryside as seen from Toledo.


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

A Walled Beauty

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  PhotobucketToledo's surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River.

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  PhotobucketNow just pause a moment and think of why such imposing defensive walls were needed. It's quite sobering.

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It is a huge visual reminder of Europe's tumultuous past.

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It leaves a stunning beauty to Toledo today.



Saturday, December 17, 2011

Alcazar and the Puerta del Cambron

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The view of Toledo, Spain's lands as seen from Alcazar.

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Alcazar -- Toledo, Spain

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Alcazar.

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Puerta del Cambron -- Toledo.

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Inside Puerta del Cambron, one of the gates into the walled city of Toledo.

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This tourist train made me think of this one that I stumbled upon in Dakar.

What is the Alcazar of Toledo?


Thursday, December 15, 2011

Toledo's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

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The cloisters at Toledo, Spain's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

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The monastery's garden with its lovely orange tree.

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The workmanship in the monastery was beyond beautiful.

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The monastery was founded to commerorate the birth of Prince John and the Spanish victory at the Battle of Toro in 1476.

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The late afternoon sunlight casts its shadows.

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Even the stairwells were stunningly beautiful.


The monastery's website.




Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Streets of Toledo

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I loved that you stumbled upon mosaics in the most wonderful and unexpected places while strolling through Toledo, Spain.

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Toledo's streets make you wonder if you've walked into a romantic movie.

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It's difficult not to become enamored with Toledo.

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The top of the Gothic cathedral.

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Toledo.

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Toledo's train station.

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The train station's beautiful stain glass.




Sunday, December 11, 2011

Holy Toledo, Batman!

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Toledo, Spain, is filled with small, lively streets and beautiful buildings.

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It's difficult not to fall in love with the stones, the hills, winding paths, and old buildings.

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The cathedral peeking out.

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Toledo felt like the type of city that you could stroll around all day and be lost in pleasant thoughts.

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The city is a UNESCO world heritage site.

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The cathedral.

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One entrance to the cathedral.

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The cathedral is Gothic and dates from the Thirteenth Century.


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