A Farmer's Market Well Worth the Visit!

Buckland Farm Market in New Baltimore, Virginia, United States

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

The tractor and porch at the market.

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

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

The Virginia countryside beside the market.

Buckland Farm Market's website.

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A Brief Stop in Arizona!

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

Downtown Phoenix

Love, love this walkway.

Downtown Phoenix.

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

A park in Phoenix.

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Puente de San Martin and the Tagus River

The walls of Toledo, Spain.

The Tagus River and Toledo's walls.

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

The Tagus River and Toledo.

The St. Martin Bridge.

The countryside as seen from Toledo.

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A Walled Beauty

Toledo, Spain is a walled, protected city.

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

  The countryside and the Tagus River next to Toledo's walls.

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

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

 
It leaves a stunning beauty to Toledo today.

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Alcazar and the Puerta del Cambron

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

Alcazar -- Toledo, Spain

Alcazar.

Puerta del Cambron -- Toledo.

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

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

What is the Alcazar of Toledo?

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Toledo's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

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

The monastery's garden with its lovely orange tree.

The workmanship in the monastery was beyond beautiful.

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

The late afternoon sunlight casts its shadows.

Even the stairwells were stunningly beautiful.

For more information on the Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes (with some photos of the church).

The monastery's website.

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The Streets of Toledo

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

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

It's difficult not to become enamored with Toledo.

The top of the Gothic cathedral.

Toledo.

Toledo's train station.

The train station's beautiful stain glass.

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Holy Toledo, Batman!

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

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

The cathedral peeking out.

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

The city is a UNESCO world heritage site.

The cathedral.

One entrance to the cathedral.

The cathedral is Gothic and dates from the Thirteenth Century.

For more information on the extremely interesting city of Toledo.

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