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| Leaving the Liberty of the Seas at our first stop, Nassau. |
The Pirate Museum in Nassau was well worth the visit. |
Tony, a freelance guide, told us how slaves carved out the sixty-five steps of the Queen's Staircase in 1793/4 out of solid limestone using only hand tools. |
The Queen's Staircase was a shortcut to the sea. Most visited tourist site in Nassau. |
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| Bertie Johnson drove the four of us on a fine tour of Nassau. |
The Atlantis is impressive. |
Inside the Atlantis. |
Lots of yachts are parked at the hotel. |
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| After about a week crossing the Atlantic, we arrived at Tererife in Spain's Canary Islands. Our ship is the bigger of the two. |
Mount Teide in the background is Spain's tallest mountain. |
The volcanic activity created a very rough landscape suitable for testing lunar vehicles and filming prehistotic movies. |
Next stop was Cadiz and our tour of Sevilla (Seville). This was Spain's pavilion for the unsuccessful Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. |
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| Another view of the buildings surrounding the Plaza de España. |
Portugal, the US and most Latin American countries had pavilions for this event to improve relations between Iberia and the New World. |
Bad timing doomed the event. |
Linda made some buys at the gift shop at the hotel where we had lunch. |
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| Inma was our guide. |
Sevilla is a beautiful city certainly worth another visit. |
A celebration in the city and many were dressed in the traditional clothes. |
The Alcazar and related buildings were built by the Moors in the 1100s. |
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After the Christians drove out the Moors in the north, Reconquest of 1248, the mosque was converted to a cathedral |
Another cathedral view. |
One of the cathedral's stained glass windows. |
The cathedral's organ. |
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| Christopher Columbus tomb in the cathedral. |
Spectacular silver in the cathedral. |
The Moors did beautiful work at the Alcazar. |
A view of "main street" on the Liberty of the Seas. The Promeade had shops, pubs and small restaurants. |
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| Some super shows after the curtains went up; Saturday Night Fever, In the Air, a really funny comedian. |
Next stop was Malaga, and we went to see the Alhambra in Granada. More beautiful gardens and ornate architecture. |
Finished in middle of the 14th century for for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court. Used by Christian rulers after the 1492 "Reconquista." |
Carole and Linda in the Alhambra. |
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| The Alhambra was damaged by Napoleon. |
A view from above. |
Interesting composition of the pillar. |
Spectacular workmanship! |
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| Beautiful gardens. |
A stunning sight. |
After the Alhambra, entertainment during speed-dining. |
The ship stopped next in Valencia. |
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| Modern architecture was memorable. |
A student teacher on the plane back said that Valencia was not important enough to warrant all this investment in these buildings. |
More of it. Mostly empty buildings according to the guy on the plane back. |
And more. |
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| Arriving at the San Jose Caves |
A local cat as we walked toward the caves. |
Linda in the darkness. |
Enough light for a Harry & Carole picture. We took a long boat ride thru the caves. |