May 26, 2016

At the Reina Sofia museum today. Catherine surprised by the hugeness of the museum, which surprises me, as she's toured so many European museums. This one took three hours just to see the top floor.  She saw an original Picasso and then took a picture of this bear to make Dave happy.

She got lost. I can't fault her for that!

But it looks like she, herself, might be hard to lose. This is her shirt. 

May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Goat cheese and ox burger for lunch.  Drawing and sunburn in Grenada and shopping in Madrid (4 hours away). One purchase was a Harry Potter duvet cover. She's telling us she now needs the duvet.

And, being Catherine, she is naturally able to whip up some fresh cookies with no oven, baking powder or measuring cups.

May 24, 2016

Traveled to Madrid stopping at Ubeda and Consuegra on the way. Apparently it took awhile to get settled into the apartments. The apartment fits half of a person. I think the washer in the kitchen is a nice touch. Makes me feel spoiled.

This part looks fairly modern

I assume this dish was made by someone else and not in their kitchen. (Shrimp and mussel soup)

Also, she has a spider bite on the bottom of her foot. Difficult to think of a worse place.

May 23, 2016

Problems today. They went to Granada, and were supposed to have tickets to see something, but things fell through.

May 22, 2016

Travel to Cordoba and enjoy real (lds) church!

After that go to Mezquita and explore. This is the Visigoth temple/mosque/cathedral of Cordoba.  In Poland many of the cathedrals also have this red and white striping. Catherine says this is not necessarily typical of Spain, in this case it is an Islamic feature.

A good deal less inspiring was a hamburger from a vending machine. Brave girl!

The vote is that it is "surprisingly good, but a really soggy bun"

Then they went to the fair. Things on sticks and sketchy fair rides, Catherine's favorites!

Also, this churro stuffed with chocolate. My friend Morgan went to Spain and had this. I've told Catherine to try this at least 20 times.

Cordoba is also called a "City of Light"

May 21, 2016

Visiting ruins of ancient Roman city in Merida. Absolutely mandatory to this on any vacation in Europe.

Tapas, if you're in Spain, has to be the number 2 event.

This is beef medallions with caramelized onion. She also had Eggplant with honey, and if I know her, a great many more exciting things.

Sadly, this was the day her misfit died. No doubt the misfit was beginning to get an inkling of just how much walking Catherine can and does do on trips like this.