That´s All Folks - The End

This is my last day in Europe. I spent 174 days here, visited eleven countries, and roughly thirty cities. I had a blast! Thank you all for reading my blog. The Google people tell me there have been 5,400 page views since this blog began back in early April. Again, I thank you.

As many of you know, I am the self-described "Mayor" of San Diego. After almost six months of travel, I can now call myself the "Mayor" of Europe. :-)  So, I thought I would leave you with photos of a busy square in Madrid called the "Plaza Mayor."

Ham

The Spanairds are heavily into ham. The local specialty is a cured, deli-type ham called Iberico. "The Ham Museum" is a fun restaurant with six locations in Madrid. I´ve never seen more ham in my life.

El Prado Museum, Madrid

This is one of the finest museums in the world. Its permanent collection includes masterpieces from Velasquez, Goya, El Greco, and many others. Sorry, no photos allowed inside the museum.

Granada, Spain

I've been enjoying traveling around Spain with my brother Tony. Here are some photos taken in Granada in the rain. I thought the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain?

1992 Summer Olympics

Barcelona hosted the Olympics twenty years ago. Here are some photos of the stadium and surrounding area. The yellow columns are for design and the white structure is a television tower.

Tapas Heaven

Here are some photos of the legendary tapas bar "Quimet y Quimet" in Barcelona. Members of the fourth generation of the Quim family run the place and improvise more than a hundred types of delicious tapas dishes every day.

Barcelona: Non-Gaudi Architecture