Lampe Trek: Photo Blog: Part 2: Porto, Barcelona, Edinburgh

PORTUGAL

Train station just outside of Lisboa

Roger looking stoked about posing in front of a tiled church in Porto

Ciao. (river cruise looking at bridges)

Street art, Porto


Street art, Porto

Sadder street art, Porto

Port wine cellar, Porto


Use this and Roger's photo... put them side by side... wink your eyes in an offset manner quickly until we're sitting next to each other in a GIANT port cask.

Boats they used to use to transport port from vineyards to cellars and stores.

Ruby, White, and older, more refined port.

Classical homies don't play. Well they do, actually. Classical homies have a good street face.

That's right, fish, I see you. I'ma eat you. You'll be delicious.

How much do YOUR babies go for? Porto's got a sale on.

Lunch break. Time to catch an octopus.

Atlantic Ocean from it's Eastern border. (Portugal)

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Sea urchin.

Sand bird for Mom.

Another bird for Mom. Also a photo-bombing pigeon.

Heron island.

Fishing nets.

Admit it, his beard is better than yours.


What?

Sleeper train, SWEET. You'll notice the fantastic amount of excess space.

View from the fast train between Madrid and Barcelona.

BARCELONA, SPAIN

What's up, balcony snack?

One of the gargoyles who is level with the balcony of the apartment we stayed in in Barcelona.

Which public park sign is your favorite? I vote the 4th from the top. I'm always so frustrated when I can't easily find the location in a park where I'm allowed to spin my tops. (There's a 'clean up your dog's poo' sign that's a close second but it's not on this entry.)

Busty vampire bat on Spain's Arc de Triumph (pardon misspellings)

Sweet fountain in a park that Gaudi helped build. Also some youths. There were lots of youths. Also us.

CHAMELEON, WHY ARE YOU EATING MY SHOE? THERE'S POO ON IT.


I was pumped to see this budgie (parakeet?) in the park, 'What I find!' I thought. No, no it wasn't. They are the classier, noisier version of pigeons.

Okay, so we found this in the store. Bimbo bread: over a foot long. Unhealthily white. Roll-able. How could we NOT buy it?

Roger asked that I make an expression conveying how I felt about cooking and eating Bimbo's (bread).

Resulting giant grilled cheese with a side of kick-ass store bought basil tomato soup.

Alright, Spain. Go on with your bad self and your funky tomatoes.

Preparing for delicious veggie dinner. We're kind of in love. It's kind of awesome.

I thought about Ratatouille while composing this.

Eyeball building.

Basketball net or chain-link fence sculpture.

Another gargoyle sunset.

Shrimp bake with zucchini and tomato soup with de-pooped shrimps. Labor of love. It was worth it.

Roger's band photo on the Mediterranean.

Waterfall, though man-made.

Insert for the album.

You may not be able to see it, but Barcelona's beach sand makes your feet sparkle.

Dog digging because digging's awesome.

Hugs and . . .

kisses from Barcelona.

Barcelona street art.

Mushrooms, fruits, bread, cheese, wine.

For Amanda!

Gaudi cathedral.

PARK GUELL

There are several photos here that are recreations from a previous trip. Mom, sorry if I never actually gave/ showed you the originals and the copies don't make sense.... we'll do a comparison when I'm back in the States. Amanda, these should be quite familiar. <3

View from the top of the park.

Bird for Mom.

Park of balls.

For Mom, Amanda and Jeanette. Familiar plant?

What?!?

Roger miming a toilet flushing while blending in with the architecture around him.

Roger and the lizard both had a rough night.

BIRTHDAY HAT!

Another for Mom, Amanda, and Jeanette.

Creepy video showcasing the furniture designed by Gaudi. Odd Dr. Seuss striped suits. Roger looks way better showcasing the effectiveness of this chair for supporting someone.

What's up, crazy huge dollhouse?

At first I wanted to buy them. All. Then I realized a photo capturing their rainbow-ness would do.

Another Gaudi house. (we visited two)

Gaudi-done house. Blue tiles with graduated color to account for light change depending upon how far down the shaft they were.

Roof details.

Rainbow Gaudi and creepy-eyed Roger.

Wall Twister? A cave puzzle like the one in Goonies? What are you doing, handsome Roger?

Barcelona airport: sometimes they confiscate the turtle you shouldn't have bought in the first place. Sometimes they take the leopard pelt. Roger's miming how some folks may have felt when losing their poor choices.

We didn't take this airline, that doesn't mean it wasn't hilarious. Need a wizz? Take wizzair for all of your wizzing, travel needs.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

View from our hostel room.

School that likely (did?) inspire Hogwart's. It does, in fact, have four houses of students within it. We forgot to look up the actual names of the schools. Wall of a cemetery where Rowling got some of her inspiration for names.

The coffin symbol with crossed shovel and pick in the bottom corner told body-snatchers not to steal these particular bodies because they contained the black plague. I think that was quite nice of the headstone makers.

Cage used to allow bodies to decompose to a point where body-snatchers wouldn't want to snatch said body at which point the body would be moved to his or her official plot.

Kiel, our tour guide on our free (tip if you like, at the end) tour of Edinburgh. It was awesome. He was Australian. He knew many facts about Scotland. We tipped him. In this photo we were at Robert L. Stevenson's grave. I had not previously realized that he wrote Jekyll and Hyde. (For an interesting story, look up the locksmith dude who he used as inspiration for J and H.)

Roger and Bum, the dog. Bum lived in San Diego and was loyal to his master even after his master had passed away. He has a 'brother' dog in Edinburgh, Bobby. Look him up if you like dog tales.

Edinburgh castle. Roger's getting ready for a siege.

Prisoner's rations in Edinburgh jail. Note the different in American and other prisoner's rations. Also, American prisoners couldn't get exchanged or bargained out. I guess because they were upstarts. Rebels.

Prisoner-made good --- mostly rolled paper.

Oh, fashion.

Oh, Scottish-fied fashion.

ARTHUR'S SEAT, EDINBURGH

That's right, we're going to climb that.

No, not Arthur's seat, but still awesome. Alright, geology, alright.

If you look closely you'll see folks scampering up a switchback trail. It was steep. Most of our photos made it look like a peaceful glen. What the what, photography?

Roger pinching a person down below. (we were not at the top yet)

Hiking, hiking, hiking.

Sitting at the top! I leaned. It's not as impressive of a photo so it's not included. I was concerned about overshooting and tumbling down the pile of rock. Here you have Roger with part of Edinburgh laid out below. He is impressive.