Monthly Archives: June 2017

MM 4-10 The Naked Giant of León

Posted on June 27, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

We spent a few days in León, Spain last month and we were walking back to our hotel after visiting the San Marcos Parador one day when we reached the Plaza de Santo Domingo and passed this naked giant sitting … Continue reading →

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Discovering León, Part Two: A Walking Tour of the City’s Historic Old Town

Posted on June 26, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

We stayed at the NH Plaza Major Hotel during our three-day visit to León and our walking tour starts from there. Along the way we will stop and stare at the four most impressive works of architecture that the city … Continue reading →

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Discovering León, Part One: Nothing but the Facts

Posted on June 26, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

We left our house in Castro Valley, California at 6am on Friday, May 19th and arrived in León, Spain around 5pm on Saturday, May 20th — three car rides, two air flights and one train ride later. We already knew … Continue reading →

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MM 4-09 Looking Up at the World Trade Center

Posted on June 21, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

After our trip to Spain and Portugal last month we flew to New York City and stayed there for four days before flying the rest of the way home. We walked around the city a lot and one day visited … Continue reading →

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More photos of the Dom Luis I Bridge in Porto

Posted on June 17, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

I made a mistake in describing the photo I took for this week’s Monochrome Madness Challenge (see here). My memory tricked me. I thought this was the photo I took after exiting the funicular one day to spend the afternoon … Continue reading →

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MM 4-08 Walking along the Douro River

Posted on June 13, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

After our nine-day journey along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain we took a bus to Porto, Portugal and spent another three days there. One day we took the three-minute ride on the Funicular dos Guindais down … Continue reading →

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Why we went to Spain, Portugal and New York: An Overview of Our 2017 Vacation

Posted on June 10, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

My sisters Betty and Marie are avid walkers and when they heard that my wife and I were interested in visiting the Camino de Santiago de Compostela this year they expressed an interest in joining us. But when they realized … Continue reading →

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We’re Back from Our Annual Spring Vacation

Posted on June 9, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

This year we traveled to northern Spain and Portugal and on  the way back stopped in New York City for four days before flying back home. For the first nine days of our trip we followed the thousands of pilgrims … Continue reading →

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