Spring and summer 2011

HI!
 I travelled a lot douring spring and summer. Here is some photos and notes from Spain, Azores and Italy.

 SPAIN (May) 

Let's get social- group from Valkeakoski visited Jaen and Torredonjimeno. We felt ourselves very welcome.

These ladies are Spanish flamenco dancers. Never seen such performance in live.

These ladies are from Valkeakoski and they are dressed as flamenco dancers. Nice! They borrowed those costumes from our Torredonjimeno friends.

We visited also Museo del Prado. We saw some Maja paintings by Francisco de Goya. Naked and dressed. Cool.








Azores (July)

This is a volcano caldera. Double lakes, a blue one and a green one. Very beautiful.

Perhaps the most delicious fish meal ever. All the flavors were in place. The fish had a strange name. Two minutes after our entrance and the restaurant was full. Awesome timing.

These are the hot sulfur springs maturing corn. I bought one and it was delicious. I would have left without buying if I have had seen how they are made.







Italy (July)

Civita di Bagnireggio.

Civita was founded by Etruscans over twenty-five hundred years ago, but has seen its population dwindle to just fifteen residents over course of 20th century.

It was a scary walk into the city along a high footbridge. Civita is crumbling slowly down. Wonderful place.

Europ's highest waterfall Cascata delle Marmore. The Romans made the waterfall. It is 165 meters high, and the highest man-made waterfall in the world.







What else?

What else did I do? I dove several times and got AOWD card. Dear me. The next target is Mexico and Cancun in Yucatan peninsula.