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MAVERICK ROVER WORLD POST #10 MAY 29, 2108 Granada, Spain City gate near our room on Elvira Street heading from Albaicin area (The Antigua/Gotic Area). This collection of doors and windows intrigued me more than any other area we have seen so far in Spain. I can just hear the horses of the old days clip clopping along on the cobble stones. Who were the workmen that built these amazing doors, crafted the iron handles, hinges and door knockers. How many hours did they spend planing the wood, bending the iron, chiseling the stone? Did their children have enough to eat?  Did they work from daylight to dark? What did they do when they were not working?  Granada  dates back to the 8th Century with so much history and turmoil, beauty and culture, wild abandon and conquerers, that it would take a full-time history buff to explain all of the details. I'll leave you to your research to sort out the construct of time. In the mean while, lets enjoy the...

MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Post #9 May 19, 2018 Valencia, Spain  Great doors of Valencia, SP One can either choose to eat the local fare, read books or simply stack them to create art. Daily, this seems to be the choices we make along with  drinking , walking , enjoying the city and smelling the roses.  Buñelos, like churros except they are round  Book stacks at a local museum A visit to Museu Faller     Museu Faller houses maquettes, which are partial replica elements of statues that are burnt during many years of Fallas (fy-us) Celebrations. Each year, since the early 1900s,  for a week during mid-March, most city center placas are filled with paper mâché, wood & cloth statues.  This event revolves around much of the history of Valencia.  The statues depict major social issues relative to the forsaken, politics, everyday life of fisherman,  ch...

MAVERICK ROVER WORLD POST #8 MAY 12, 2018 Valencia, Spain & Palma de Mallorca AN ANCIENT MASSIVE METAL ENTRY DOOR Ron and Roger busy at work on their computers, each with their own task.  Ron is journaling, doing finances and editing photos. Roger is booking flights, trains, rooms and researching local things to do in Valencia and in our future destinations.  And then there is the travel guide book sitting lonely, while we do most of our research on the internet. We are thinking that we will probably refrain from purchasing heavy guide books for future destinations.  This first month has been very fulfilling, as we have seen a good share of Valencia, and it has also given us time to work on planning and adjusting and readjusting our busy calendar.  These backpacks , purchased from Index Urban in San Diego, are the bomb. The full one has our grocery purchases for several days in it, while the little one in the photo is our sec...