One light, One image

Elegance. Beauty. Passion. Strength.

Sometimes taking a great photograph just means being ready to capture a moment as it happens.

A friendly word

After a week of having everything- menus, signs, directions, television, web pages- in Spanish, this sign was a welcome respite. I found it earlier this week when I did a walking tour of our barrio (read: neighborhood, not ghetto). I set out late in the afternoon to explore some of the lesser traveled, narrow back streets around the residence with my camera. I have lately become enthralled by the search for cool textures, contrasting colors, natural patterns and lines, so this walk was quite an adventure for me. Here are some examples of the textures that I found.









I'll be posting some more from my little excursion tomorrow. Right now I have to get ready because Ashley and I are going to the Ballet Nacional de España tonight. Check it out- fourth row seats!



Alongside my ballet ticket are my passport, metro ticket and RENFE ticket (for the train). Tomorrow I'll be spending the day in Salamanca.

I'm out for now!

When in Madrid

Bienvenidos a España!

To be quite honest with you, this has been quite possibly the most fantastic week of my life, and I have no idea where I should begin telling you about it. I guess I should start by apologizing. I promised lots of pictures, and I have yet to deliver. I arrived at the airport in Madrid only to realize that I left my CF card reader at home. I set out to buy one today and after wandering around the store for an hour completely confused, I was finally able to communicate to one of the sales people exactly what I was looking for. I brought my new card reader home all excited that I was going to be able to share my wonderful photos with you, only to find that the one that I picked up is broken. So tomorrow I'll return to El Corte Ingles to see if I can find one that will help me out.

Until then, here is an image that I took with my point and shoot camera when we visited Toledo earlier this week.



So far my adventures have included an excursion to Toledo, Spain's old capital, visiting the Museo del Prado, celebrating the 4th of July for the first time without fireworks, and enhancing my ability to communicate in Spanish. It has been amazing and I look forward to sharing more of it with you once I can upload my pictures, but right now it's 1:24am and I am ready for bed. Buenas noches!

PS. An image to make you smile :)