Snowing in the middle of March at El Escorial
March 20, 2007
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1 - credit card machine = no coins!
2 - the right one baby, uh huh. :|
3 - bus station. can't remember ...
4 - station in El Escorial. we'r...
5 - walked on this street in El ...
6 - Can't remember where we are,...
7 - cold, empty city street
8 - going down to El Escorial
9 - we made it!
10 - where is everyone?
11 - road right next to El Escorial
12 - El Escorial is huge. pictur...
13 - outside El Escorial
14 - El Escorial to my left
15 - El Escorial to my right
16 - another view of El Escorial...
17 - first sight after walking in
18 - hallway
19 - "Garden of Earthly Delights...
20 - "Garden of Earthly Delights...
21 - Martyrdome of St. Maurice &...
22 - looking out the window into...
23 - i don't know what this was....
24 - wall of tools?
25 - that's me!
26 - don't know what this was fo...
27 - keys!
28 - mini version of El Escorial
29 - cooking tools, i think
30 - ladles?
31 - garden tools, maybe?
32 - yikes!
33 - i have no clue what this is
34 - closed and gated entryway t...
35 - dOm dOm dOmMMm. scary.
36 - hallway full of paintings
37 - "Decapitacion de Santiago"
38 - this painting showed a lot ...
39 - painting at El Escorial
40 - "Duda de Santo Tomas"
41 - courtyard
42 - snowflurry
43 - family tree
44 - bed chamber
45 - hall where we could view fa...
46 - another family tree, i think
47 - philip II sedan chair
48 - painting
49 - view from inside one of the...
50 - painting of Carolo V
51 - Stroll Gallery
52 - Meridiana Solar
53 - Meridiana Solar
54 - looking out the window
55 - one of the many rooms insid...
56 - Philip II bedchamber - "Phi...
57 - study/office room
58 - going down the steps to the...
59 - beautiful interior. I was a...
60 - a few of the men
61 - reserved for future royals
62 - a few ladies
63 - Pantheon ceiling
64 - Royal Pantheon
65 - walking up the stairs, leav...
66 - First tomb Chamber/First To...
67 - Second Tomb Chamber
68 - Third Tomb Chamber - Remain...
69 - Fourth Tomb Chamber -
rem...
70 - Fifth Tomb Chamber - Tomb
...
71 - Sixth Tomb Chamber - mausol...
72 - Tomb hallway
73 - Seventh Tomb Chamber - memb...
74 - Eight Tomb Chamber - last r...
75 - Ninth Tomb Chamber
76 - Ninth Tomb Chamber
77 - View of Sixth Tomb Chamber ...
78 - Vicarial Chapter house
79 - Vicarial Chapter house ceiling
80 - Prior's Chapter house
81 - Prior's lower cell vault - ...
82 - Lower Main Cloister of Conv...
83 - series of murals
84 - other end of Lower Main Clo...
85 - closeup of mural
86 - old or "borrowed" church
87 - the Main Staircase, looking up
88 - the Main Staircase, princip...
89 - the Main Staircase
90 - the Main Staircase, looking up
91 - heading back out. this is t...
92 - entering another chapel/church
93 - looking straight up
94 - inside the church
95 - mini monument of "el monume...
96 - close up of mini monument
97 - El Escorial
98 - library room
99 - old school globe
100 - library ceiling
101 - Armillary Sphere - scienti...
102 - one last look before going...
103 - it was colllld!
104 - interesting. Our bus made ...
