Marty’s photo of the day #3582: Today we travel to the western side of Spain for a little Spanish ibex action.
Spanish Ibex
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La Garganta Divina
Marty’s photo of the day #3571: While working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Deb and I spend a delightful day hiking La Garganta Divina in northeastern Spain. Much of the hike was an old, narrow mule track that hugged the side of the gorge—often high above the river.
Cathedral Viejo
Marty’s photo of the day #3566: I took this photo, looking up at the Cathedral Viejo, a massive thirteenth-century Catholic church in Plasencia, Spain. There are actually two parts to this church, with the new section being built during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. I didn’t realize that there were old and new sections […]
Drunk shopping
Marty’s photo of the day #3527: The following excerpt from my newly published sixth book, “Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer,” takes place in Cangas de Onís, Spain: Once we finished our excellent meal, the man from behind the bar walked over and introduced himself as Angel, one of the […]
Castle in Spain
Marty’s photo of the day #3504: Me, looking up from below: “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair.” And yes, I did consider digitally inserting the senator from Vermont and calling out, “Bernie! Bernie! Let down your mittens.” (Photographed in Spain)
French turtles
Marty’s photo of the day #3491: Today we go to France for turtles. These are Mauremys leprosas, the rarest terrapins living in France. The only known population in the country is along the border with Spain.
Another Spanish Church
Marty’s photo of the day #3471: As I have done during Christmases in the past, I’m digging into my church photos from Spain. Here’s what I wrote in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: Madrid is a grand old city with gigantic churches, enormous palaces, and magnificent sculptures. The churches […]
Imagine the good churches could do if . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #3470: Since Christmas is here, it’s time to dig into my church photos from Spain. Here’s what I wrote in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: Madrid is a grand old city with gigantic churches, enormous palaces, and magnificent sculptures. The churches in particular were […]
Tweeting on the toilet
Marty’s photo of the day #3461: I took this photo outside an old church in Plasencia, Spain. Hmmm. . . . It’s almost as if an ancient Spanish architect had a vision of Donald Trump, tweeting on the toilet, on the day his loss by Electoral College landslide was confirmed.
Lost in Spain
Marty’s photo of the day #3423: When Americans visit Spain, the vast majority stick to the touristy areas. When Deb and I went to Spain as part of the travels for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, we made it a point to go to out-of-the-way places, where tourists don’t […]
Parque Regional de la Sierra de Gredos
Marty’s photo of the day #3362: One of my favorite hikes in Spain was in Parque Regional de la Sierra de Gredos. Deb and I pretty much had the place to ourselves. Well . . . us and a small herd of Spanish ibex. It was wonderful!
Church storks
Marty’s photo of the day #3304: In rural Spain, storks nesting atop churches are a fairly common sight. Some people consider it a sign of good luck.
Castillo de Alburquerque
Marty’s photo of the day #3287: I photographed the castle in rural Spain. Called the Castillo de Alburquerque, it was built between 1461 and 1476 by the first Duke of Alburquerque, and it is still owned by his descendants.
Turn your head
Marty’s photo of the day #3232: Today we travel to Spain—for all the people who’ve always wanted to know what the back of a Spanish Ibex’s head looks like.
Dinosaur Egg
The streets of Arenas de San Pedro
Marty’s photo of the day #3204: Years ago I took this photo to show how quiet the streets were during siesta in Arenas de San Pedro, Spain. My guess is that now the streets are pretty much this quiet all day long.
Moo in Spanish
Marty’s photo of the day #3132: I know what you’re thinking: “Oh, it’s just a cow.” But when I was a teenager in northern Minnesota—just getting into photography—I took a lot of cow photos. No one could understand why—and that was probably the reason I did it. Anyway, years later, I still photograph the occasional […]
Castles in Italy
Marty’s photo of the day #3102: When Deb and I were in Spain and France, working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, we had great luck finding walled cities and old abandoned castles that we could get inside to explore with no other humans in sight. When we were […]
The amazing Duomo di Firenze
Marty’s photo of the day #3099: When Deb and I were in Italy a year ago, Florence was one of our stops. This is Duomo di Firenze (The Florence Cathedral). Actually, it’s just a small part of the massive complex. Without an airplane or a hot air balloon, it was literally impossible to get back […]
Paying for pedophile priests: No church possessions should be off-limits.
Marty’s photo of the day #3093: I took today’s Catholic Church photo in Madrid, Spain. I thought of it when I read that a new wave of rape and child abuse cases are about to hit the church. Apparently, when cover-ups fail, bankruptcy is one of the solutions. How can Catholic churches declare bankruptcy while […]