9 Just around the corner - the oldest café in SMA - great small plates - great prices
10 It's now a concert venue (not jazz sadly...)
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18 the cathedral
19 Beginning to gather for the evening festivities
20 Coffee under piñatas
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23 Calle Barranca
24 Calle Huertas
25 Calle Correo (this street goes straight down to the jazz club!)
26 Mercado Ramirez - a bit of everything there.
27 Calle Homófono
28 Calle Homobono
29 Calle Homófono
30 Mercado Ignacio Rameriz
31 Feliz Navidad!
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39 Another view from our roof terrace
40 A pretty hotel which said it was open for dinner on Christmas day (but didn't mention one needed to have reserved...)
41 Loved this shop window!
42 one of the many very narrow streets
43 peeking into interiors
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46 And look who's back in the square! Without Santa.
47 Museo Historic. It was very realistic.
48 The courtyard
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54 another interior
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59 Christmas night
60 The only restaurant that had some unreserved tables. First come first served once they opened the door at 8pm
61 Very pretty and unheated corner for the 'unreserved'
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64 a snippet of Christmas night jazz
65 Barranca
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67 Piedas Chinas from Barranca
68 our front door - thats a mirror in the entrance. We were 3 fligjts up.
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70 Busy courtyard with many establishments including a Starbucks.
71 Casa Carman, Correa 31
72 Panadariea with cafe in the the back.
73 The whole shop was a gift store for dogs
74 Can't resist posing by a bull.
75 I'm pretty sure it was a gringo
76 Lots of traffic on the few throughways
77 a resting place
78 view from one of the rooftop bars
79 Santa Ana Café in the Biblioteca. Quiet and 'real'. Here to meet Edward.
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82 Edward Swift - with a little bag of his wonderful little figures for Linda and me...
83 Watching the vendors at the San Francisco church
84 another peek into a welcoming space.
85 traffic is definitely an unsolved problem here.
86 some street scenes from a tourist 'cable car'.
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90 and the view from another rooftop bar, Posadito.
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94 heading down from Posadito rooftop gem (right next door to Quinze but forgotten by the tourist books).
95 Walking back through the Park
96 Small town - keep running into the same folks.
97 La Hija de El Manantiel - for Tuesday night jazz
98 became one of my favorites: tortilla with poblano and some yummy sauce.
99 and some with shrimp.
100 Jaime Valle
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115 I got the artist's card. He does ship.
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120 Lovely walk back down to the centre
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130 the Bellas Artes
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136 walking to Ann's house - a beautiful quiet area (with well dressed people)
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138 Ann in the living room of her lovely home.
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140 Cristina and Ann's cat
141 Little church in Ancha
142 Luna Media - Gypsy - classical - spanish compositions. Very enjoyable
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147 The fare was mediocre and the clientele was way too solidly expat!
148 Still a fun afternoon and evening.
149 Not sure why there were balloons..
150 Next day: visiting an art museum in the Case de Mayorazo de la canal, an 18th century mansion built an important SMA family. This photo shows some of the original furniture.
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158 I SHOULD remember the photographer.
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163 another lovely interior
164 Last day, walking way up north to visit Edward.
165 Hard to miss Javier Marin's sculpture at the Aqua Hotel
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167 Edward's house and studio
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175 and the panorama from his roof
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181 the pipe brought water to the city. Lunch was under the pipe and up the stairs.
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186 suitcase at the bottom of the stairs.
187 early morning skies from the taxi
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191 And a New Years Eve feast in San Leandro where the fierce storm meant I spent the night with my gracious friend Ellen.
192 And here's some happy music to remind me of this particular visit.
