Somewhere Under The Rainbow

Last Tuesday was a spring day, a changing day: clouds, rain, sun, rainbows.

Cubes

Another Murcia roundabouts. I do not know his real name, but everyone calls this roundabout "traffic circle of the cubes". Why is that?.

Pan De Calatrava. Calatrava Bread.

This dessert is typical of the Region of Murcia, is a dessert that was created to take advantage of everything. Born to use leftover bread or sponge cake the day before. The origin, I have not found it, but the recipe is as follows:
Ingredients: 6 eggs 1 liter milk 250 g sugar slices of bread (or sponge cake, I prefer) Peel of lemon and a cinnamon stick
Preparation: In a mold, add two tablespoons sugar and caramelize in the fire. It starts to boil the milk with lemon peel and cinnamon to flavor. Then remove the lemon peel and cinnamon and let cool. Beat eggs, add sugar, mix well incorporated into the milk. The mold is placed a layer of bread cut into small pieces (or pieces of sponge cake), ensuring that some pieces are pressed together with other and covered with batter. It gets a hot water bath and, once it is curdled, cool. Finally remove the mold and comes in a fountain.
Enjoy it.

The Spring Beginning 2011

Today begins the spring. The photo is a cherry tree, but these trees bloom before, I wanted to show this tree in bloom by day it is today.

Church Of St. Basil The Great (2). Iglesia De San Basilio El Grande

Another perspective of that little church.Here, history about Saint Basil the Great.
It's funny how adjectives some characters in the history. In this case, the great, is that, because of his temperament, covered many areas, and very tenacious.

Yesterday, it was the Father's Day in Spain. And this is the gift from my 3 years son. The letters were writen by him. Cute.

Church Of St. Basil The Great. Iglesia De San Basilio El Grande

About this church I have not found much data. The only thing, the construction year is 1966.

Nursing Home

This is the nursing home, which is in the neighborhood of San Basilio. Is owned by the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, which has a public character. It has about 200 beds, and in the rooms, there are: television, bath ring, heating, doorbell / intercom, bathroom, adjustable bed, slip on bathroom floor.
General services including: technical assistance, geriatric bath, library, chapel, infirmary, gym, garden, TV room / lounge, guest room, multipurpose hall, religious care, ATS / DUE own, day center, conferences, journals and magazines , cognitive stimulation, excursions, festivals or dance, physiotherapy, hairdressing, chiropody, escort service, transportation service, medical service itself; own psychological services, occupational therapy, social worker, Dementia Unit / Alzheimer, voluntary.
I don't know if it's the best place to spend the last days of a life. But, if you're not who you care, a nursing home is better, isn't it?

P2

Inside the underground parking lot of Liberty Avenue.

Dual Carriageway

This is the motorway between Murcia and Andalusia. About a dual carriage way history, click.

Marla Center

I've been pretty busy few days and I can not publish every day. But hey, let's continue.
We are having a few days of rain, which is appreciated because the rain in Murcia is scarce. One of the Region of Murcia touristic slogans was "where the Sun lives".
In the image, Marla Center, is a business center and also a place for lunch / dinner and have drinks. On the ground floor is a restaurant and cocktail bar, and the fourth floor with amazing views, another bar.

La Opinión.

In the Region of Murcia, there are 2 regional newspapers, as well as national newspapers. One these papers is La Opinión (The Review), founded in 1988.
In the picture, building of the newspaper La Opinión.

Cyclists.

From 4 to 6 March, took place the Tour of Region of Murcia, which this year, because of the crisis, has been reduced to 3 days. Participating teams were: seven ProTour teams (Movistar, Euskaltel, Rabobank, Vacansoleil, Saxo, Garmin and Sky) and as many categories continent.
At the end, the winner of this tour was AlbertoContador , the current champion of Tour de France.

Alley

In this alley, which is accessed from one side of the School of Drama and Dance, next to the Cathedral, you arrive at the Museum-Church of Saint John of God.
The Museum of the Church of San Juan de Dios is one of the headquarters of the Museum of Fine Arts (MUBAM) which houses an important collection of religious images from the s. XV to s. XX.
The church (XVIII century) was part of the hospital of San Juan de Dios, which was previously Templar hospital, and originally encompassed the Mayor of the city fortress, the valuable remains on display in the basement.
More about this building: here.

Bike Parking

Several months ago, there is a bike rental system in the city of Murcia, and give you the opportunity to rent for one day, and up to one year. The price, 40 euros / year. What is supposed to be a measure to allow people to use the bike and not the car, to result in a form that people rent a bicycle for exercise, not to get around the city for work or shopping. In Murcia, bike lanes, or going along the river, for sport, or are shared lane roads for cars. Finally, a half-measure
About the photo: bike parking in El Malecón.
If you want to know about this bike rental system, here its website (Spanish).

Ready For Takeoff

This past weekend it was able to visit several NATO ships, which were moored in the harbor of Cartagena.
From Monday 28 February to 10 March the group made in Spanish waters of the southeastern part of the exercise Noble Mariner-11, which involved more than 3,500 soldiers from 11 countries of NATO, with a total of 20 vessels war. The Noble Mariner 11 is coordinated by the Allied Staff Maritime Command Northwood (UK), creating a very real scenario that presents the different controls, different situations, such as: asymmetric warfare, maritime security operations , embargo operations, amphibious operations and combat piracy.
During his stay in Cartagena ships may be visited by the general public in the Cruise Dock and Dock of Curra.
The naval exercise will be developed by: aircraft carriers, frigates, tanker amphibious ships, minesweepers, submarines, amphibious ships and aircraft, plus a contingent of Marines to conduct operations along the coast.
The photo was made by a colleague (A.A.G.) of the Harrier aircraft on the deck of the aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias.

Fountain.

Fountain in the gardens of El Malecon.

March 2011 Theme day. Your Favorite Part Of Town

The Theme Day for March is: "Your favorite part of town. " I have not a favorite place in my city, so I chose a favorite of my 3 years son. A playground. The photo is one of those places, because for him, any playground is his favorite place.
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