Galadriel

   The last month I traveled a lot. I visited Portugal and Italy for business reasons. Now, I am back in Spain again. As the weather is still perfect here, I travel around Andalusia. One of the places I have been is Arcos de la Frontera. Recently, this town celebrated the 750 anniversary of the re-population of the city and the introducing of Christianity. That happened in the year 1264, after more than 700 years of Muslim rule! They had a reenactment as well, if someone is interested he can visit the following:

   http://arcos750.com/2014/06/recreacion-historica-medieval-2/

   In the meanwhile, I bought some old GW blisters at a very nice price! I also had a gift from a friend, a Mithril, LOTR 'Isengard Orc warrior' 54mm Scale Metal Miniature.

   And some more photos from Arcos:

Basílica de Santa María de la Asunción

Golden eagle

Iglesia de San Pedro

Parador de Arcos de la Frontera

Semana Santa 2008

   Vincent Clive, welcome on board!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

London visit and Grim Hammers!

   The last two weeks I spent in England again. This time, I had some free hours and I grabbed the opportunity to visit the center of London. It is far better than the picture I kept in memory from my last visit back in '94. 

Hahn/Cock

   As you can see below, I walked all over the city center! It took me five hours! I bought some souvenirs and among them the "Grim hammers"! They are amazing warriors! Unfortunately, I didn't find their Captain! Never mind, next time!

The Grim Hammers

Their sprue

Anteros

William Shakespeare 

Guards Division Memorial

Horse Guard

Horse Guard

Trafalgar square

Nelson's column

The battle of Britain

The London eye

Big Ben

There are a lot of boys' toys in London!

Victoria memorial 

Buckingham Palace

 

Royal Artillery memorial

   Back in Spain! Here is a beautiful picture of the Cathedral of Cadiz. For the visitors with an eagle eye; yes, you are right, it is a stone die! 

The stone die!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Tauriel

   This week I was in London for business. Last time I was there it was back in '94, which means twenty years ago! Too many things have changed during all these years. Only one thing remained unchanged, London was and still is a very expensive city, or at least this is my impression. 

   Despite my busy program, I found some free time to visit a 'games workshop' shop. It was the first time for me. In Greece we don't have any and here in Spain I haven't visited any so far. The majority of the products of the shop was about warhammer and 40K. These two dominated in the whole shop. Only a ten per cent was related to the Hobbit and LotR games. To tell you the truth, I didn't really expect it. As far as I can understand, Hobbit and LotR are second-category games for them! Unfortunately for me, these two are the games I prefer to play! Since I got there, I thought I had to buy something and I bought Tauriel! It is a very nice miniature indeed!

   Now, I am back in Spain, in the country of Jamon Iberico! Enjoy the amazing photos!

   

   Andreas Panagopoulos and tom winkelspecht welcome on board!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!  

New home ....again!

   As I have already mentioned we, me and my wife, live now in the southern part of Andalusia. Finally, I found the spot for my hobby activities in our new house! it is very nice and has a great advantage, the fantastic view! I can see the Atlantic ocean from the spot I am sitting! 

My spot!

I have to set up some more things!

The view from my spot

and from the terrace 

While I was walking around at El Puerto I found this shop

The Cathedral of El Puerto de Sta Maria

 

The Cathedral of Jerez de la Frontera

"Paellia Negra" Though it looks like a mud full with worms it tastes delicious!

   That's it for today! I have to start painting at last! 

Happy Birthday!!!

   Dramatic Katastases is three years old! Within the last twelve months there are just 14 more followers. Only 36 more posts but around 30.000 more pageviews! 

   In the meanwhile we, me and my wife, arrived in Spain! We have settled down in a nice house at the south part of Andalusia. There are an arena and a very nice medieval castle in the town, which we have already visited! 

Corrida de Torros

Arena

Castle of El Puerto de Sta Maria

Sancho IV el Bravo of Tarifa

   I hope to find a place in the house for my hobby soon! Till then I will celebrate the 3rd birthday of my blog and walk around the historical places of Andalusia!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!