#spain.

[dream-world-universe]

Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain: The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Wikipedia

[thouartadeadthing]

[loulooser]

anyone else really worried about that cruise ship

[resourcesofcolor]

drranatayara: Till this day some Latin American in certain countries are looked down upon by other Latin Americans due to their “darker” skin colour.

[sherrylephotography]

My photography @sherrylephotography 5/23

We took the cable car to the top of the Montjuïc. At Castell de Montjuïc there are lovely view of the city and harbor of Barcelona. This is one of those views.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

[thlachesis]

Where most of the courtiers were nothing but sons of Dukes, or if you were lucky, some distant relation of the King himself, none stood out more than the son of Spain. He glimmered as if caught by the sun, causing every single person who lingered to turn their necks in order to catch just a glimpse. Héléne, who was no more special than any other, saw him as soon as he entered — for he radiated something magnificent; not that there was any question or riddle why he did. He was the son of Mary Tudor, the usurped true Queen of England, and the King of Spain. Both as Holy and zealous as a good Catholic came. And so in that order, Héléne respected him in the same way she had been when first presented before the rulers of France in her first years at court. 

Though most of the maid of honour’s life was kept behind warped rumours and tattle-tales, most of the rumours that surrounded her were indeed one of truths. She had laid with the King of France as soon as she was able, henceforth sent to a convent where she had one of the many illegitimate children to be educated and taken by someone in the country. By that, she had proved herself a loyal French servant, thereafter installed as part of the de Medici court where she used her womanly vices to twist the knives of her Queen deep into unsuspecting backs. She had been married, that was known to almost anyone, and had been blessed with a son. But, both had died quickly, and so the slate was once again wiped clean to instead present Héléne as a piece upon the chess board. 

So, there was no stage fright when she met the Prince of Spain, for she had been touched by other souls of grandeur — that, and if a match was ever to be made between Spain and France to threaten the heretic English, then someone must scout the land. “Your Majesty,” she gasped, her bow just low enough to deepen the cut of her dress, the black of her eyes flickering up towards him for his audience — a dare then put on the table. “I am Héléne d’Halluin, on behalf of Caterina de Medici.” @felipaed

[crankyhearts]

Germany, Spain and the UK: ✨the gift that keeps on giving✨ and never fails to live up to my expectations. Even in hard times, we can always count on you to be consistent. Thank you. Well deserved 0 points by public vote.