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SPAIN REEL 2 OF 2 CASTRO URDIALES 08:01:24 Red brick bldgs, white stucco houses w/red tile roofs, ocean, scattered trees, harbor, shoreline. Colorful fishing boats, motor boats, fishing nets, crates filled w/fish, fishermen reeling in nets, unload catch of the day, tourists observe. PYRENNES, LLEIDA 08:04:25 Castle ruins, high desert, scattered shrubs, trees. Valley, farm, fields. Foot path, hydroelectric dam, rock canyon, mountain highway. Houses w/red tile roofs, river bank. Quaint village. Car POVs through canyon tunnels, 2 lane highway, gully, rocky mountain landscape, mountain stream, modest waterfall, trees w/autumn colors, GOOD. Village in valley, summer greenery, hotels line main street, trees, mountains in bg, vacation spot. BARCELONA 08:07:53 Currency exchange. High angle Est. city, La Barceloneta (harbor). Fountains fg, Central Palace (?), street scenes. Bullfighting arena, "Arenas de Barcelona", fountain & modern high-rise juxtaposed - old meets new, gold statues. Modern Olympic stadium, Olympic flag, red clay track and field, empty bleachers, soccer field, Olympic swimming pool, GOOD. Triumphal arch, statuettes. Luxury hotel, architecture. Var. CUs door knockers. (No Gaudi? No Sagrada Familia or Parc Guell? No twisting streets in the Barri Gottic? Alas) MALLORCA 08:10:51 High angle, Est. town, sea, harbor, boats in marina. Main strip, shoreline, hotels, yacht, cruise ship, La Se Cathedral (?), palm trees. Foot path, park, street life. Woman runs up steps carved out of boulders. Ruins of old fort or castle, "Castle Belver", tourists. GOOD castle, star effect at edge of cylindrical tower, POV from castle to city & harbor below, GOOD. MS over tops of red potted flowers FG to people at tables in outdoor cafi, narrow alley, store fronts. Outdoor market, man arranges hand-woven baskets on ground. Hand-made water pitchers w/decorative painting. Mediterranean holiday atmosphere. Cafi umbrellas read "Coca Cola", pizzeria. Grass umbrellas on beach, people in beach chairs, calm sea rolls to shore, stretching into distance, POV from calm shallow water to ant-sized people on beach, GOOD European beach, casual lounge activity, vacation. Beach front condominiums, white stucco, red-tiled roofs. Young boys w/fishing net at small concrete dock, children hold small fish in hand above blue bucket, play. Stores, restaurants; signs, some written on chalk board, read "original Deutsche Bockwurst", "Cafi Paris", "Papaya Polynesian Pub", "Boddingtons, The Manchester Pub", "Hier Original Hamburgueseria, Hamburger", tourist traps, schlock. TARRAGONA 08:14:55 Est. town nestled in valley, mountains, trees bg. People in rice field picking or planting green rice stalks, man ties bundle w/twine, knee-deep in muddy water, planting rice, GOOD. Artichoke plant & blossom w/snails inside, man's hand filled w/tiny snail shells, Escargot. Tractor plows field, farm. CASTILLO LA MANCHA 08:16:50 Castle on hill, arid landscape, castle ruins in middle of nowhere, classic Spain of Don Quixote, El Cid, GOOD. Sign reads "Ajos Quesos Jamon El Molino" ("Garlic, Cheese, Ham, The Windmill"). Store Int., cured ham, pigs' legs hang from ceiling, barbaric yet enticing. Windmill perched atop white cylindrical lighthouse-like structure. Statue of Spanish soldier holding staff. Village in distance w/row of windmills in far bg, punch in to roof tops & windmills, broken blade perched against tower, windmills in middle of nowhere. END TAPE