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Photo Post: The Smurf Village of Júzcar, Málaga
If there is one thing that sleepy Júzcar, a small pueblo blanco at the end of a curving mountain highway near Ronda, can claim, it’s that Smurfs live among them. In this teeny village known for its...
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Chasing Don Quixote: a Detour through Castilla-La Mancha
“Bueno, Castilla-La Mancha isn’t exactly known for its long, winding highways,” Inmaculada said, dragging her fingertip across the screen of her mobile phone six consecutive times as the car pointed...
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Photo Post: Palacio de Las Dueñas, the Duquesa de Alba’s Treasured Home in...
Just like on the day of her death, my phone started pinging with the news that the Duquesa de Alba’s beloved palace, Palacio de las Dueñas, would be converted into a public museum. Sleep still crusting...
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A Tale of Two Sunday Markets: Madrid’s Rastro and Mercado de los Motores
Madrileños take Sunday Funday to a whole new level. It seems like no one stays home on a Sunday afternoon, particularly when the weather behaves; one of the most beloved eventos domingueros is market...
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A First-Timers Guide to Las Fallas
At nearly 6 am, small firecrackers still fizzled on the streets. I’d been awake for an entire day, driving from one end of Spain to the other before plugging my fingers in my ears every three minutes....
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Photo Post: A Perfect Day in Tapia de Casariego, Asturias
When we returned to Western Asturias, where we took our babymoon, we had two things clear: we’d stay at Agustina and Angel’s guest house, la Casona del Faedo, and we’d let the baby mark our rhythms....
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Photo Post: the Manchego town of Cuenca
“Just take a look at this!” Pa tossed a magazine across the room towards me, dog-eared to a photo spread of an eagle soaring over lush pine trees. I’d announced my move to Spain a few weeks before....
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Is Aníbal the Most Instagrammable Restaurant in Seville? (and a food review,...
A blast of hot air met me as soon as I’d unloaded my bag, a stoller and my kiddo from the bullet train. Ay, mi Sevilla. Nearly two months had passed since the Feria de Sevilla, but that’s the best part...
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Lavender fields in Spain: the Brihuega Festival de la Lavanda and what you...
You don’t need to travel from Madrid to Provence to see lavender fields in bloom this summer. Brihuega, a blip of a village in the Guadalajara province, has come to produce close to 10% of the world’s...
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COVID-19 in Seville: Scenes from a lockdown lifted
Fifty days. Fifty days in my home, stealing quick trips to the garbage bins and the supermarket. Fifty days balancing a full-time job and two kids, plus a husband I am not used to seeing all the time....
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