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Travel Highlights from the Last Six Months of 2012
When I reflected on just how much travelling I’d done during the first half of 2012 – from two new autonomous regions of Spain to fulfilling a nagging want to see Istanbul, I vowed to slow down a bit...
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Visiting Estepa: More Than Just Mantecados
I sometimes confused Estepona, a beach destination on the Costa del Sol, with Estepa, a town nuzzled up to a hill at the far reaches of the Seville province. During the multiple car trips crisscrossing...
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Seville Snapshots: Twilight at the Setas of Plaza de la Encarnacion
Planning a trip to Seville? Look no further than Sandra of Seville Traveller. Like me, a visit to Seville brought her back to live in the capital of Andalusia, and she uses her free time to write great...
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Andalusia: A Love Letter in Photos
The immortal Amigos de Gines sing, Andalucia es mi tierra, yo soy del sur. Andalusia is my home, I’m from the South. While I can’t claim to be a full-blood sevillana, I have certainly grown to love my...
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The Sagrada Familia: Gaudi’s Obra Maestra
The Sagrada Familia is perhaps one of the most well-known construction sites in the world, as well as one of the longest running. Intended to be the obra maestra of Antoni Gaudí, his untimely death...
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Seville Snapshots: The Horses of the Feria de Abril of Sevilla
“Cat, estamos en Feria, ¿vale?” Luna, the Novio’s god-daughter, is not quite three and already a declared feriante. We were sitting in a horse carriage, her teeny hand stroking the ruffles of my traje...
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Photo Essay: Driving the Picturesque Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
“Drive. Just drive. Stop when you feel like it, but make sure you’re not the one in the driver’s seat.” Ryan, Angela and I were sitting in the bright February sun in Plaza de Gavidia while they helped...
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Andalusia: Off the Eaten Path
Spring is here, and while it brings all the things I love – sunny afternoon coffees over charlita, the springtime fairs and romerias and renewed ganas to trip around Andalucia, there’s one thing that I...
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Technicolor Córdoba: The Colorful Little Sister City
Córdoba is the kind of city that seems to hold secrets, whisperings under a lock and key that mirrors the one guarding the enormous mosque. Narrow callejas open into plazas stacked high with clay pots...
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Bar Buza, Dubrovnik: COLD DRINKS WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEWS!
It’s not everyday that the book you’re reading mentions that bar/coffeehouse/pub where you’re reading it at. The words screamed off the page: COLD DRINKS WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEWS! My bottle of...
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Tapa Thursdays: A Gastronomic Experience at Restaurant Puerto Blanco in Calpe
The Novio does’t understand my “world.” He doesn’t understand why I’m a smartphone addict, why I take pictures of details, and why I spent my hard-earned cash (hard-earned on a slot machine in Vegas,...
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Capture the Color: My favorite colorful shots of Spain
My mother recently asked me why I no longer had any hobbies. Um, sorry Nance, but doesn’t toting my trusty Canon, Camarón, around everywhere, eating my fill of tapas and following my favorite fútbol...
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Seville Snapshots: Luarca, Asturias
We were faced with a decision that only a pilgrim faces: walk the 1.8 kilometers to an albergue that was rumored to be next to a dairy farm in Almuña, or walk 3km downhill to the town of Luarca. Duh....
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Two Weeks on the Camino de Santiago: 14 Pictures of my Journey (Part 1)
The Camino is full of little moments – a beautiful medieval bridge, a small roadside shrine, a memorable meal shared with other pilgrims. In the 14 days it took us to walk from Avilés to Santiago de...
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Exploring Passau, Germany
One of the cities that really surprised me during my winter travels was Passau, Germany. Known as the Dreiflüssestadt, or the city of three rivers, this Bavarian town was walkably charming and the...
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El Mercadillo el Jueves
“Vengaaa, José, I prefer to lose a little money on a friend than sell it to someone who won’t enjoy it as much for far more.” Luis sells books every Thursday morning at the Jueves flea market, and I...
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Spain Snapshots: The Carnavales de Cádiz
If andaluces are considered Spain’s most affable folk, it’s believed that the gaditanos, those from Cádiz, are blessed with the gift of wit. At no time in the year is this trait so celebrated as during...
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Spain Snapshots: A Saturday Portrait of Madrid
An eclectic mix of old and new, Madrid is a city that has slowly crept its way into my heart. At first, it was a necessary stop on my way to or from Chicago, but after so many visits, it feels like an...
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Spain Snapshots: A Visit to Spain’s Highest Point, el Teide
The Megane steadily climbed out of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, past La Laguna and into the plush interior of the island. The pines and windy roads took me back to Colorado, but with an occasional glimpse...
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Photo Post of Carmona: The Perfect Little Day Trip from Seville
Nothing says long weekend like a roadtrip, a quick stop in a village and the mass migration of people during the sacred puente. Not wanting to go too far, I settled on taking a day trip to Carmona, one...
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