Spain: Synonymous with Sleeplessness
Eyeballs…meet eyelids. It’s been so long I think you may have forgotten you are acquainted My time here in Spain has been a whirlwind. Unbelievably, I am learning español (don’t test me, though!). I...
View ArticleSeville, Spain: Hidden Treasures of the Alcazar
It’s amazing the things you can uncover by meandering slowly through the sites of any city, and even returning repeatedly. This was not my first visit to this ancient and awe-inspiring Alcazar of...
View ArticleRomeria del Rocio, Spain: A Pilgrimage and Spectacle Like No Other Part I
Touted as the largest festival in all of Spain, the Romeria del Rocio in the Andaluz region of southern Spain attracts the reverent, the revelers and the curious. The romeros (travelers) come in...
View ArticleOh My Gaudi! Being Broadsided by Casa Batllo
I didn’t think I would like Gaudi. In fact, from what I had seen, I thought his creations were just flamboyant, showy and gaudy. Thank goodness it rained that fateful day in Spain. I was in...
View ArticleRomeria del Rocio-Part II: Estas Sola?
After my T.V.(tinto verano) break, I went back to meandering and gawking at the colorful and lively festivities of the Romeria del Rocio. It was around this time I started hearing a familiar phrase,...
View ArticleRocio-Part III: Estas Sola? & Carpe Didn’t ‘em
After a day of dancing, drinking, dust!…and being asked “estas sola?”, I was still holding out hope to see a procession carrying the statue of the virgin through the streets of the Andalusian horse...
View ArticlePatterns of Spain
I take lots of pictures. Not necessarily great ones, but I try to capture memories and impressions…mostly for myself but I do like sharing! There are so many big things in Spain: big cathedrals, big...
View ArticleFood As Love: Finding Food Love in Seville, Spain
I’m sure many of you have had this experience: You sit, fully sated and happily intoxicated with the smells and tastes of a fine meal and some relative — usually the matriarch of your family — insists...
View ArticleFirst Date: Toledo, Spain
This was my fourth visit to Spain and I finally secured a date with Toledo. On my first stay there, over twenty years ago, I was living at my friend’s flat in Madrid, only a quick jaunt to Toledo by...
View ArticleBarcelona’s Parque Guell – Part I: More Glorious Gaudi
We’ve all been to parks. From the simple neighborhood gathering places where moms happily sit on benches absently rocking their babies in strollers while watching their toddlers frolic on the swings...
View ArticleBarcelona’s Parque Guell – Part II: More Glorious Gaudi
Last week I lured you to take a stroll through a park with me. So now that you’ve arrived at Barcelona’s outdoor treasure of Gaudi sculptures, fountains, paths, benches and arcades that make up Parque...
View ArticleMaria Luisa Park: Seville’s Garden Gem
I guess I’m on a roll. My last posts were about the amazing park, Parque Guell, in Barcelona and I now find myself reminiscing about another absolutely enchanting place to spend hours in Seville, in...
View ArticleSeville: Plaza de España
OK, I did threaten – I mean promise – in my last post that I would regale you with the delights to be had touring the grand Plaza de España in Seville. I try to make good on my thr…commitments Here...
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