My last stop of the journey. I was in Budapest from April 3rd to the 7th and could have stayed had I had my suitcases. My first thought upon arriving was, that it looked like a dirty Vienna; It’s hard for any city to match… Read More »A Troubled Past, A Bright Future: Budapest
On my third and final day in Austria I had planned to make it a day of visiting castles, or “castle day”. Iwent to visit Kruezenstein Castle (pictured above) and had plans to see Lichtenstein Castle. Kruezenstein Castle is located a few kilometers from Vienna on… Read More »Castle day!….kind of
Vienna was a city I didn’t really have a strong desire to see, but it was between Hallstatt and Salzburg; it had an awesome looking castle close by that I wanted to see and it was a logical stop on the way to Budapest. I’m… Read More »The City of Music, Vienna
Tucked between mountains, on the precipice of a lake, Hallstatt is considered to be the most beautiful lakeside village and one of the prettiest villages in the world. The whole village is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To arrive, you must take a train, then a… Read More »The World’s Most Beautiful Lakeside Village: Hallstatt, Austria
On Friday the the 27th of March, I left my apartment at 5:50 in the morning to catch a bus to Madrid so that I could catch my 3:00pm flight to Munich; so that I could take a 2 hour and something minute train to… Read More »The Sound of Salzburg
Last weekend I went to Valencia for Electro Fallas, an electronic musical festival held the in the extremely modern Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias. I have been recovering since then, which is why I haven’t written anything. Just Kidding. I haven’t had the time.… Read More »Electro Fallas in Valencia
For the past year or so (maybe more) I have wanted to get into meditation, but never have. I have read about the health benefits of meditating regularly and of course the spiritual benefits as well. Some of these include, but not limited to: getting… Read More »We Are Addicted to Thoughts
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to ride a horse for the first time. I do have experience though, in the past, I have ridden a bull a couple of times, a fake one at a bar while drunk. A friend of mine, Marta (the daughter… Read More »Horse Riding, for the First Time
Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week I went skiing in Sierra Nevada with some friends. Alberto (one of the teachers I work with), his wife Maria, Mario (Alberto’s brother), Mario’s girlfriend and two other friends Virginia and Caste. Sierra Nevada is a mountain… Read More »Skiing in Sierra Nevada
Seville, like Cadiz is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia and about an hour 45 min train ride north. It is an amazingly beautiful city with warm weather all year round. I think in general, it’s not as big as a tourist destination as… Read More »The City of a Thousand Orange Trees, Seville