I was lucky enough to have been invited to Cordoba by one of the teachers I have conversation classes with for one of the best times to be in Córdoba, La Fiesta de los Patios. From the 2nd of May to the 15th the patios or courtyards of… Read More »The City of Flowers, Córdoba
Granada of course is a city with more than just free tapas, it is a city to be explored, a city to wander, a city to get lost in. “Quien no ha visto Granada, no ha visto nada” (Who hasn’t seen Granada hasn’t seen anything)… Read More »Granada, It’s more than just free tapas
During Semana Santa or “Holy Week” (the week before Easter) a friend of mine, Mitch and I traveled to Granada; a city both of us have been wanting to visit for a long time. It’s funny because for many outside of Spain (mostly those from the… Read More »Tapeando in Granada
My last stop during my Christmas trip was to the city of Bergamo. Bergamo is a enchantingly small, unique city located less than an hour away from Milan. It is a tale of two cities with Citta Bassa, the busy modern lower city and Citta… Read More »Bergamo: A City You Haven’t Heard of, But Should Visit
Verona is a city in northern Italy’s Veneto region famous for being the setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” It’s home to a 14th-century house said to have “Juliet’s balcony,” even though the building’s connection to the play is fictional. The balcony was added after… Read More »Couchsurfing in Verona
Anybody who has been to Venice or has heard of Venice knows how beautiful it is-it is the city without cars and is made up of a crisscrossed interconnected network of canals and pedestrian paths. It’s claustrophobic to an extent, until you reach an opening… Read More »The Labyrinth City: Venice
I spent five nights in Florence, like Rome I wanted to be able to take my time and see everything; experience the city without rushing and enjoy my time walking through it. Within those five nights I slept in three different places; my first night I… Read More »Florence for the New Year
This year I decided to finally pursue one of my goals and travel to Italy during Christmas break. I went from December 24th until January 8th; I spent 5 nights in Rome, 5 nights in Florence, 2 nights in Venice, 2 nights in Verona and 1… Read More »Christmas in Rome
This weekend has been a puente, so we didn’t have school on Monday and we also don’t today. Puente means bridge and in Spain it is either a 3 or 4 day weekend. It’s called this because it’s the bridge/break until the next vacation. Normally a… Read More »Ronda and Zahara de la Sierra
On Saturday I went to the UK for a day, but not the UK everybody is probably thinking of. Located on the southern most tip of the Iberian Peninsula, just south of Andalusia, about an hour 40 from me, lies the British Overseas territory known as Gibraltar.… Read More »UK for the Day