Archive for the ‘Spain’ Category
Friday, January 20th, 2012
You’re going to crave slow roasted chicken, beef, or lamb tajines on the rooftops overlooking Morocco, the fresh and perfectly seasoned roasted vegetables, and the happiness of knowing that while Calvin is blogging, he’s not eating, so there’s more to go around… The warm, fresh bread that came out with every meal, [...]
Tags: food, foodies, pics, tapas
Posted in Fit for Foodies, Morocco, Post-travel Reflections, Spain, Winter 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
You’re going to miss the freedom of wandering, the days that begun with nothing to expect, the trust in what’s around the corner, the feeling of wanderlust, the time when you were free to do anything that you wanted. You’re going to miss rambling about the traffic-free streets of Las Ramblas, the [...]
Tags: gibraltar, goodbye, looking back, missing you, morocco, portugal, reflection, spain
Posted in Fit for Foodies, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Post-travel Reflections, Spain, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
A few minutes after crossing back in and out of Gibraltar, we took a relatively cheap (2.15 euros) 30min bus ride from La Linea de Concepcion (Spain’s border town by Gibraltar) to the Spanish port town of Algeciras. There’s really nothing much to see here. But the whole point of this place is to take [...]
Tags: 3 countries in one day, algeciras ferry, crossing from spain to morocco, from algeciras to tangers, from algeciras to tangiers, from spain to morocco, from tangers to fes, from tangiers to fes, from tangiers to fez, gibraltar, moroccan train, morocco, morocco train, oncp, spain, spain gibraltar morocco, tangers med, tangiers med ferry, tangiers train
Posted in Blitzkrieg!!!, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Morocco, Spain, Winter 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal | No Comments »
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Let’s backtrack to Gibraltar. It’s a symbol of arbitrary lines. A country within a country. The U.K. owned Gibraltar lies in a small sliver of southern Spain where for a moment, you can hop over to a different country and back by simply walking over some line and flashing a passport. No queues. No stamps. [...]
Tags: apes, cable car, crossing into gibraltar, europa point, from spain to gibraltar, gibraltar, gibraltar apes, gibraltar cable car, monkeys, spain, the rock, top of the rock
Posted in Gibraltar, How Did You Do That?, Spain, Winter 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
See that guy lurking in the corner? That’s my illness…following me to Sevilla. – At time of posting in Sevilla / San Pablo, it was 59 °F – Humidity: 54% | Wind Speed: 2km/hr | Cloud Cover: n/a
Tags: buttress, flying, sevilla, seville, sick
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Can’t write much today because we’re about to get picked up by a car to Gibraltar in about 2 min…but pictures do enough justice of being worth thousands of words, right? Joy. Why are you so pretty Seville? Picking fruit and eating it, the old school style. All you need to do in Seville if [...]
Tags: alcazar, barrio de santa cruz, cathedral, flamenco, nature, peacock, santa cruz, sevilla, seville, spain, tired
Posted in Spain, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Woke up in Cordoba at 4:30am to catch a 5:30am ALSA bus, arrived into Sevilla at 7:30am and checked into our hostel at 8am. It’s now 11:30am and everyone is still sleeping. Must be a tiring trip. – At time of posting in Sevilla / San Pablo, it was 50 °F – Humidity: 57% | [...]
Tags: alsa bus schedule, fast mocing, from cordoba to Sevilla, from cordoba to seville, sleepy
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Pulled off seeing the two greats back to back today: Alhambra: A grand fortress built in the 9th century, later converted to a palace complex in the 13th century. It changed hands from Arabic to Christian dominance during its history and its detailed architecture demonstrates influences from both styles. La Mezquita just got served: The [...]
Tags: alhambra, alma de cordoba, cordoba, el alma de la mezquita, granada, granada and cordoba in one day, la mezquita, la mezuita at night, mezquita, mezquita and alhambra in one day, spain
Posted in Blitzkrieg!!!, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Spain, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
This one’s for the foodies: eating at the oldest restaurant in the world, Sobrino de Botin, founded in 1725. We first whet our appetite by pregaming at one of Hemingway’s favorite bars: Cervicheria Alemana. And then we walk over to sample the staying power of Sobrino de Botin: – At time of posting in Granada [...]
Tags: botin, cerviceria alemana, filet mignon, food, hemingway, madrid, oldest restaurant in the world, sobrino de botin, spain, suckling pig
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Monday, December 26th, 2011
Breaking stereotypes. (while having a highly recommended tapas brunch at Vinos Gonzalez) 2 items off the bucket list in one day and 2 more tomorrow; we are really cramming superlatives into a short amount of time. Despite the Prado being closed on Mondays, we made a bee line to Centro de Arte Reina Sofia to [...]
Tags: calle de cuchilleros 17, central de reina sofia, cuchilleros 17, earliest restaurant in the world, earliest resturant in the world, el botin, guernica, guiness book of world records, guinness book of world records, la guernica, madrid, museum, oldest restaurant in the world, oldest resturant in the wold, picasso, reina sofia, sobrino, sobrino el botin, spain
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