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Welcome To The Rock: Gibraltar

Welcome To The Rock: Gibraltar

by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Gibraltar, How Did You Do That?, Spain

  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...
Holy Flying Buttress, Batman!

Holy Flying Buttress, Batman!

by Go Yang Park | Dec 29, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Doctor in the House, Lessons Learned, Post-travel Reflections, Spain

  See that guy lurking in the corner? That’s my illness…following me to Sevilla.     I got sick Night 1 in Barcelona from sleeping with wet hair*, and then proceeded to beast my way through a freezing but unfortunately (or fortunately? can’t decide),...
Sexy Seville

Sexy Seville

by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  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? Why are you so pretty Seville?   Picking fruit and eating it, the old school...
Sleepless In Sevilla

Sleepless In Sevilla

by Calvin Sun | Dec 28, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

1. Woke up in Cordoba at 4:30am to catch a 5:30am ALSA bus 2. Arrived into Sevilla at 7:30am  3. Checked into our hostel at 8am.  4. It’s now 11:30am and everyone is still sleeping.  5. Must be a tiring trip.  - At time of posting in Sevilla / San Pablo, it was...
The Road To Alhambra And La Mezquita

The Road To Alhambra And La Mezquita

by Calvin Sun | Dec 27, 2011 | Blitzkrieg!!!, December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Spain, What Dreams May Come

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...
The Oldest Restaurant in the World

The Oldest Restaurant in the World

by Calvin Sun | Dec 27, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Fit for Foodies, Spain

  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...
Witnessing Guernica

Witnessing Guernica

by Calvin Sun | Dec 26, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Epiphanies on the Road, Spain, What Dreams May Come

Breaking stereotypes with an “Asian Firing Squad” (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...
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