My, oh, my… I’ll try to go in chronological order, since that’s the only way I can attempt to describe a few days of chaos in a way that might convey at least a little bit of what San Fermín (Running of the Bulls) was really like. There were a few websites like TripAdvisor.com and […]
We have found the most helpful city in all of Europe. Five people gave us advice on how to get from the airport to our hotel, even though we only asked one. People literally came up to us on the street and offered help. At first I thought, “Do we really look that lost?!” But […]
Aunt Janice has been one of our biggest supporters almost ever since she found out we were moving to Spain. At first she wasn’t too happy about it, but the more she learned about Spain, the more she wanted us to move so that they could visit. My mom (who thinks “Barcelona” is Catalan for […]
I won’t beat around the bush. Our overall opinion of Málaga: eh. It’s a fine place, and many people we met at our hotel absolutely love it here; but in my humble opinion, you can get better versions of all the same things elsewhere in Andalucía, or other parts of Spain. Better beaches, better Picasso […]
I’m not sure how I decided that we needed to visit Ronda. Every time it would come up in discussions about our itinerary, Scott would say, “Sooo… what’s in Ronda?” And I never really had a good answer, besides that I heard it was really beautiful. We actually ended up cutting our time here to […]
I found out first-hand that Tarifa is the wind capitol of Europe. It’s a cool little town, but not quite a “destination” for most people, unless your goal is to windsurf, kite surf, or find the fastest way to Morocco. We were here for the latter. Most people don’t go out of their way to […]
I think we only heard English once the entire time we were in Cádiz. It was awesome. Its beaches are definitely a tourist destination, but mostly for the Spaniards. Cádiz, the oldest continuously inhabited city in western Europe, is only connected to the mainland by a small strip of land. It’s pretty far down there […]
We can now say that we have seen the three largest Cathedrals in the world: St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City), St Paul’s Cathedral (London), and Catedral de Santa María de la Sede (Seville). I’ve lost track of how many bell towers I’ve climbed, but it seems we never pass up the opportunity, and this was […]
