Spain

What started with cheese ends with pink cava in Barcelona

Cava slinging bartender, Barcelona, Spain | Photo by Lauren Girardin I won’t look up. I can’t look up. If I do I’ll get cava in my eye. Glass after glass of the...

October 24, 2008 with 2 Comments

Barcelona, Spain travel tips

Where we ate: Shrink wrapped goat heads at Mercat de Sant Joseph | Photo by Lauren Girardin

October 23, 2008 with 0 Comments

Sometimes the best art is free – Spain and Portugal’s street art

Street art in Lisbon, Portugal | Photo by Lauren Girardin Spray paint sales are doing well on the Iberian peninsula. At night, artists and hooligans make their marks all over the...

October 18, 2008 with 0 Comments

Roadblocks of tourists and cows in Catalonia

Dali Museum, Figures, Spain | Photo by Lauren Girardin After we say farewell to the Baron and Baroness, Todd and I skip out of Barcelona for a side trip through Catalonia, Spain....

October 16, 2008 with 2 Comments

Catalonia, Spain travel tips, including Girona, Cadaques, Figures, Port Ligat, and Ripoll

Where we ate: Vinil, Girona – We’d been told that the food in Catalonia is some of the best in Spain, because of the proximity to France. They weren’t kidding, this...

October 15, 2008 with 0 Comments

Surviving a German whirlwind in Barcelona

Postcard: El Xampanyet, Barcelona, Spain | Art by Todd Berman We’ve settled in so well in Spain that in Barcelona, we’re briefly mistaken for locals by a German...

October 14, 2008 with 0 Comments

Inspired by Gaudi – Art from Barcelona, Spain

When traveling around Madrid and Barcelona, I recommend bringing along your own talented architect who can help you fully appreciate the beauty of these well-built Spanish cities....

October 13, 2008 with 2 Comments

Sharing everything four ways

Todd with pintxo | Photo by Lauren Girardin Todd and I spend our last day in Donostia-San Sebastián with the Baron and Baroness hiking Monte Urgull and making DIY picnic pintxos...

October 12, 2008 with 1 Comment

Derailed on the way to San Sebastián

Postcard: La Concha beach in San Sebastian | Art by Todd Berman Some of the most interesting travel writing spring from disasters, misadventures, or simply the unexpected. Luckily...

October 12, 2008 with 2 Comments

Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain travel tips

Where we ate: Kaskazuri – Has a nice, affordable pre-fixe menu with a lot of choices, and also includes wine. We felt a little screwed however, when we realized that our...

October 11, 2008 with 0 Comments