February 11, 2017
Our travel updates have been few and far between these last few months. But don’t kid yourself. It’s certainly not due to a lack of interesting […]
February 1, 2017
I never thought it would happen to me. But this week it did. After so many years of living healthy and happy-go-lucky, I became the hapless […]
December 12, 2016
High in the Pyrenees, where France meets Spain and the fresh air hits the sunshine, La Cerdanya remains one of the best kept secrets in Europe. […]
December 8, 2016
Our sortie into Spanish culture continued this week with all the fearlessness of a tenacious torero, and all the irony of a quarreling windmill. Funny that […]
December 4, 2016
It’s been almost two months in the Pyrenees, and we are already settling in like a family of mollusks atop a bed of seafood paella. Which […]
December 2, 2016
Most visitors will be content to gaze agog with jaw wide open at La Sagrada Familia, an architectural feat of unmatched ambition. But if you’re like […]
November 30, 2016
If you’re looking for some interesting getaways and day trips from Barcelona, the first thing you need to do is get to Barcelona. That’s the easy […]
November 25, 2016
In my last travelogue entry, I was marveling over the parallels between life here at the Hotel Catalonia and certain elements in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. […]
November 23, 2016
I did it. I figured out my favorite kimchi recipe. I’ve tried a few over the past year. Some were too spicy, some were too garlicky, […]