Some people sold their wares. Other people took pictures. Still others walked around and took in the sights. That was my impression of Plaza Mayor. Oh! And it is big. It is really big!
Category: 2018
Paris & Madrid
Only after I encountered Tevau in Paris at the Quai Branly, and then again in Madrid did I take photos to remember this unique form of currency.
El Pueblo de Ronda
I had been on the journey to Malaga for two hours when I pulled into the gas station to fuel up. I had my sights on seeing the waters off the southern coast of Spain when I looked at my cellphone to check the distance I had to cover before I would arrive. I only…
Granada
“If you were to visit just one city in Spain, it should be Granada.” –Ernest Hemingway
An International Perspective
Save the time when my family and I took a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico, I had never traveled outside America’s borders until 2007. In 1998, my father added to his VHS collection two documentaries — Banned From TV I and II. Since I had access to my father’s video library I took advantage of…
Moorish Portugal
Portugal is littered with relics from the epoch when the Moors ruled the Iberian peninsula. The Castle of Two Moors is one of those locations.
Expensive
Switzerland is wildly expensive. It is also a country where prostitution is legal, marijuana is smoked openly, and beer is sold at McDonald’s. The photos below were taken 1) while en route to France from Switzerland, and 2) while in Basel and Zürich.
Ricki Stevenson’s Black Paris Tour
For over twenty years, Ms. Ricki Stevenson has been organizing tours to educate interested parties on the many African American Lives who have passed through France. Bessie Coleman — first Black female pilot
Last Day in A Faro-way Place
After leaving my hostel at 7 or 8 am I headed out to see the sights and go to the boat dock. I was told that the boat would be the only option for me to travel to Marinha Beach. I walked around Faro and enjoyed the quiet morning. There is an old Moorish wall…
Last Day in Barcelona
On my final day in Barcelona, I went on the tour of Salvador Dali’s museum in Figueras. Thereafter our tour group went to Cadaques where we toured Dali’s home. The day was one heck of an adventure as I had arrived late to the tour embarkation point and had to decide whether to forgo the…
Last Day in Madrid
On my last day in Madrid I attended an event put on by Se Habla Español — an organization affiliated with the Instituto de Cervantes. Se Habla Español has led extracurricular tours of Madrid after class Mondays through Friday. On this day, we took in three art exhibits at Circulo de Bellas Artes before heading…
Tarifa to Tangiers
Seeing Africa for the first time from Spain’s southern most city, Tarifa, was one of the little treats I enjoyed today. I also mourned the loss of Anthony Bourdain, in my own way, and celebrated his life by continuing to explore parts unknown in much the same way I imagine he would. I rode a…
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