I’m sitting in my new apartment. It has actually been more than two years that I have lived in this apartment. But, it’s new to me. I’d only lived alone in Los Angeles for less than one year (2004-2005) before I moved here in 2023. The rest of the time I lived abroad — South…
Tag: Spain
Donde Dos Continentes Se Encuentran
Hace un mes, durante mis viajes por Europa, visité África. Estuve en Europa a la vez y una hora más tarde, estaba en África. Monté en el barco desde Tarifa a Tánger. Ayer, vi un video de YouTube y tomé esta foto. Pude ver y reconocer dónde había estado desde el espacio. vi un video…
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
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…
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…
Con Marta en Granada
Durante seis días en Granada, estudié español durante un total de diez horas con la profesora Marta. Marta y yo hablamos durante dos o tres horas en cada sesión. El último día caminamos y hablamos de las cosas de Granada que vimos. Entramos en un jardín construido por los moros. ¡La experiencia fue más espectacular…
Córdoba
I awoke at 5:55am which is an extraordinarily strange hour for a Spaniard to awake, I imagine. The average Spaniard is asleep, I presume, after only gone to bed four hours prior. Let’s do the math. Let’s presume that it is not unusual for a Spaniard to have dinner at 9 or 10pm (which is…
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