Autonomous Community Spotlight: Extremadura
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville…
Huelva: Andalucía’s overlooked province and why I love it
Updated December 2025 Jessie called me to give me the bad news: "They placed me somewhere called Huelva," using the hard h sound we'd learned to adopt in Valladolid. Without…
Seville Snapshots: Domingo de Romería
"The hilly encinas are my office," said Jose, not looking away from his ham leg, from which he took thin cuts and arranged them neatly onto a plate for us.…
Tapas Thursday: Eating Italy
Little known fact about me: Italian food is as much a part of my family's table fare as meat and potatoes. And I have not one ounce of sangue italiano…
Tapa Thursdays: The Mercado de San Miguel, Madrid
When I came to Spain to study, my first meal was far from memorable - a slop of mayonnaise, potatoes and nothing else discernable. I was convinced that I didn't…
Travel Highlights from the Last Six Months of 2012
When I reflected on just how much travelling I'd done during the first half of 2012 - from two new autonomous regions of Spain to fulfilling a nagging want to…