A First-Timers Guide to Las Fallas
At nearly 6 am, small firecrackers still fizzled on the streets. I'd been awake for an entire day, driving from one end of Spain to the other before plugging my…
Practical Advice for Attending Spain’s Messiest Festival, la Tomatina
If I could live on one food for the rest of my days, I would choose the tomato (or maybe ice cream...just not tomato ice cream). Like Bubba Gump can…
Spain Snapshots: The Lonja de la Sede, Valencia
The Llotja de Sede was once the Valencia's major trading post, leaving behind a legacy as a great merchant city on the Mediterranean. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
Tapa Thursdays: Heladería Llinares and its Wacky Ice Cream Flavors
Outside of Italy, I'd never seen a group of camera-clad tourists so fascinated by a street side ice cream display. In a city known for its rice dishes, avant-garde architecture and…
No joke, I spent a night here in the Islas Cies.
Sleeping in Spain: A Guide to Accommodation (and 30€ Voucher Giveaway!)
If there's one thing that's weathering the Spanish economic downturn (no doubt tied to the weather itself), it's the tourism industry. Accounting for nearly 11% of 2012'2 GDP, Spain constantly…
por fin, a city!!
Valencia Nocturna
The most curious thing I ever noticed about Valencia was the bat that hovers over the city crest. I had to squint, as I was coming off a wild weekend…