Capture the Color
In having no car and no friends not working, I've decided to enter the Capture the Colour Contest,which is being hosted by Travel Supermarket. The premise is to write a post with 5 photos,…
Places with Encanto: La Bombilla, La Coruña
It takes a special place to get me to sidle up to the other patrons, elbows out, all in the name of a good meal. But there are few places…
How Oxford Changed my Mind About England
I dislike England. Phew, feels good to admit it. I've now been to the British Isles four times - three to England, and once to Scotland (which, for the record,…
The fisherman on the Galata bridge as day turns to night.
Of Mosques and Men
The muezzin's soft wails over a crackling loudspeaker broke our girlish chatter. As he strained to reach the top notes, calling to pray at the edge of daylight, we were…
boats in the harbor of A Courña
The Serendipity of Traveling in Galicia
I have oodles of serendipitous moments while traveling through Spain and the world beyond - from sharing a tanjine with a Berber man to rubbing shoulders with Falete (seriously, he…
Totally drawn in by the ring.
My Seven Super Shots
Maybe it’s just my love of Camarón or my quest to see Seville in new ways, but I was crossing my fingers I’d get to do the Seven Super Shots run by hostelbookers.com . Similar to the ABCs of Travel, this virtual game of tag centers around photography, which I am all to willing to admit to loving.
The gimmick is to examine the snaps you’ve taken and choose the best out of several categories. When reading a few others on my Google Reader, I already had mine mentally picked out.
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