I’m making a bold claim here, but along with Scotland, Spain is one of my all-time favorite countries to road trip. Stunning scenery and excellent highway infrastructure make for smooth and eye-popping rides. And this (in a small rental car) is how we traversed from …
“Yeah, I’m planning a solo trip to Spain next May for two weeks- I really want to just see the world and visit where our family is from. Do you have any recommendations?” My brother asked over a whisky one cold February night in San …
Oh Spain, how we will miss you! What an interesting three weeks (flashing back to Oviedo) with travel around Asturias, Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid, Córdoba, Granada, and Seville. I am writing this from frigid Scandinavia (with no orange trees in sight) but thought it would be …
It probably goes without saying that Spain, like Italy, has some of the best food in the world. Paella, ham, cheese, churros, seafood…I’m drooling just thinking about it all! Some of our absolute favorite memories from Spain revolve around the delicious meals we shared together, …
After a wonderful, train station farewell from our family in Spain, we were soon on our way to southern Spain. Here we would spend the next six days (two nights for each stop) in Córdoba, Granada, and Seville. During the ride we noticed how quickly …
Before we knew it, we were saying goodbye to Africa and were back onto European soil to continue our exploration of the Prado homeland. Over the next two weeks, we were determined to thoroughly enjoy living on Spanish time, eat as many tapas as possible, …
One of the special things about this trip is that we both get to visit some of our families’ native lands. For me, those were Italy and Ireland; for Gabriel, it is Spain. We split our time in Spain into two parts so we could …