We just spent five days in Seville, walking the city, seeing the sights, taking a day trip to Jerez—and eating tapas. If ever there were a city with a tapas bar on every corner, Seville is it. In fact, maybe two on every corner! Five…
I’ve just become aware of a series of regional & city guides for Spain & SW France, called Maribel’s Guides for the Sophisticated Traveler. They’re available free online in PDF format, 16 of them, and look very interesting. And by the way, the thumbnail for the Bilbao guide is, guess what, the Frank Gehry-designed museum which, I have no doubt, Gumbo will be visiting. See another here .
A chicken effigy stands guard in the window of an old house, built into the medieval city wall of Girona, Spain. The university town, which dates to ancient times, tore down most of the city walls in the late 19th-century, but a remaining…
I am traveling Spring 2014 from the US to Spain. I wanted to use my American Airlines frequent flier (AAdvantage) miles to best advantage, so to speak. I learned that it is possible to incorporate free domestic layovers into my journey. As I have family in Dallas, that intrigued me. AA’s website showed available flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Madrid (MAD) that connect through Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York or Miami. AAdvantage rules require that the layover stops must be on…
Yup those are 16th century plinths for sale…too heavy for carry on though..Seville
Controversial architecture? – Parasol Sevilla
We just spent five days in Seville, walking the city, seeing the sights, taking a day trip to Jerez—and eating tapas. If ever there were a city with a tapas bar on every corner, Seville is it. In fact, maybe two on every corner! Five…
I’ve just become aware of a series of regional & city guides for Spain & SW France, called Maribel’s Guides for the Sophisticated Traveler. They’re available free online in PDF format, 16 of them, and look very interesting. And by the way, the thumbnail for the Bilbao guide is, guess what, the Frank Gehry-designed museum which, I have no doubt, Gumbo will be visiting. See another here .
A chicken effigy stands guard in the window of an old house, built into the medieval city wall of Girona, Spain. The university town, which dates to ancient times, tore down most of the city walls in the late 19th-century, but a remaining…
I am traveling Spring 2014 from the US to Spain. I wanted to use my American Airlines frequent flier (AAdvantage) miles to best advantage, so to speak. I learned that it is possible to incorporate free domestic layovers into my journey. As I have family in Dallas, that intrigued me. AA’s website showed available flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Madrid (MAD) that connect through Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York or Miami. AAdvantage rules require that the layover stops must be on…
Yup those are 16th century plinths for sale…too heavy for carry on though..Seville
Controversial architecture? – Parasol Sevilla