Pamplona was once a fortress city that played a key role in many of the wars impacting Spain. Throughout history, it fluctuated between self rule and invasion from the Moors and Franks. Today, Pamplona is most famous for the Running of the Bulls as part of the San Fermin festival. There’s some controversy when it […]
When I first planned my trip, I was more concerned with the big name cities that Spain was known for, particularly Madrid, Barcelona and Ibiza. When you think of Spain, or at least when I do, the smaller cities are not a on the radar. True, I spent most of my time in Madrid but […]
Leaving Segovia, we headed further into Basque country into the city of Bilbao. Basque country is an autonomous region of Spain. At this point, I had somewhat learned a few basic phrases of Spanish, and now I was thrown into another new territory with another, even more confusing language. Bilbao is the home of the […]
I loved everything about Segovia. It was a small town that was never on my radar and I was completely blown away. Segovia is a city in the community between Leon and Castile and an UNESCO world heritage site. The aqueduct of Segovia is what the city is known for. Almost 2,000 years old and […]
I have to split up these post by cities rather than by restaurants for a variety of reasons. 1) I didn’t record the restaurants I went to. 2) There are too many restaurants to choose from. I sincerely apologize in advance for my lack of information. This blog, has meant to be, and always will […]
Right after I returned from NY, I had a week at home before I took off to…Spain. Puerto del Sol – Madrid My trip to Spain was very different from NY in a sense that I didn’t plan anything at all and that I went alone. It also wasn’t necessarily a spur-of-the-moment trip either. Though […]
On our last night in NY, we caught another Broadway Show, Billy Elliot. Because I purchased these tickets, I picked the most economical option knowing that most theaters were quite small and there weren’t too many bad seats. The problem with buying tickets online is that you can’t choose your seats, a computer supposedly chooses […]
I love flea markets. Sometimes you find really random junk and sometimes, if you’re really lucky and you look hard enough, you find really awesome treasures. Being in NYC over the weekend, I was excited to visit Brooklyn Flea. I don’t usually go and buy clothes…it’s usually items for the home or accessories. As much […]
My mom is a coffee fiend. She needs at least one cup of decent coffee a day and her habits have definitely passed onto me. When I was younger, around the age of five or so, my grandparents would pour me a little cup of coffee to drink with them at tea time. Around the […]
It seems not long ago, everyone was into cupcakes. There was a real trend related to taking what was once loved and familiar and reinventing it into something new. Cupcakes was not an exception. I could be mistaken, but to me, it seemed like New York, was one, if not the major player in the […]
