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• Baklava, and bonding with Barcelona over good eats
  on Jul 14, 2015 in Culture Food and wine Spain Travel Travels in Europe Travels in Spain Barcelona food Gracia
  Baklava. What could the syrupy, nut-ified, largely Middle Eastern treat (that I’ve confessed my undying love to) have to do with Barcelona? Oh something, alright.   And I’ll get to that, but first let’s back up to a couple of months ago, when...
• The best smelling country in the world
  on Jun 10, 2015 in Food and wine Travel Travel with kids Travels in Europe Belgium Bruges Brussels Europe
  Allow me to take your nose on a journey. Close your eyes and imagine a waft of scents made up of melting chocolate, freshly made waffles, and the crispness of rain drops on spring flower petals. It’s a paradise of smells, wouldn’t you agree?
• My favorite Madrid day trip
  on Feb 26, 2015 in Madrid Spain Travel Travel with kids Travels in Spain chinchon
  After seven years of living in Madrid, I’ve finally come to the conclusion that Chinchón might be my very favorite day trip (despite the awkward memories). All the others — Toledo, Segovia, Ávila — they’re lovely, but they...
• Tasting Madrid
  on Nov 26, 2014 in Food and wine Madrid Spain jamon tortilla vermouth
  If you’ve followed my blog at all, then you probably know that experiencing travel via food is kind of my religion. Sure there are museums and monuments and castles and bla, bla, bla. But then there’s food and wine!   Lauren, a fellow blogge...
• Summer vacation and gambling on Ericiera
  on Oct 1, 2014 in Travel Travel with kids Travels in Europe Ericeira Portugal
  We pretty much picked our summer holiday destination out of a hat. Sure, we’d narrowed it down to Portugal, but that was about it. Jacobo thinks he saw Ericeira on some list of best villages around the world, and with that (and minimal interne...
• Back on the travel bandwagon
  on Aug 18, 2014 in Travel Travel with kids Travels in Europe Gubbio Italy perugia Spello Umbria
  I know, I know — I’ve totally fallen off the radar these last months. But, seriously, the baby. As I mentioned in my last post, motherhood is, well, INTENSE. I mean, let’s be honest, I’m lucky if I remember deodorant on a daily basis, so maki...
• Meet Nico
  on Feb 14, 2014 in Expat about nico
  This just in: babies are a lot of work. Yeah, like a lot. Apparently having a kid is a full-time job with virtually no break, and one which pays with the occasional, albeit priceless smile. But whoa, it’s exhausting. If you haven’t guesse...
• Hotel obsession, and my top Spanish lodging experiences
  on Nov 26, 2013 in Spain Travel Travels in Europe Travels in Spain Aldan Galicia Granada hotels Huesca La Rioja Marques de Riscal
  A year and half ago I spent eight nights sleeping in Camino hostels: these clearly weren’t my best hotel experiences in Spain. In fact, that was the first and probably last time that I will be roughin’ it backpacker-style (until my next C...
• Tortuguita
  on Sep 23, 2013 in Uncategorized about
  Dear Readers, I have a confession. And no, this time it doesn’t have to do with cheese, pueblos or even cute Spanish grandpas. No, nothing even close. This time I must come clean as to why I’ve been so completely missing from my blog in t...
• Sketches by a soul friend
  on Jul 31, 2013 in Books Expat Travel books Candace
  Allow me to interrupt our regularly scheduled (albeit sporadic) programming to bring you an especially pride-filled post about my “soul friend,” Candace. You remember her: We bonded on the chilly streets of Copenhagen, we ran in the rain...

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