After arriving at my Istanbul hostel around midnight, a time when the rooftop bar was closed and the two other occupied beds in my room had sound sleepers, I had really nothing better to do than go to bed myself. I wasn't really tired though,...
Writing something down next to number one on your bucket list can be daunting. It's the one item everyone is guaranteed to read and it just sits there like a sore thumb waiting to be bandaged. Waiting to be ticked off. It has to be...
In all honesty, I did a pretty pathetic job of eating in Barcelona. But I ended up making a lot of salads in the kitchen of my AirBnB because, after two months of almost exclusively eating out while on the road, it was just nice...
I've liked Barcelona. It's a very Chicago-esque place which, in a way, helped me feel at home here the past four weeks. I can't really explain what it is. I joked that it's pretty but dirty and everyone speaks Spanish. Which, in reality, is only...
Sometimes when traveling you crave foods from home. And what do I crave when I'm away from home? Macaroni and cheese. Since I was staying in an AirBNB and had access to a full kitchen, I decided to make macaroni and cheese with the finest...
The last two days I took nice long walks along the beach. I saw planes practicing for an air show. I lost a flip flop to the sea. I saw a lot of naked people. A. lot. of. naked. people....
La Sagrada Família is Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece in Barcelona. Unfinished masterpiece, I should say. Though construction of the temple started in 1882, the massive church is still no where close to being finished. I guess that just means I should start planning to come back to...
When I decided to spend my September in Barcelona, I didn't even know I would be here for La Mercè festival. Actually, I didn't even know what La Mercè was until just before I came. Everywhere in Spain they celebrate a festa major, or annual...
Adam (another blogger I met at TBEX this summer) and his wife Megan also happened to be traveling in Barcelona. So I met up with them and others one night for beers at a pizza place. It was good to catch up with someone else...
After many days of sitting around the apartment doing nothing but watching downloaded movies and episodes of the Simpsons I was finally feeling better. Lo and behold the penicillin seemed to cure me of the "viral infection" I'd been suffering with for the let 6...