I'm sick. It started as a cold all the way back in Paris. And then I spent my first two days in Sevilla in bed blowing my nose. And then, about half way into Granada I developed a cough. Sure, I'd been coughing here and there...
I don't tend to go to every museum when I get to a place. I'd get worn out and, quite frankly, there are only so many ancient urns a girl can look at in one lifetime. But I ended up going to a lot of museums...
Sitting in the hostel lounge waiting until 11pm to go on a bar crawl I muttered "I'm too old for this," to Stewart (or maybe it's Stuart), an Australian I was rooming with and had convinced to come out....
I've grown to like walking tours. It's a good way to get your bearings in a new city. And it's a good way to find out little tidbits of information you might not otherwise get. And it's a good way to meet new people who...
When I told people that I was going to Madrid in August they all warned me that it wasn't the best time to go. August is when locals take vacation, they told me, so many things might be closed and the city would be somewhat...
There's a wonderful thing about Granada, Spain. And that thing is the food. The comida. The tapas. Tapas in Granada, small plates of food, are abundant and, most everywhere, come free when you order a cheap cerveza or tinto de verano or sangria. Some of...
There really wasn't much else to "see" in Granada outside of the Alhambra. Which was nice because, really, who needs to go to a museum every day? So instead I just walked around a lot....
The Alhambra is why people go to Granada. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site or something. People didn't tell me to go to Granada for the Alhambra though. They told me to go for ambiance and tapas. So when I told other people I was...
When I checked into my hostel in Granada the guy at reception said "woah, you're staying for a long time." It's true. It seems a place that most people only book for 2 to 3 nights and I had booked 7. Outside of the Ahlumbra...