Oye, Tio!
I forgot how crazy the men are here. It’s totally cool I guess to meet someone one day and tell them you want to know them sexually the next. On Friday after work, I went to lunch with Martin and 10...
View ArticleTapa Thursdays: The Effervescent Jamón Ibérico
Some thing are just better experienced than written about. Among my favorite moments of my five years in Spain are the “early nights” that turn into café con leche as the sun rises the following...
View ArticleTapa Thursdays: The Gambas Blancas of Huelva
When people ask me where my favorite spot in Seville is, I can give an answer quicker than I can name the president of the Spanish parliament: La Grande. You could say that I fell in love with Spain,...
View ArticleTravel Highlights from the Last Six Months of 2012
When I reflected on just how much travelling I’d done during the first half of 2012 – from two new autonomous regions of Spain to fulfilling a nagging want to see Istanbul, I vowed to slow down a bit...
View ArticleSeville Snapshots: The Statues of Ayamonte
Ayamonte, in my mind, has a touch of good and a smear of bad. On one hand, my dear friend Meag lived there for a year, and it’s impossible to think of the small city that shares a border with Portugal...
View ArticleHuelva: Andalucía’s overlooked province and why I love it
Jessie called me to give me the bad news: “They placed me somewhere called Huelva,” using the hard h sound we’d learned to adopt in Valladolid. Without looking at a map, I assumed Huelva was on the...
View ArticleEl Caballo Camina Pa’lante: A Horse-Lover’s Guide to Andalucía
Andalusia, Spain’s southernmost region, is synonymous with many things: flamenco, sun and sand tourism and bullfighting. It’s also the breeding grounds for the Andalusian horse, a strong and powerful...
View ArticleHow to NOT Plan a Trip to Riotinto, Huelva
Julián was good at exaggerating and making up words. “My town, it is the most fantastical of all the towns of Huelva, simply the bestest.” Julián and I parted ways long ago, but his stake that Minas de...
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