Seville Snapshots: Librería Babel and the Joy of Books
As anyone who has lived in Spain will know, a shop that carries the -ía at the end is a place that sells a certain kind of product. A carnerceía sells meat, a papelería sells paper goods, though as...
View ArticleThe Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival: The Songhua River’s Annual Swan Song
Crouched in near racing positions, we listened as Vicki laid out the rules. “You have twenty minutes. Do not spend money. Do not even THINK about running. Do not take off your jackets. See you back...
View ArticlePlaces with Encanto: Barcelona’s Parc Guell
When I was a child, I used to cut up old pictures into tiny squares, scatter the fragments and look at the kaleidoscope of memories that began to collect, adorn other picture frames and end up in...
View ArticleCapture the Color: My favorite colorful shots of Spain
My mother recently asked me why I no longer had any hobbies. Um, sorry Nance, but doesn’t toting my trusty Canon, Camarón, around everywhere, eating my fill of tapas and following my favorite fútbol...
View ArticleTwo Weeks on the Camino de Santiago: 14 Pictures of my Journey (Part 1)
The Camino is full of little moments – a beautiful medieval bridge, a small roadside shrine, a memorable meal shared with other pilgrims. In the 14 days it took us to walk from Avilés to Santiago de...
View ArticleTwo Weeks on the Camino de Santiago: 14 Pictures of my Journey (Part 2)
Where we last left off, I had literally just climbed a mountain, but I had also scaled a mountain of self-doubt that told me my body was not strong enough to continue. We were halfway there,...
View ArticleSpain Snapshots: My Perfect Madrileño Day
Danny and I were on our third glass of vermouth in Malasaña when it dawned on me: Madrid had finally won me over. Between the barrio life, the collision of old and traditional with new and different...
View ArticlePhoto Post: Colorful Copenhagen
My knowledge of Denmark was relatively small: the Danes created my favorite childhood toy and eat their fair share of pastries, and that they and the Swedes enjoy a hot-cold relationship. And that...
View ArticleMy 15 Favorite Instagrams of 2015
A picture is worth a thousand words they say, and my 189 Instagram shots from 2015 speak of 1000 (and then some) calories, 1000+ kilometers and 1000 moments. It has been a red-letter year: planning my...
View ArticlePhoto Post: A Perfect Day in Tapia de Casariego, Asturias
When we returned to Western Asturias, where we took our babymoon, we had two things clear: we’d stay at Agustina and Angel’s guest house, la Casona del Faedo, and we’d let the baby mark our rhythms....
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