For the remaining days of our vacation, we set our sights on a trajectory that started in Bilbao and ended in Madrid (with a midway stop in Burgos). This way we’d get to visit the Basque Country capital city and discover one of its main attractions, the renown Guggenheim Museum (designed by Frank Gehry –Continue reading “Vacation Part 2: Spain”
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Stranger Things in Figueres
With Barcelona in our rear view, we headed deeper into Catalonia to discover the town of Figueres, notable for being the birth and final resting place of surrealist master Salvador Dalí. About a 1.5 hour drive separates Figueres from Barcelona and along the way we planned on a pitstop in Besalú for lunch and aContinue reading “Stranger Things in Figueres”
Weekend in Eternal Barcelona
The ferry crossing from Palma de Mallorca to Barcelona lasted 7 hours. We didn’t exactly plan for this but as our original ferry (a 5-hr crossing), got cancelled with a day’s notice, we were left with little choice but to accept the longer trip. As fortune would have it though, we were able to getContinue reading “Weekend in Eternal Barcelona”
New Yorkers in Mallorca
Part 1 Our Spring break plans weren’t always very linear. We initially discussed a trip to Eastern Europe but in the end decided on heading in the opposite direction, more specifically southwest to the Balearic Island of Mallorca. Our friends from New York (and parents of Mila, Olivia’s bff from Pre-K), moved to the islandContinue reading “New Yorkers in Mallorca”
Our Provençal Year 