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Grand Canyon: South Rim
What makes you come alive? What satisfies you at the same time that it urges you to do more, feel more, be more? If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I am driven by a lust for adventure, always chasing after those sterling, shining moments of beauty that you hold in your heart for…
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Sedona, Arizona
Sedona crackles with magic. You feel it as you cross into Red Rock territory, as you watch the sun paint masterpieces onto the ruddy sandstone formations. At full sun, the rocks glow brilliant orange; in the shadows of a sunset, they take on softer pink and purple hues.
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The Cliffs of Moher
Inconceivable! The Princess Bride On our final full day of our multi-country adventures through Spain and Ireland, we decided to soak up one more day on Ireland’s west coast rather than catching an early flight back to Dublin. It was an unusual Saturday morning in Ireland—the sun was already beating down on the coastal town, and the temperatures were climbing…
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Galway, Connemara, and Cong: Ireland’s West Coast
We arrived in Galway around midnight, after a whirlwind trip to Spain and a three-hour bus ride from Dublin. The sound of our suitcases rattling against the cobblestone streets sounded like gunshots in the quiet neighborhood where the bus station was, but as we passed into the main square towards our hotel, the noise from the bars began to drown…
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Gaudí’s Barcelona
Our second day in Barcelona was for one thing and one thing only: Catalan Modernist architect, Antoni Gaudí. I cannot overstate the importance of this artist to the Catalan culture. We started our self-guided architecture tour with perhaps his most famous achievement: La Sagrada Familia. The soaring, exuberant basilica is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that’s (famously) one hundred forty years…
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Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is full of color. It is the capital city of the Catalonia region of Spain, the second most populous city in Spain, and the home of Antoni Gaudí, whose name, architecture, ceramics, religion, and craftsmanship define the city.
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The Alhambra, Granada
The scent of honeysuckle hangs in the air. I can smell it on my hair as I brush it out before bed. Outside, a full moon rises above the Sierra Nevada mountains, and from our hotel window, we stare up at the Alhambra, its ruddy walls turned silver in the moonlight.
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Granada, Spain
Granada—It is a city that has inspired songs, poems, dances, theatre, food, and art. It is home to the Alhambra, a copper-colored fortress rising against the backdrop of the snowy Sierra Nevada mountains, and the subject of its own blog post. It is the most beautiful city I’ve ever visited. From afar, I grow fonder of it by the hour.
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No8Do, Sevilla
I fully recommend taking the train from Madrid to Sevilla. Super fast, free Wifi, a café full of snacks and treats, and time to sit back and relax as olive groves and sunflower fields zoom by. If you’ve been following my blog posts about Spain, however, you’ll be familiar with the fact that nothing on our trip went according to…
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Madrid, Spain
What are the best things to see when you only have half a day in Madrid? This was the question I posed to Google countless times before our trip, knowing that we would only have an evening and a morning to explore the capital city of Spain. Not enough time, I know! We would have planned for more time in this…
