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🍿 The Highlight Real – Trazodone: A Cautionary Tale
Often when we travel, we have a “real” experience or interaction (good or bad) that just sticks with us. And because I keep my on-the-go travelogues to 2,000 characters or less, I don’t have room to tell the story then/there. Trying to come up with a name for this occasional feature wasn’t easy: {Update: The…
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📸 🇪🇸 Photo Essay: Spain
I take a lot of pictures when we travel. A LOT of pictures. Probably approaching an annoying amount of pictures. But when I post them, I try to curate. I choose the top 10-15 photos that represent the day and edit them. Because no one wants to see 113 un-edited vacation photos. No one. After our…
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🍷 🇪🇸 What to Drink in Seville: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Spanish Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a mountain or something. When we’re…
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🇪🇸 Shooting & Sherry: I Shot My First Red-Legged Partridge
A glorious day of shooting with Delaney & Sons in Spain today. I shot my first red-legged partridge, drank some sherry, froze my ass off, and drank some more sherry. Bought Ken a beautiful Spanish leather belt in Córdoba yesterday. Did not know belt sizing in Europe is wonky. Way too small for Ken. So…
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🇪🇸 A (Short) Day in Córdoba: The Mosque-Cathedral & Filigree
The ladies are off on a day trip to Córdoba today. It’s threatening to rain later. And you know the best way to keep the rain away? Pack an umbrella in your bag. Fingers crossed. But first: breakfast at the shooting estancia. Beautiful taxidermy of the Spanish red-legged partridge. I would be OK with this…
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🇪🇸 A Sherry-Fueled Day at Las Loberuelas: Spanish Partridge, Sun, and Surprises
The shooters are shooting today. I will be not-shooting. And drinking sherry. Surprise Surprise/not surprise: our 19th century house has 19th century plumbing. No hot water this am. Nope. No shower for me. It’s gonna be a greasy hair don’t care day! We are at the traditional Spanish shooting estate, Las Loboruelas today, shooting (hunting)…
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🇪🇸 A Day in Seville: Cathedrals, Culture, and Adventures
On the move again today – heading about 2 hours north of Seville, into the rural countryside of Extremadura, Spain. But first, a quick walk through the Seville Cathedral. As far as European cathedrals go, this is one of the best we’ve ever seen. Absolutely breathtaking inside. Sidebar: A waiter spilled a bowl of gazpacho…
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🇪🇸 Exploring Seville: A Day of Tapas and Flamenco
The sun is out in Seville! Slept in this am! Naturally, Ken was already up and says, “Let’s go to the Cathedral and climb the tower.” Not a chance. My eyes have been open for 4 minutes. I’m gonna need you to bring that energy down. Luckily for me, the cathedral didn’t open until 11am.…
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Exploring Jerez: A Wine & Sherry Adventure
Switching beverage gears from Port to Sherry today with tasting tours in Jerez, which is pronounced locally, HARETHHHH. Spain Spanish is always an adjustment for my ears. Bodegas Luiz Perez Lovely tasting at Bodegas Luiz Perez, where they are producing still wines from traditional local varieties, in particular, a grape called Tintilla. Wasn’t really my…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #337 – BOLD
This is my entry into the Lens-Artists Challenge, a weekly photography challenge on WordPress. In this week’s challenge, Sofia invites us to showcase photographs that are BOLD. I’m always fascinated by street graffiti when we travel. My husband, not so much. He thinks it’s tacky and destructive. I don’t disagree, but some of it can…
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Photo Essay: Portugal 🇵🇹
I take a lot of pictures when we travel. A LOT of pictures. Probably approaching an annoying amount of pictures. But when I post them, I try to curate. I choose the top 10-15 photos that represent the day and edit them. Because no one wants to see 113 un-edited vacation photos. No one. After…
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🍷 🇵🇹 What to Drink in Porto: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Portugal’s Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a tower or something. When we’re…