Hola Valencia’s Top Five: Day Trips
With our impending 3-month trip to Asturias coming ever closer, we thought it'd be a good time to look back on our years here, and compile some "Best Of" lists.…
Bike Tour around the Montgó: Dénia-Xàbia
For my birthday, Jürgen and I went biking around the mountain of Montgó. Separating the vacation cities of Dénia and Xàbia, the Montgó raises to over 2400 feet and has…
Our Trip to Madrid
Another quick post unrelated to Valencia... we got some great pictures and took a video during our recent trip to Madrid, and need to share! Madrid is completely unlike Valencia;…
Bike Trip from Utiel to Venta del Moro
Through pine forests, almond trees and fields of grape vines, and alongside an old railway track, we recently took a long bike trip from Utiel to Venta del Moro, and…
Bike Trip to Saler and the Albufera
Juergen and I are stupid, drooling idiots; a sad fact confirmed by the length of time it's taken us to finally purchase bicycles. 2 years! We're so dumb... there's no…
Our Trip to Segovia
Don't miss: Our Trip to Segovia: Part II In 2010, we're making good on our promise to see more of Spain! We recently spent a weekend in the gorgeous medieval…
Xativa Castle in HD
https://vimeo.com/11186101 We returned recently to Xativa, in order to impress Mike’s parents, visiting from the castle-less USA. Since I've already taken practically every possible picture of the Xativa castle, this…
Granada – Federico Garcia Lorca
"Viento del Sur,moreno, ardiente,llegas sobre mi carne,trayéndome semillade brillantesmiradas, empapadode azahares..."- Veleta (excerpt), Federico Garcia Lorca Spain's most famous poet and the favorite son of Granada, Federico Garcia Lorca was…
Granada – Bodega Barranco Oscuro in Las Alpujarras
Midway into our drive through the Alpujarras, we stopped at Bodega Barranco Oscuro, a small family-run winery near Cádiar. It was the off-season, and just after 5pm, so I think…
Granada – El Suspiro del Moro and Almuñécar
Legend has it that when the Moors were finally conquered and kicked out of Granada, Boabdil, the last Moorish king of Al-Andalus, paused at the southern mountain pass for a…