Good Vacation

My Trip

Brief Highlights:
-"Homage to Catalonia" proved a good reading companion, even if I was in the wrong part of the peninsula...
-Jabugo, the home of the best jamon iberico. I swear, the Andalucians treat jamon like a spice.
-The Alhambra. Thank you Washington Irving for helping to promote awareness and allow us this grand legacy.
-Ronda and the birth of bull fighting
-Gibraltar and Mumtazz takeout
-Cadiz's winding, narrow streets, Casa Caracol, and the camera obscura
-Jerez, Tio Pepe, and some very nice manzanilla
-Wandering the lands of Tartessos, an Iberian Atlantis and lost, metal-rich culture
-Fresh grilled piles of fish in Faro
-Sintra's palace, twin of Neuschwanstein in terms of crazed royal romantic beauty
-Lisbon's Erasmus corner.

ROUTE: Google Maps

Hrvatska

Next Stop - Zadar, Croatia

Hurray for my 2nd favorite coastal city in Croatia (after Sibenik).

Sounds of the Sahara

Rockin’ the Casbah - New York Times: "But it was a sojourn by Jimi Hendrix, the guitar idol who vacationed in Essaouira in 1969, a year before his death, that inspired visits by Mr. Ehrlich and countless other musicians and fans, many of whom believe that Hendrix’s song “Castles Made of Sand” was inspired by Borj El Baroud, the ghostly, turreted remains of a Portuguese fort decomposing off the beach south of the city."


Such a lovely song... adds another compelling argument to the mystique and magnetic draw that's building up around Morocco for me.

Memoirs

The Smart Set: The Golf Courses of Berlin - April 9, 2008

Beautiful, poetic travel writing, keen observation, and introspective musing, bundled up in brown paper and tied with string. Wunderbar!

Down and Out...

...in Paris and London.

Great article comparing the two great cities.

London and Paris | The rivals | Economist.com

The Most Beautiful Place on Earth?

Big Ice Of Patagonia | Volette

FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE CAPITOL CITY | More Intelligent Life

FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE CAPITOL CITY | More Intelligent Life

Poetic.

Ball of Dirt

Ball of Dirt

Life is busy these days.... just sharing a wonderful website I recently discovered with those who might still stop by. I know I for one could waste hours reading about other people's travels and plotting some of my own using this site.

Next trip for me--perhaps the Azores. I've been wanting to go since 6th grade after all.