Meet Spain’s New King: Felipe VI
Spain’s King Felipe VI(Photo from King Felipe and Queen Letizia, daughters and princesses Leonor andSofia, with the outgoing King Juan Carlos (“Pop-pop” as he’s known [Read More…]
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King of Spain Juan Carlos I’s Surprise Moves: Coming and Going
King Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1975 – 2014 Americans might have missed that Spain recently coronated a new monarch, King Felipe VI, son of [Read More…]
Art That Evokes Emotion
Picasso’s “Guernica”Stock Image from Study for Guernica, Picasso Picasso intended for “Guernica” to capture the horror of that moment, and I was surprised at how [Read More…]
Congratulations to Gary W, $25 Amazon Gift Card Winner!
Every month for the next couple of months we’re drawing 1 name from our email subscriber list and sending them a $25 Amazon gift card: [Read More…]
Sharing the Love with Restaurant Recommendations
We’re off to a new city today (Valencia, Spain1), and while it’s great to wander a city and find new places to discover, it’s also [Read More…]
British-American English Cheat Sheet
“We are two nations divided by a common language.” -Winston Churchill Churchill said it well. The quinta where we’ve been staying during our time in [Read More…]
We’ve Become Fluent in Metric
Portuguese might still allude us, but we have become fluent in metric. Despite the efforts of years of elementary school teachers, metric never “stuck” with [Read More…]
Touriga Nacional: A Fantastic Wine Discovery in Portugal
Travel discoveries are always exciting; for vinophiles, a wine discovery is especially exciting. That we will come across spectacular wines and entire varietals that we’ve [Read More…]
Afraid of Heights?
We saw on the news last week before we left that there was a little “issue” with the sky deck at the Sears Tower (or [Read More…]