technical difficulties in spain
so over our 12 days in spain, we’ve had to make a few adjustments from life in asia. nothing groundbreaking but these were some of the things we’ve noticed on a daily basis. keep in mind that neither of us…
first 24 hours in albufeira
jojo: what do i like? -small town with multiple beaches that are quite accessible by car or foot -accomodations and food are a tad cheaper than we’ve been used to lately especially since hong kong -high 20s for temperature and…
chocolate con churros
we spent a week saying no to churros in korea, of all places, and set foot to try out this local dish so the last time i’ve had a churro was at taco bell about 20 years ago, a far…
a rainy, down day to catch up in madrid
we had a rough go in barcelona and were beyond overjoyed when we set foot into our madrid digs. everything looked so… soft, we just wanted to settle in and sleep the rain away. we had a lot to catch…
first 24 hours in sevilla
jojo: what do i like? -busy, busy, busy. getting dropped off across our airbnb felt like we were getting plopped in the middle of a shark tank. the city is smaller than madrid but i suppose that since it’s more…
value lunches – discovering the menu dias in spain
my limited knowledge of spanish culture has lead me to believe that they eat tapas for every meal. idiotic and ignorant but that’s me most of the times. it was a glorious discovery to find out that there are many…
weekly recap #15 – granada & sevilla
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. granada (airbnb, centro, 4 nights), sevilla (airbnb, macarena, 4 nights) q. favourite meal a. our last meal in sevilla. the food for both granada and sevilla has been great…
A Work in Process Since 1882
Jojo and I are not huge on cathedrals. When we went to Notre Dame, we quickly decided the interior was not worth the 2 hour wait in the hot sun. Sure we missed seeing the gargoyles but we would rather…
la boqueria, aka the king of markets
so by way of many recomendations, we mapped out our first breakfast to the mercat la boqueria. we were told that it was This place is like Granville Island public market x 20032098948039, food heaven …expectations were high. we started…
the randomness of barceloneta beach
breezy, overcast 18 degree days… what perfect beach weather! we weren’t expecting much but this was the nicest day of our stay in barcelona so we made an outdoor day of it at park guell and the late afternoon walking…
