=j(oe) + (l)izz + travel
from our taxi ride departing the barcelona airport into the city, spain has offered up a smorgasboard of street art. over the span of the four cities we visited, i’ve grown fonder and fonder of spain. each of the cities have their own charm and the streets are the best way to see it up […]
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another culture shock element for us here… the street hawker. in asia, the land of enterprising people, selling fake goods seems like a right of passage. the giant malls (rundown buildings that have been out of maintenance for years) comprised of stalls where you can buy almost anything humanly imaginable from shoes to panties to […]
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before leaving vancouver, my longtime friend/boss took me out for one final hurrah and we ended up at the pourhouse to get a burger done ‘just right’. no frills, no toppings, just a medium rare burger on a bun with my favourite mix of beef, bun and blood. with that said, it’s pretty easy to […]
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since the weather wasn’t on our side, we opted to spend most of another one of our rainy days inside the friendly confines of some museums. there’s a trio of museums in the span of a few blocks and if one was interested in visiting all three of them, there’s an art pass available which […]
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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 have been in europe for almost a year and a half so. i also think […]
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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 cry from anything legitimately spanish. a lot has changed since then… churros have gone designer […]
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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 up on at this point though… blog posts, camera issues, phone issues, laptop storage running […]
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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 affordable lunches to be had if you ask for the meal of the day, aka […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. barcelona (airbnb, sant just desvern, 4 nights), madrid (airbnb, chueca, 4 nights), granada (airbnb, centro, 1 night) q. favourite meal a. takos al pastor in madrid. maybe it was the 3.5 months that i’ve been without one. maybe it’s because they’re mexican-made soft shell […]
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jojo: what do i like? -more of a big city feel compared to barcelona -although probably more in sheer numbers, it feels like a higher ratio of locals:tourists which change the vibe of the neighbourhoods -more variety for food options that aren’t seafood based; even a simple patatas bravas made me break out in hives […]
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