It’s been one of my dreams to come to the south of Spain since I was a teenager. It all started with the music, the history and later the fact that I have always heard how Spanish from the south are very warm and closer to Cubans in accent and craziness. People used to tell […]
I always have a hard time leaving Barcelona and I believe it is due to the length of the stay in the city. The visits are always short and kind of rushed, besides in a town full of tourists it is difficult to find a special place and make it your own personal experience. This […]
The Caixa Forum in Barcelona is showing a large collection of Eugene Delacroix paintings until May,20th, 2012. Â I am amazed at the free art exhibitions you are able to see at the Caixa. This one, coming from the Louvre Museum and some private collections has over a hundred paintings and a wide variety of subjects. […]
This is my third time in Barcelona and although I recognize many places and streets I feel like a complete tourist in the city. First time I visited in 2009 I met a very dear Cuban friend from Havana, who was working here for two months and he picked us up, took us to his […]
Two Calçotadas in less than two weeks! We have been partying it up the Catalan way! 🙂 This time our friends invited some people over to have a barbecue/calcotada and then to walk to the beach to end the afternoon. It was just another reason to get together for a couple of beers, glasses of wine […]
Happy Women’s Day everyone! I have a friend who likes to repeat that there should be an international day for men too. I just think it should be everybody’s day everyday and that’s it to make it fair. Today I spent the day with a friend and her baby in beautiful and old Girona. The […]
If you travel to a Spanish speaking country please be advised before entering a public washroom that M is for Mujeres (Women) and not Men. 🙂 You might not always find the classic boy and girl picture. You could also encounter D for Damas (Women) and C for Caballeros (Men). It is not that complicated […]
Today we went up to a traditional mountain house for a lunch with our friends and another 20 people. The experience was very unique because of the location, the house itself and what we ate. We drove to a natural park called Sant Llorenç, in the area of Castellar de Valles, the road was narrow and the […]
On one side the high season has not started in Tossa, most of the businesses are closed and the hotels are empty, you can almost hear the sound of summer when you look at all the buildings and the way the city is structured for tourism. Silent discos are waiting to be opened, restaurant terraces […]
I love eating and trying different types of food. I am not very conservative with what I consume so I will normally taste something new at a place following anyone’s recommendations. Many times I tried something I liked and found myself not remembering the name later. Because of my terrible memory regarding new words I […]
Having a BBQ in a small beach, completely empty, surrounded by good friends is a nice state of things… very nice… specially when it is sunny and you have been away from the sea in a couple of months. The beach is very close to our friend’s house and it is a part of the […]
