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A wintertime view of a cold and snowy Segovia. Makes we want to head straight for Las Cuevas del Duque and have a few glasses of wine with some Chorizo a la Hoya.
Armchair Art Museums
Crisis got you down? Dying to get to Madrid but can’t quite make the airfare? Well Google and the world famous Prado museum in Madrid have teamed up so that you can enjoy the museum from the comfort of your home. Literally stroke by stroke you can view some of the museum’s most famous pictures.…
Wondering What the Templars Were Doing in Trevejo, Spain
Walking through the small, lonely mountaintop village of Trevejo, you’ll often find yourself alone with the sheep and goats that roam among the ancient stone houses. Perched atop the mountain, the Templar castle of Trevejo surveys the Sierra de Gata along the Portuguese border. Built on the ruins of an Arabic fortress, this 15th-century castle…
Even the Crows are Packing Up
On my first encounter with Tehran, I didn’t even leave the airport. Though it seems like an odd place to transit, I had found a cheap flight from Baku to Dubai with a very long layover in Tehran. Customs was long, but so was the stopover. The second time was arriving from the north in…
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View from the Oljeitu Mausoleum in Soltaniyeh, Iran.
Top 10 Hostels I’ve Never Stayed In
How many times have you walked into your dorm room in a hostel and run into who I like to call, the Hostel Pros? You know who I mean. That person who has been staying there for weeks and has invaded every corner of the room with their stuff and immediately lets you know that…
Watching Civilizations Cross Paths in Ancient Bosra, Syria
In Bosra—a crossroads in the desert just an hour and half south of Damascus—the Roman world intersects the Arabic in an ancient theater turned fortress. You can imagine watching a classical play while a battle rages beyond the massive walls that were built around the free-standing amphitheater. Every summer international concerts are held in less…
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As winter continues its grip here on supposedly sunny Spain, today’s Foto is meant to remind me of the joys of sitting outside drinking beer (you choose your beverage). This was taken while I lived in Vientiane, Laos, sometime in September when the Mekong was still very high. While living there, one of my almost…
Riding the Rails Cheaply
To follow up on yesterday’s post on Spanish train travel, I thought I would link over to a good overview by the Man in Seat 61 who has written a short piece on how to ride the rails around Europe without losing too many of your Euros. All Aboard!
Careful of the Greenwash
Rail seems to be all the rage lately on the progressive travel radar here in Europe, and rightly so…but be careful, Greenwash lurks under the carbon-light promises. Just over a week ago an article in the Guardian was gushing over the fact that Spain’s new high speed rail link between the countries 2 major cities…