If you’ve been reading my blog for the past year or so, you know that I love a good old-fashioned road trip. There’s nothing like the feeling of the steering wheel in my hands and my favorite song on the radio while cruising at 70. Unfortunately, I don’t feel...
Happy Friday (and bank holiday Friday to my auxiliares) everyone! I’m back with another edition of The Weekend Files with some great ideas of places to visit on a short day trip or weekend trip from Madrid. I hope you decide to hit the road this weekend!
Sometimes living in Madrid, it’s hard for me to get the feeling that I’m actually in Spain. In my experience, most large cities have similarities: great restaurants, fashionable people, fast lifestyles, and occasionally the culture of the destination is lost. When I start to get the “get out of...
I’ve traveled to a few places in my life that just cannot be described in words. There’s no appropriate word or phrase to describe the vivacity of the colors, the interesting yet often complicated history, the warmth of the people and the intricate architecture. Segovia is one of those...
Every once in a while my travels take me to a hotel that checks off all of my “LOVE” boxes: strong sense of place, excellent service, incredible dining and loads of amenities. When I find these hotel gems, I can’t help but sing its praises to everyone I know. ...
What you are about to see is embarrassing. Only for the simple fact that I’m about to disclose to you the unbelievable…yet necessary (haha, lies) amount of food I’ve eaten in the past five days.
Well unfortunately yesterday’s Food Friday post didn’t publish for some reason, so here it is under the guise of Food Saturday! I’m going to be up front and say that there won’t be a TON of food in this post but I’m sure you’ll be ok. Let’s continue with...
I’m a complete sucker for historic towns, harbor towns and towns with a central Main street. Annapolis has all three which pretty much made it love at first sight. I don’t know why I haven’t spent more time in Annapolis since it’s about 25 minutes from my house but I will...
Woohoo it’s road trip time! I’m busting out of DC this weekend to check out a few towns on the eastern shore of Maryland and I could not be more excited. One sentiment that I’ve always tried to express on this blog is that the idea that travel does not...
Hi friends! I know I have been a bad little blogger lately but please know that I haven’t been a bad little writer! I’ve been freelancing a lot, so I want to make sure you’ve seen a few of my latest stories. Hopefully this will help to inspire you to plan...