Editor’s note: Do you want to learn more about Budapest…from home? As a result of the 2020 pandemic, Context Travel has introduced an excellent series of virtual seminars. These live, … Read more
Long story short, I found myself in Oslo, Norway, with a Eurail pass and a week to spare before my flight back to the U.S. It was midsummer (June 27-July … Read more
Our visits to cities along the Rhône River valley in southern France left us wanting more. After one day in Lyon, for example, Tom was leading us to the Alliance … Read more
The Monastery of the Avellanes (hazel nut trees-which were grown on the monastery grounds) is a bit of an oddity among our many visits to churches and monasteries all over … Read more
If you come to Granada with no advance reservations to get into the Alhambra, chances are that you’re going to have to wait a few days. But, you need not … Read more
Introduction to Malaga Spain, gleaned from a pleasant six hour lay-over in the city.
It seems like we’ve been to Madrid five hundred times. We’ve probably spent that many days there and eaten meals and tapas in at least half that many Madrid restaurants and bars. And at least half of those were very good. So, when it comes to a Madrid food tour, we feel like we’ve already done it.
As you look at all the cathedrals in Spain, and compare it to this one, the Cathedral of Granada certainly sticks out. It’s not Gothic or Romanesque like all the … Read more
Flamenco isn’t hard to describe. If you speak Spanish. There’s a word for it–duende. It doesn’t really translate into English. I suppose if you had to try just one word, … Read more
We’ve been to Granada a few times in our short lives, but never for more than a couple of days, and never to spend much time with the Christian monuments. … Read more
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