Priorat: Spain's Other Wine Region
It's comparatively unknown outside of Spain, but the wine region of Priorat is among Spain's oldest producers. Over the past fifteen years, since Priorat was designated a denomination of quality…
Cathedral of Aix en Provence, France
The Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur (the Holy Savior) in Aix is interesting because of all the styles that went into it over the centuries. Originally built in the 5th Century on…
Cézanne's Mountain, Aix en Provence, France
Late in his life in Aix en Provence, the painter Paul Cézanne painted Mount Sainte Victoire dozens of times. It was just up the hill from his studio, and he…
The Ruined Abbey of Cluny, France
The church at the Cluny Abbey in France was once the largest Christian church in the world. It's now in ruins.
Sant Climent de Taüll, Vall de Boí, Catalunya, Spain
My favorite museum in Barcelona is the Museum of Catalan Art. It's not full of the Catalan Art that most think of, such as that of Miró or Tapies. Instead…
Laurels for Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava
The really cool thing about attending a travel bloggers conference–I cannot tell a lie–is the chance to be shown around the area by the local tourism boards. For free. We’ve…
Palace of the Popes, Avignon, France
There was a time when the popes did not live in Rome, but instead at Avignon, in Southern France.
Soaking up the Yeats Experience in Sligo
More than 35 years after our first visit, we returned to Sligo, the town and the county of Ireland made famous by the poetry of W.B. Yeats. We wanted to…
A Short Visit to Tossa de Mar, Catalunya
As part of the travel blogging convention we recently attended in Lloret de Mar in the Costa Brava region of Spain, bloggers were treated to their choice of day trips…