Tag: Spain

One of the reasons that I picked Cordoba as a home base was because I knew I wanted to take a road trip to some special places: the town of Ronda and the hiking trail Caminito del Rey. Early one morning I rented a car and hit the Spanish road.  Ronda Ronda is most famous…

After a two hour train ride from Granada, I reached my next destination: Cordoba. I decided to stay in this city because it had an underdog feel (not as popular as Seville or Granada) and I love me some second cities. After several days here, I came away really happy with my decision. I really…

When I was planning a trip to Spain, I knew that I would need to stop in Granada. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to see the Alhambra, the large complex where rulers lived looking over the city. Granada is in the Al-Andalus, or Andalucia nowadays, area of southern Spain that…

Santiago de Compostela has been full of surprises for me. As I mentioned previously, the weather has been cooler and wetter than I thought it would be. Ascension, a city holiday that took up half of my stay here, was also unexpected. Ascension is a festival commemorating Mary’s ascension to heaven. I’m sure there were…

I ventured out of Santiago again, this time to the north and east regions of Galicia. On this trip I got to see more of the landscape in this region. Everything is green, but in this area I could see more of the farmland. It looked a lot like Scotland, minus the hairy coos. Beach…

Galicia is in the northwest part of Spain. It is a mix of Spanish, Celtish (!), and Portuguese and rains a lot. Like a lot a lot. I didn’t know any of this before I randomly picked Santiago de Compostela as my home base in Spain for a month (super smart, right?). When I took…