Tag Archives: Spanish

Valenthia to Sevilla

March 29, 30 & 31 (Days 17, 18 & 19) : [Like an upsot tortoise, waiting for the bus between Barcelona and Valencia] The Thursday afternoon bus from Barcelona to Valencia gave us our first views of Spanish countryside in … Continue reading

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Barthelona

March 28 & 29 (Days 16 & 17): The overnight bus from San Sebastian dumped us at the Estacio’ de Sants (South Station), Barcelona. Unlike most bus stations where the buses dock underneath or beside, this one you have to … Continue reading

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Guernica/Gernika and San Sebastian/Donostia, Basque Country

Before Guernica was a Picasso, it was a small town that had the shit bombed out of it by German and Italian planes, authorized by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Regardless of tactical theories, the raid left at … Continue reading

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Matalascañas – inescapable paradise

April 10 (Day 29): Alfonso XII is a narrow street that runs between the Fine Arts Museum and the Plaza de Armas bus station in Seville. The car tires on the cobblestones make the same noise they do in parking … Continue reading

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I believe in Bilbao Baggins

Howdy, howdy fuckin partners! I’m half-juiced on fermented Spanish grapes and ever-so-eager to catch you up on my recent Euro travels… [Over the river and up the hill in Bilbao, Basque Country.] March 22 (Day 11): Bilbao was a nice … Continue reading

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Impending para un bending

T minus two weeks until my next grand adventure from Seattle to NYC to London to Seville, Spain, and I am getting shit-your-pants excited. No matter how often I travel, I can always count on this adrenaline panic stage, but … Continue reading

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pssst, Jessie…Your idiosyncracies are showing.

Everyone has their own special set of idiosyncracies. Perhaps you lust after school cafeteria trays that keep your green beans from rubbing up on your chicken tit; the thought of hot fruit – especially atop something non-sweet (like pizza) – … Continue reading

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