Preparing pimentos de Padron at home
There was just no denying it. We came back from Spain with a serious hankering for pimentos de Padron. Somewhere, with our nine plates of these little green peppers in Spain, we’d become addicted. No late night shakes and (more…)
The waterside terminal tower of Transbordador Aeri del Port or Barcelona’s Harbor Cable Car
We try to maximize Becky’s travel days by scheduling our return departures for Sundays. For this trip the best we could do with our complex frequent flyer ticket arrangements was a late Saturday departure and an overnight layover in (more…)
The spectrum of macarons at Bubo
Barcelona had become a familiar and comfortable base. The city offers much more to see and do but our visit was rapidly coming to an end. On our last full day, it was time to see the places in (more…)
Lest it has been forgotten, the theme of our trip to Spain was food and wine. On Thursday we headed an hour outside of Barcelona to Girona to visit one of our favorite restaurants in the world, El Celler de Can Roca. This would be our second visit to this (more…)
Inside the nave of Sagrada Familia
Our day started slowly. Late in the morning, the metallic, mechanical sound of our room’s Nespresso coffee machine ejecting spent cartridges filled the room. We were tired and Becky was brewing an excessively large number of shots of coffee. A shower soon followed our (more…)
A statue of El Cid in Burgos
Our stay in Burgos would be short. We rose early and before we left went out into the dewy morning air and explored on foot. We entered the old town as the warm sunlight was just kissing the upper reaches of the cathedral. The streets were clean and empty. (more…)
Bodega Ysios seen in the morning light
Our cell phone’s alarm clock rang early. We were tired from the travel, but forced ourselves up and out into the early morning light. This was the last hours of our short stay in La Rioja and we wanted to make the most of it.
Stainless steel inside Bodegas Juan Alcorta
Don’t be confused. This log entry is about our stay in Laguardia, Spain and not the airport of the same name in New York City. There’s little debate that Laguardia, Spain makes for a better vacation destination than the NYC airport.
A fountain on the grounds of Marqués de Riscal
It was time to leave San Sebastian and move the two hours south and west to La Rioja. After the last fiasco of trying to bring the car to the luggage in Bilbao, we gave in to the public humiliation of being seen on the streets of trendy San Sebastian with our (more…)
The Menu
On the day we visited Pamplona, there was plenty of time to make it back for our big meal, dinner at Arzak. The only three (more…)
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