Looking back over my travels of the past year is a trip unto itself–in large part because I could have SWORN I said I was going to slow the F down and not travel quite so much. And then 6…
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A week in Ibiza, because why not?
After spending a month co-living and co-working in the Canary Islands this summer, I had one final stop to make in Spain–the island of Ibiza. My week-long visit to one of the party capitals of Europe was the result of an…
Top Things to Do in Fuerteventura, Spain
Fuerteventura is the second-largest and perhaps oldest of the Canary Islands, an archipelago roughly 100 kilometers off the west coast of Africa but belonging to Spain since the early 1400s. The origin of the name Fuerteventura remains contested, with some…
Co-Living and Co-Working with Hub Fuerteventura
As my flight drew closer and closer to the island of Fuerteventura, the second-largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, I couldn’t help but wonder if we’d been rerouted to Mars by mistake. I was headed for the town of Corralejo on…
Month in Review: August 2016
August, you’ve been good to me. I didn’t always know what I needed, and yet you found a way to give it to me anyway. You were a month of extremes–weeks with nothing but work and little social interaction, followed…
Month in Review: July 2016
Greetings from Fuerteventura, Spain, otherwise known as La Isla del Viento (the island of wind). I’d heard rumors of its windy-ness before arriving and BOY is it living up to the hype. Anywho, I’ll tell you more about this special…
5 Things to Know Before Traveling to Barcelona
So, you’re traveling to Barcelona, Spain? Here are five things I wish I knew before heading there myself. For a great stay in Barcelona (central location, city views, and a rooftop pool, anyone?) try Barcelona Universal Hotel. #1: Spanish is widely…
Eating My Way Through Catalonia: My Top 5 Gastronomic Experiences
While I’m sure it comes as no surprise that during my time in Spain I quite literally ate my body weight in traditional Spanish foods like cured meats, local cheeses, tortilla Española and so forth, I also made an effort…
La Sagrada Família: A Church 133 Years in the Making
Every so often, I have an experience that gives me more feelings than I know what to do with, and many of these feelings I simply cannot put into words. In these instances, I must concede that a flowery, romantic…
Traditional Winemaking at Mas Molla Winery
At Mas Molla Winery in Calonge, Catalonia, the word you’ll hear time and again is “tradition.” In a winemaking world where techniques are changing and evolving faster than you can say “stainless steel fermentation tank,” it takes a mountain of…
