Alejandro didn’t even need to tell me where to turn. As soon as I’d passed the Valladolid city limits, I went into autopilot and followed the roads I used to walk as a study abroad student in...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2014/12/11/reflections-in-valladolid/
I’d seen the walls from the highway on the way to Madrid – like something out of a period piece, the red roofs of the historic center spill down from a shallow hill, corralled by more than ...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2014/11/18/visit-the-medieval-murallas-of-avila/
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville are the stars of the ...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2014/09/30/autonomous-community-spotlight-castilla-y-leon/
If there’s one thing that’s weathering the Spanish economic downturn (no doubt tied to the weather itself), it’s the tourism industry. Accounting for nearly 11% of 2012’2 GDP, Spain const...
“BUT I CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT!” I wailed, confused at how to even put the rental car into reverse. “Dude, let’s ask PSY,” T suggested, and the site of a Ga...
Nostalgia is a funny thing for anyone who’s resided abroad. Just one whiff of cous cous sends you back to the souks of Marrakesh, the notes of a strained tango to Buenos Aires. A crush of hap...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2012/09/24/seville-snapshots-paseo-de-espolon-burgos/
Above: the Ayuntamiento of Valladolid, where I studied for five weeks in 2005 Below: My Spanish family: La abuela, Lucia, Aurora, Jose Luis, Carmen and Monica My love affair with Spain started ne...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2008/04/06/return-to-the-homeland/