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Seville, Spain

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For Thanksgiving this year we went to Spain. While M and I had been to Barcelona and Madrid before, and we again visited Barcelona last year for my cousins wedding but we had always wanted to go to Andalusia. Now when I say we this does not include the boys.. they are not that refined. But they came along anyway. Andalusia is a southern part of Spain that was ruled by the Moorish for almost 8th centuries. The Moorish are Muslim from North Africa. Andalusia is famous for its Moorish heritage and architecture. It is the birthplace of Flamenco dancing and sherry wine. Produces 34% of the worlds olive oil and is also the location from which Christopher Columbus departed for the New World as well his final resting spot. We flew into Seville, which we used as our home base as we explored the rest of the area. We had taken a red eye, so we landed in the morning dropped our luggage off at the hotel and quickly headed out in search for food. We had a wonderful breakfast at Mokambo. Then we head...
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Friday Photography

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Thank you so much everyone for your concern and well wishes. While the pesky cough is still there I am otherwise feeling much better. As I shared in an earlier post the looking up version, this photograph was taken the top looking down.  The original staircase was built by Donato Bramante in 1505 and is not open to the public. The modern version was designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. It is one of the most photographed staircases and is now used as an exit from the Vatican Museums. All prints and products are available to purchase in my  Redbubble  and  Zazzle  stores.                                         Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle  
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Recent Reads

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I have had quite the week.. I don't even know where to begin. With my great uncles 85th birthday celebration to 15 people in my house for a night to me falling ill.. again. This time it was bad.. really bad cough and a fever. I was lucky to have my mom who helped nurse me back to health. Excuse me for being late catching up with all your blogs as well. So instead of talking about all of that I'm doing a book post instead. I read three really great series' these past few months.                                The War of Lost Hearts by Carissa Broadbent Synopsis - Tisaanah, a former slave who attempts to buy her freedom but must flee after her attempt goes wrong. She seeks help from the powerful magic-wielding Orders to free her country and best friend, but this requires her to complete an apprenticeship with a reclusive warrior named Maxantarius. A romance develops between them as they get drawn into the Or...
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Friday Photography

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A beautifully ornate black and gold ceiling inside the Vatican Museum.  All prints and products are available to purchase in my Redbubble and Zazzle stores. Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle  
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Tanama River Hiking and Caves

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On this day we woke up early.. very early. It was still dark out when we got into our rental car. We had an almost two hour drive ahead of us, into the central mountainous region for PR to a town called Utuado.  But first sustenance and giant cups of coffee. Trying a panaderia (bakery) was something I had wanted to do, especially to try their famous guava pastries.. So we went to Panaderia Espana. There was so much powdered sugar on everything.. H got a croissant with custard, D got a sugar donut and M and I shared a pastelillos de guayaba (guava pastry) and then we were off.  The road was mostly okay but the last 30 minutes or so became harrowing. We were driving on a winding uphill type road that should have been one way but was not.. way too many close calls on hairpin turns.. any residual sleep we had in our eyes was gone. Turned out we had missed a turn somewhere along the way and GPS decided to take us through some back roads.   We rea...
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