It’s a small world after all. We ran into my colleague at a bar in the Trastevere neighbourhood. We enjoyed some aperitivo and ended up sharing a wonderful dinner together. Salute Kim! It was great seeing you and Conrad. What are the chances with all places, I guess all roads do lead to Rome 🙂
We had a wonderful day on two wheels exploring the sites of Valencia’s Turia Gardens, Old City and City of Arts & Sciences. Click play to watch video 🙂 Bike tour provided by: www.valenciabikes.com
Valencia is more than oranges and Paella. It has wonderful parks and green spaces. It also has amazing architecture in both modern and historic. We took sunset photos at the futuristic Arts Centre and the stormy day gave us some very unique dramatic look with the clouds. Felt like we were outer space for a […]
Granada is a city with population around 300,000 and 25% of them are students attending University of Granada. Aside from the Alhambra, the city is known for their tapas. As in FREE tapas! The tapa is courtesy of the bar owner when you purchase a drink (alcholic or non-alcoholic). We tried various bars and there was a […]
The Alhambra is one of the most famous landmarks in Spain. It’s a grand palace built in the Moorish times around 1200-1300. The Moorish fortress has great Islamic historical legacy so the monument draws many tourists to Granada. The tickets to Alhambra is also famous for it’s confusing systems. We had to understand the different […]
Córdoba is a small quaint city in between Seville and Granada in the south of Spain. It’s usually a day trip for most tourist passing through the area. Glad we were able to stay a few more days to get to know it better. It has a lot of layers during it’s long history, much […]
Since the start of this journey, there has been great food experiences and we lightly touched on the subject here and there. But Seville’s cuisine is a whole post on it’s own. The cuisine itself is amazing, but also their finesse, and ingredients to complete the plate. Spanish tapas varies in different cities/regions. The origin […]
We joined a free tour of the town across Seville called Triana. It’s home to Flamenco and famous bullfighters of Spain. It’s also originally a Gypsy settlement. According to our guide, Flamenco originated from Gypsy slaves sent to the mines longing for home and their loved ones. Sounds of Flamenco was born from banging the […]
During our first walk around the city, these fruit trees lined the streets of Seville. At first glance, we mistaken them for limes since it’s dark green. But they are Seville’s famous orange trees. Tens of thousands of them ripe every December/January and used for the finest orange marmalade. Britian’s favourite export from Seville. They […]
It’s the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world and resting place for Christopher Columbus. The Giralda Tower was constructed first back in 1184 and it’s the highest point of the city. To reach the bells atop you’ll need to scale a series of switch backing ramps, a lot easier the climbing stairs. The story goes […]