Cádiz was the inspiration for this trip to Andalucia. I had never heard of it until earlier this year when I randomly came across it in a travel journal. Prepared to use up every single day of holidays available to me this year but still wanting to be warm as autumn descended on me, I […]
Seville Cathedral
The Seville Cathedral (Catedral de Sevilla) is also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Santa Maria de la Sede Cathedral). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. It was built in the 1400s over a hundred years. Like many other Christian […]
Seville
The berenjenas fritas con miel de Montoro y queso de cabra de Zuheros in Cordoba kept me happy as I continued my journey by train to Seville. I walked almost a half-hour in a bit of a sketchy area to my little room at the Hotel Alcántara, a Moorish-inspired building in the Jewish quarter of […]
A Day in Cordoba, Spain
The plan for today was to leave Granada first thing in the morning, take the ALSA bus to Cordoba, spend the day there, then take the Renfe train onward to Seville for my next destination. Everything went smoothly. I arrived in Cordoba, left my luggage and walked about 20 minutes to the Mezquita, only to […]
A Day in The Alhambra
The Alhambra is probably the main reason tourists pass through Granada, Spain. It is a large complex that includes the Nasrid Palace (Palacios Nazaríes), other palaces, the fortress, and the gardens. Entry is by ticket which can be bought online but is often sold out months in advance. I found myself in this predicament. Refusing […]
Two Days in Granada, Spain
My trip to Andalucia began in Granada. Well, I actually flew from Dublin to Malaga with the full intention to catch the last ALSA bus from the airport to Granada. Of course I missed it by just minutes because of a delay in the flight. These Spanish buses run on time! I allowed myself to […]
Malahide Castle and Gardens
I was en route to Spain and I had a six hour layover in Dublin. I have never been to Ireland so I decided to escape the airport for a while. The coastal village of Malahide was just about a twenty minute taxi ride away. Perfect. It took me less than an hour to de-plane, […]
Boys Will Be Boys & Girls Just Have To Deal With It
Growing up in the 1980s in communist East Berlin our filmography came from decades past. Joy came from actors such as Terence Hill & Bud Spencer and Louis de Funès who my sisters and I affectionately called Big Nose. Inger Nilsson’s Pippi Langstrumpf showed us spunk, strength, and common sense. But then there was the […]
The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel by Adam Johnson
The Orphan Master’s Son is a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning novel by American Adam Johnson. It is a fictional journey into the North Korean dictatorial Communist world. The main character, Jun Do, is raised harshly in an orphanage by his father when his mother abandons him. He becomes a soldier, then a kidnapper, […]
Weekend Sojourn in the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
The lack of direct flights to Croatia from the US and our attempt to fly as cheaply as possibly called for a layover in Barcelona. Great, since none of us had ever been. Bad, since we were all too tired to be tourists in Barcelona. We flew into Barcelona knowing that we would have to […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.