It’s been three years since my mother asked me to take her to Asia. She had never been to the continent (neither had I for that matter), and she felt I owed her a trip since it had been a while since I took her to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. When asked where […]
NYC Day Trip for Hot Chocolate
I was randomly speaking to colleagues last year when I revealed that I travel to New York City from Washington D.C. to get hot chocolate. It sounded odd to them but it’s true. I book a round trip ticket by train or by bus for the main purpose of delighting in hot chocolate from L.A. […]
Visiting Ronda in Andalucia
Another dreary rainy day in Andalucia found me in Ronda, a city the American author Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) had fallen in love with. That is where you should go if you ever go to Spain on a honeymoon or if you ever bolt with anyone. Ernest Miller Hemingway Just about nine miles of […]
Exploring Cádiz
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, […]
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.