Santorini: Fantasy versus Reality
I won’t deny that I got it into my head to go to Santorini when the first Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants came out. The dreamy island with whitewashed buildings…
A Tinder Story: Seville Undiscovered
There is a famous song about Seville, Sevilla tiene un color especial, which translates literally as Seville has a special colour. "Seville, smiling city, fills me with joy when I…
Cantabria: Prehistoric Art, Charming Villages, and Sandy Beaches
Despite all my travels around Spain, I didn’t visit the autonomous community of Cantabria until I lived in the Basque Country, Cantabria’s neighbour. The proximity made it an ideal mini…
Cinque Terre: Five Reasons to Fall in Love
The Cinque Terre, meaning five lands in Italian, offers visitors five charming villages along the coast of the Ligurian Sea. It has a distinctly relaxed Mediterranean feel, and you can't…
London: A Stroll Along the Thames
I somehow managed to avoid visiting London on four separate trips to Great Britain. I had seen the airport, the bus station, even Westminster Abbey from the window of a…