I woke with a start this morning and for a second I had no idea what caused the jolt. It was the unfamiliar sound of my alarm going off....

It is the third week of a four-week vacation. It is that place that after you have checked off the tourist boxes, slept in several times...

I woke up to church bells this morning. There was a golden glow of sunrise beyond the rooftop of my hotel in Beziers, France and I was...

I gave directions today. In English and to Americans. They had four days to spend in Barcelona and wanted advice on where to go and what...

I had done a fair amount of research about Montserrat, a day-trip west of Barcelona. The literal meaning of Montserrat is ‘serrated...

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, my life began with art. One of my earliest memories is when I was about four years old my...

I feel as though I have been hesitating, for reasons unknown, to travel outside the city and I have no idea why. By nature I have always...

I didn’t make it. I still had not found a local church to attend mass by dinner time last night, but I was bound and determined I would...

Today is Christmas Eve. For a New Englander it had a different kind of feel. The sun rose in a bright blue sky, I can see palm trees from...

I feel as though I am migrating a bit away from being a tourist to a member of the neighborhood. Several shop owners now know me and...

Today was the start of week two. I had no agenda, no work, no schedule to adhere to. I miraculously slept another 11 hours last night;...

So, I had a some 'firsts' today. I walked back down to El Born to see the Basilica Santa Maria, which was amazing. I still used my...

Spending a month somewhere new has its own cadence of reveals. For me it's in a series of concentric circles, if you will. I get to...

This is not the first time I have lived in a big city. Boston came first, then London, and the sounds of living in a more populated area...

I arrived Wednesday afternoon after a smooth flight and was reminded that my two years of Spanish back in high school weren't going to be...

Travels to Barcelona started with discovery from the start. Pam's sister, Judy, whom I had only briefly met, graciously volunteered to...