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On the train, as I hastily wrote my accounts of the previous few days, recommendations from Amanda Hosking came pouring in.  She had visited Scotland in April and posted pictures that made me drool with jealousy and cringe excitedly with

Joanna walked me to the train at 5 minutes to 6 in the morning as the sun was rising.  I took the train to the bus to the airport, hung out in Brussels for a couple of hours and then

“Are you vegetarian, or opposed to a two-hour afternoon hike to a country house restaurant in the middle of the woods?” Joanna asked.  Sunday was Kevin’s birthday.  Of course I wasn’t opposed! Our day turned out to be as fantastic

Friday Night Tapas Joanna and Kevin invited me to come stay with them for the weekend in Terrassa, about a 40 minute train ride from Barcelona.  I appreciatively followed the very detailed directions Joanna had sent me and wound my

I had heard about food tours, which seemed like a fantastic thing to do, but when I looked them up in Paris, they were way more expensive than I wanted to pay (about 200 euros).  Then in Barcelona, when I

On the train to Disneyland Paris there was a lady crying on the train.  Like hard crying.  I did that a lot in New York where there isn’t really any place to go when you need to cry.  Now I

I went back to parc Guell (I was reminded by the tour guide that double l’s are pronounced like a y) for my guided tour of the part of the park where it used to be free to visit but

When planning my time in Barcelona, I found something, booked it, and then found something else to do and booked that.  Now I wish I had made a list and looked at the big picture because it’s getting hard fitting

As my mom travels the world, strange unique places start to pop up on my bucket list that I never would have thought would be up my alley– like cruising through the Panama Canal (check, and everything I wanted it

I flew into Barcelona’s airport with instructions on my phone to get to the Air B&B that I had booked. I followed the signs toward what I thought was all public transportation, but turned out to be the metro.  I