We took a short break from our travels to meet up with our friend Lee who was in Barcelona, Spain on business. We left the S&M Motel safe and secure in a campground in Budapest, Hungary and arranged for a taxi to pick us up there at 3 AM in Continue Reading
Spain
A Room with a View (Guest Post)
The following is a guest post from Martin of the S&M Motel. Thank-you Martin! This is Martin’s second guest post on DreamBigLiveBoldly.com. If you’d like to be a guest contributor, please contact me. ——————– There’s a niche in the corner of King Charles’ palace in Alhambra, Spain, where you can Continue Reading
El Gato Con Botas
We arrived in Madrid in mid-afternoon and booked into the only open campsite near the city. Although it was later in the day, it was only a short walk and metro ride to the center of the city. We arrived at the Plaza del Callao station after dark and ascended Continue Reading
Flamenco
Flamenco and bull-fighting are perhaps the two biggest symbols of Spain, the things that come to mind when people think of this country. We knew that we wanted to experience flamenco, as most tourists do, and saved this event until the city of Seville in the south of Spain, the Continue Reading
Christmas Festivities – Spanish Style (guest post)
The following is a guest post from Martin of the S&M Motel. Thank-you Martin! This is also the first guest post on DreamBigLiveBoldly.com. If you’d like to be a guest contributor, please contact me. ——————– We are temporary inhabitants of the S&M Motel and I have so enjoyed the blogs from Continue Reading
Impressions of Spain
The central part of the Iberian Peninsula, where Spain is situated, is a large, open, wind-swept plain dotted with small hills. It looks like Nevada in the old Westerns. Between the major cities like Madrid, located in the center of the country, there is a lot of open space between Continue Reading
The Spanish Schedule
On the whole, Spanish people wake later than North Americans. They don’t eat a big breakfast, perhaps coffee and some toast, before beginning their work day around 9 AM. Later in the morning, around 11 AM, they take a break and have a snack, often accompanied by some wine. They Continue Reading