Tourism in Madrid – life goes on in Spain’s free city

Hey all! I’m back in Madrid this week, to check out the scene. You know: the “everything open” scene that has some people worried we’ll have a 4th

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Budapest – adventures in Eastern Europe

I just got back from Budapest. This was my second time there. The first was just after I quit my day job – a present to myself for

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Tourist or traveller? What are you… and what’s the difference anyway?

Tourist or traveller? If you’re already tired of the immigrant vs expat debate like I am, you might enjoy thinking about the new online tempest in a teapot. It’s

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Ávila, Spain: a frozen weekend in Castilla y León

Well, greetings from Ávila. Morena wanted to come here and I didn’t check the weather beforehand. So… Here we are, freezing. The hotel’s nice, anyway. And the town’s

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Cuenca, Spain – an amazing (and underrated) weekend getaway

I was recently in Cuenca – the one in Spain, not the one in Ecuador. It was, I think, my fourth time there, and I gotta say… If

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Is tourism ruining Spain? Anti-tourism protests in Barcelona and Mallorca…

Is tourism ruining Spain? Some people seem to think so. Recently, a bunch of fresh-faced young “anticapitalist leftists” managed to drag themselves off Mom’s sofa long enough to

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Puerto de Santa Maria: sherry, snails and a windy apocalypse

Puerto de Santa Maria… A small city in the Cádiz province. In one word: windy. But if I get two words, I’ll take “dilapidated” also. On my first

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The shocking secret about my 2017 plans – Revealed!

2016 was quite a year. On the personal side, not the best… but far from being the worst. Actually, on several occasions, it made me think, “This is

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I’ve stopped more immigrants than Trump. Here’s how…

I’m no politician. But I’ve accidentally stumbled upon a fantastically easy 1-step plan for keeping immigrants out of the US. And it works. Ready? Here it is… Be

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The long, hard road out of Vielha

To the south of Vielha the path heads up the mountain. The river is on my right, and the last houses of the village are behind me. It’s

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