We left San Sebastian this morning after a fantastic meal at Akelare the night before to ride to Bilbao; we didn’t make it there today. The initial ride out of San Sebastian was not pretty or fun, we went through the industrial area and some really busy roads to leave town. Thankfully it got better [...]
Jake and I arrived in San Sebastian last evening and went to the old part of town for pintxos (tapas). Somewhere along the way we discovered Txakoli, an effervescent white wine local to the Basque region and unlike any other wines we’ve had. It may be our downfall on this trip. We’re at the beginning [...]
When we first moved to Granada 2 ½ years ago, I worried pretty much constantly about doing the “right” things and behaving in the “right” way in all manner of social, business (and other) situations. This is not because I believe that there is in fact any right way to behave but because I wanted [...]
Earlier this year we visited the House of Terror in Budapest, Hungary. It is a museum “commemorating the victims of terror” of both the Nazi and Communist regimes and is housed in what was once the party headquarters for the Hungarian Nazis and later became the headquarters of the AVH Secret Police. Among other sobering [...]