This former capital of Spain is still a quaint medieval city.
Category Archives: 2012
The enchanting town of Sintra, Portugal.
The streets of Marrakesh, Morocco are filled with color and spice.
While traveling with friends, we were lucky to find a friendly local guide who showed us around Fez. At the tanning beds, we were each given a branch of mint to dispel the scents of the tanning pits.
In 2012, I hosted an International Thanksgiving dinner in Madrid complete with 4 Americans, 2 Scotts, 1 Italian and 8 Spaniards. We feasted on traditional, local and mixed favorites. For example, chorizo stuffing.
For Thanksgiving in Colegio Ortega y Gasset in Leganes, Spain, the whole school made a feather to add to our Thankful Turkey.
The tranquil river town of Oporto, Portugal.
On the 2012 CA roadtrip, we consulted the Travel Angel to guide our journey.
During the summer of 2012, my Willamette University friend and I took my friend from Madrid on a California road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco. To show off the history of Hollywood, we took a tour of Paramount Pictures Studio.
Beautiful peacocks wandered around the Royal Garden at the Alcázar, Sevilla in 2012.