Stopping at Places Nobody Has Ever Heard Of: Marquelia in Mexico
Yes, but why would anyone want to stop in Marquelia?” the bartender in Puerto Escondido asked me. “We stopped there so we didn’t have to stop in Acapulco.” “Okay, I […]
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Castillo de Curiel in Spain, Spending the Night in a Renovated Medieval Castle
October 15, 2014. It never stopped raining that day so we headed straight for our destination that night, the Castillo de Curiel, a renovated medieval castle that had been converted […]
An Old Winery Combined with Gehry’s Architectural Vision in Elciego, Spain
In northern Spain they have something they call the ‘Guggenheim Effect’. This has to do with the spectacular Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao which has spouted a mass of modern architecture […]
SS Rotterdam Cruise Ship Hotel in Rotterdam
The SS Rotterdam Cruise Ship Hotel is done up as if you were out cruising in the 50s, when travelling this way was the height of elegance. Even if you’re […]
Frantic, Flustered, Fried, Frustrated: Arriving in Mandalay
On the shuttle into Mandalay we showed our hotel address to an attendant. He shook his head, “Long way.” And once we arrived we showed the same address to the waiting taxi drivers. […]
