Tag: S P A I N
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Style Moment | Reales Alcázares de Sevilla
“Yet all experience is an arch where through Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades Forever and forever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life!” Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) British poet
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Shenanigans in Sevilla
When I was in Seville, I broke into a church and a palace. The thing is, I only had a few days, and nothing was open when I needed it to be. I got to the Unesco World Heritage palace, El Real Alcázar de Sevilla, at 4:59. It closed at 5. I pleaded with the…
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Style Moment | Plaza Independencia, Madrid
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” Miriam Beard (1876-1958) American historian and archivist
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Style Moment | Artist’s studio, Seville
Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French Post-Impressionist artist
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Eye on Design | Seville | Look Up
In 12th century Sevilla, the Moors decorated the walls, ceilings, floors, and facades of their homes and buildings with brightly colored, patterned tile. The tradition has continued to this day, resulting in tile ornamentation almost everywhere you go in the city – it was captivating. Could it get better than this? Then I looked up.
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Style Moment | Madrid
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious.” Steve Jobs (1955-2011) American entrepreneur and inventor; co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
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Weird but Wonderful | Anybody need a room?
A narrow lane in Sevilla, Spain.
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Seville | Flamenco Two Ways
“Flamenco is the means through which man reaches God without the intervention of saints or angels.” -Luis Antonio de Vega Flamenco is one of the most dramatic forms of expression I’ve ever seen. While I was in Seville, I saw two flamenco shows, and they couldn’t have been more different… I saw them both in…
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FLEA MARKETS | Madrid | El Rastro
On a Sunday in Madrid, there’s only one place to be. The El Rastro Flea market. Since the 15th century, the El Rastro neighborhood has been famous for the trade of second hand items. The market starts at 9, and by 11 the streets are teeming with people. I started at the Plaza General Vera…
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FLEA MARKETS | Barcelona | Els Encants Vells
I’ve been to a lot of flea markets, and they’re all pretty similar: tables under tents lined up in straight rows, or stalls bordering narrow lanes. The flea market in Barcelona is nothing like that…this flea market is crazy.
