Day 21: On the road from Seville to Madrid Our breakfast choice, La Mala, felt like a café in Brooklyn. But it gave us options beyond coffee, pastries and sandwiches, which is more typical. I had multigrain bread with avocado, spinach, tomato and mushroom. Scott had a ham and spinach omelet, as well as a […]
Where to Stay: Hotel AS Lisbon; Honest Hotel Seville Where to Eat: Restaurante Inefável in Barcelos, Varela Churrasqueria in Pontevedra, Pasteis de Belem in Lisbon, Billy Brunch in Seville What to See: colorful statues in Barcelos; the car-free town center of Pontevedra; Tropical Botanic Garden in Lisbon; ceramic museum in the Triana neighborhood of Seville […]
Where to Stay: Hilton Dublin Airport, Hotel Arrizul Catedral, AC Hotel Porto Where to Eat: anywhere that serves pastel de nata and francesinha:) What to See: In San Sebastian: take the funicular to see all of San Sebastian (photo above), walk on the beach, walk alongside the beach, Old Town. In Northern Portugal: charming small […]
Where to Stay: Arlington Hotel in Dublin, Foyles Hotel in Clifden Where to Eat: The Rolling Donut, Old Storehouse, Ryan’s Village Café, Mannion’s Bar, Off the Square Restaurant, EJ King’s, Guy’s Bar What to See: In Dublin – Half Penny Bridge, Spire, Dublin Portal, Trinity College, Stephens Park, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Christ Church, Half Penny […]
I am a runner. Not a fast runner in the grand scheme of things, but a runner nonetheless, who enjoys the challenge of distance running and particularly the marathon distance. My running log goes back to Dec 26 1998, and in the intervening years I’ve covered 13,150 miles over 2,547 runs. That includes 218 races […]
Having my own business gives me flexibility in my day-to-day schedule, my location and the projects I take. But my favorite type of flexibility that comes with self-employment is the flexibility to build out bleisure trips – traveling for work and mixing business with leisure. This year, I happen to have four business opportunities in […]
Scott has a goal to run a marathon in all 50 states (there’s even a club for people dedicated to this!). He added Utah to the list this past January, and most recently Wisconsin this past August. Wisconsin was an opportunistic add-on to a trip we were already making to Ohio. Our youngest goes to […]
In my very first job post-college, I worked as a management consultant. This involved working onsite at clients around the US, and for one project, in Toronto Canada. I spent March/ April 1995 in Toronto, and while I was working too long hours to enjoy the city, I remember liking Toronto very much. Fast forward […]
Photo is of a sculpture in downtown Denver – a giant bear peering into the convention center. After just over two weeks in New Mexico, visiting Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, and viewing the total lunar eclipse, we drove to Denver, CO. It was a beautiful, clear Saturday, and it was so green on the […]
Previous posts in this series: Planning, Heading West, Albuquerque, Viewing Eclipse After a fantastic week in Albuquerque, we headed north. We wanted to spend time in Santa Fe and Taos. Given that Taos is 2 hours north of Santa Fe and we didn’t want to just cover it in just a day trip, we split […]
