A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid y Barcelona We had heard hints and whispers foreshadowing the difference between Madrid and Barcelona but it wasn’t until we experienced each city before we realized the deep underlining truth of those differences. Madrid and Barcelona are the two largest cities in Spain, but that is the only similarities they share. Madrileños speak Castellano or the ‘pure’ spanish of the Monarchy and are Spaniards to the heart; while Barcelonians speak Catalan, a very different dialect more similar to French than Spanish, and are Catalonions first and Spaniards second. The differences continue with the environment and vibe of each city. Madrid is the essence of eloquence with luxurious apartments delicately modeled in the pure Baroque style. White marble graces the facades of many buildings with beautiful flowers in pots on e ... read more

A Florentine Fairy Tale Florence, Italy: What can we say about our time in Florence. First, Florence is one of our favorite big cities that we have visited. We were so fortunate to stay in a beautiful studio with all the amenities, and about fifteen minutes from the city centre. While Florence is very large and spread out, the historic centre is quite small and extremely beautiful. Our first day was spent just walking around, taking in the unique beauty that can only be found in Florence. We were also very fortunate to have a great friend of ours stay with us in our studio. Tamara, traveling from Munich, spent four days with us and really enriched our stay in Florence with her wonderful company. Our first day we visited the famous bridge Ponte Vecchio, admiring ... read more

Adventures in Zahara de la Sierra: June 21 to July 16/ 2014 Our time spent in Zahara de la Sierra was filled with adventure, hard work, numerous learning experiences, and appreciation of natures beauty. Since we spent an extensive amount of time in Zahara, just under four weeks, we are going to break our descriptions into the town itself, the farm or “finca” we stayed at including the work we did, and the various day time excursions throughout beautiful southwestern Andalusia. Zahara De La Sierra: There is no single word which can capture the truly stunning beauty of Zahara de la Sierra. Photos don’t do the village justice and words even less, but we will try with both. The town is situated within the famous Sierra de la Grazelema, a magnificent mountain range with towering cliff ... read more

English Lisboa: 6/16/2014 We exit the plane with unrivaled excitement. The fact that we just traveled on the world’s shittiest airline with literally no space for 8 hours did not hinder us. We were ready and willing to take on challenge. The first image we see as we exit the plane: “EU and Portugal welcomes you”. Hmmm yes, this is real. Immigration awaited after the turn of a corner, the dreaded fear creeps back after our countless problems with immigration services the past year; however, we enter with no question. Our bags arrive on time and we jet off to places unknown. First problem is transportation from airport to hostel. In all of our preparation we failed to research this tiny and yet vitally important detail. Luckily, thanks to Fernanda, Fer, and Nilei, Lau was able ... read more

Jason and I went down to Bogota/ Colombia to visit our family and to get married by the church! We had a Wonderful trip and Wedding :) While our visit we also went to another state close by that names Boyaca. There we visited different towns. Very cute and small. We stayed with Laura's family at a rent house by a beautiful lake named " Laguna de Tota". The lake had a very nice beach with white sand so the locals call it the white beach. Jason ate a typical Fish and felled in loved with the Colombian Culture. Back in Bogota we also visited different historical and tourist neighborhoods as " La Candelaria", " Usaquen", "Zipaquira" etc. This was a very short visit but we are so excited because we will be back for Christmas ... read more