Gypsied in Sevilla, España April 5th 2011 We all managed to get up early and fix ourselves a breakfast and pack a lunch – we had some serious sightseeing in mind. Sevilla is about an hour and a half from Las Pinedas and it is all freeway driving. On the way to Sevilla we took note of an interesting town by the name of Carmona built on an escarpment and that can be seen from the freeway. One of the students had a guidebook and read th ... read more
Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more
I was sitting in an Irish pub and the crowd was doing singalongs. A friendly chap asked me to stand up and sing and I hesitated. He said to me, "If you don't sing you'll never be one of us. You'll always be just a tourist." So I sang.
I travel to meet the locals and go to the places they hang out for dining, drinking, and fun. I go to be more than just a tourist. Who wants to be treated as "just a tourist?" It is a hell of a lot fun to be more than just that.
In the words of my hero, Anthony Bourdain: "Be a traveller, not a tourist." ... full info