Articles about travel, language, and culture
This is an article about visiting Volubilis in Moulay Idriss, Morocco. Please, read on. I’ve been to several sites of Roman ruins, from Ephesus to Barcelona, even in little Poitiers. Somehow the feeling never...
Riads are guesthouses in the old Medinas of Morocco’s medieval cities. Fes is the country’s second-largest city, and as such its sprawling Medina hosts a number of newly-renovated riads. If you are looking for...
This is a brief post to give some insight into Moroccan cuisine. If you’re asking yourself the question what do they eat in Morocco, I think I can help shed some light on the...
Fez is Morocco’s medieval city, dating back ages and crowned with such epithets as “The Athens of Africa” and “The Mecca of the West.” It is Morocco’s second largest city, home to 1.1 million people,...
Note: all this information is current as of August, 2015. The first thing that happens in Fez, Morroco is you are lost. Really though being lost is the best thing that can happen to a traveler,...
It is easy to forget that Barcelona is a port city. The busy modern port is westward, beyond Montjuic, so the activity isn’t present as you walk down the Ramblas or celebrate Holi in the...
I hope you asked Google this question and found this article because of it. The short answer is that you can leave Spain while your NIE renewal is being processed, but you need a...
For foreign students with a soon-to-be-expired NIE (numero de identidad extranjero), you’ve come to the right place. This is an article about how to renew your NIE in Barcelona, Spain. You might notice that I’ve...
Holi in Barcelona is one of the many places where the traditional Indian festival has found expression. Here’s Holi Barcelona’ Facebook page. I went with Mayra of Viajera Peruana to check out some of...
I began drawing a comic in February, 2014. It’s a funny webcomic called Things in Squares. So when I heard that there was a “Salo del Comic” here in Barcelona, I decided that I...
