Enter the Let's Go - Pause the Moment Giveaway! |
Hey Let's Go fans! We're in the business of connecting travelers to all the information they could possibly need to enjoy themselves while abroad. To that end, we've partnered with with our fellow travel bloggers at Pause the Moment.
Now What? |
To all who have been following me this summer (this blog really took off after it was featured on Gawker, eh?), many thanks for your support. It is with a triumphant heart that I announce that my route for Let's Go has come to a glorious end, after a very memorable (though still fairly hazy) week in Ibiza. I'd share stories of the Isla Blanca (called the "White Isle" for reasons other than the color of the houses, as far as I could tell) but I want to leave my readers' sensibilities unoffended.
Quiz Time |
Ibiza nightclub or Pink Floyd song? Answers below.
On the Road Again |
After calling Barcelona home for six weeks, I'm back on the road, island-hopping in the Mediterranean and currently in Mallorca. Palma, the island's biggest city, isn't exactly what I'd expected, though.
Modernisme in my Barcelona Barri: Part Three in a Series |
For the third and final installment of my smash hit series on moderniste architecture in my neighborhood (thanks for the great write-up, New Yorker!), I've decided to skip over the rest of the small potatoes apartment buildings on my street and go straight for what is known in Catalan as "the big kahuna": Park Güell.
Tourist? Resident? Identity crisis in Barcelona |
The other day on the internets I came across this gem of a cartoon (source):
On Language (in Barcelona) |
My editors and hordes of raving fans must be shocked that I've made it through a month's worth of blogs without bringing the Catalan language into the discussion. Well, I'm proud to announce that the long wait is over, and my thoughts on the role of Barcelona's local language are about to become ready fodder for your mind-cannons' intellectual fusillades.
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