We spent 9 weeks on the Costa Brava in Spain in less than a year. We explored, and were charmed by, many of the seaside towns. Our absolute favorite was Calella de Palafrugell. It's understated posh (meaning people who are there must have money but don't flaunt it), small and so easy to navigate that even Brunette could kind of find her way around after 3 weeks. … [Read more...]
Three continents – Three spectacular botanical gardens
In our travels Blonde and Brunette have found botanical gardens to be oases of tranquility and beauty and good places to hid from the cops. OK, the second part isn't true but we didn't want to be gushing girlishly about flowers and ruin our reputations! Brunette got indoctrinated into the botanical garden fan club on a long ago visit to Phoenix, Arizona. She … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life
We haven't participated in a weekly photo challenge in a while but this topic was intriguing. We don't do a lot of street scenes because we aren't very good at getting them (we're looking for our cameras and the whole thing is already over) and we're more likely to be in settings such as beaches, deserts, glaciers and gardens that don't have street life. But in thinking about … [Read more...]
Dicking around in Barcelona
[slideshow]Barcelona is known by many as a culinary gem, a design hub or the center of the perpetual Catalan tantrum about being a part of Spain. However, as your trusted sources for very little useful information Blonde and Brunette are at least bringing our readers the truth about Barcelona: Barcelona is a dick. Here are our experiences which led to this conclusion: A … [Read more...]