Travel – Page 4 – Living on the Lip of Insanity

Where I am staying in Cordoba

I stayed at a hotel in Madrid, and I will do so in Granada as well. But here in Cordoba I have rented an apartment for four nights in the barrio of San Lorenzo. There are two churches that vie for supremacy on this street: San Lorenzo and the Corazon de Maria. The street we…

Cordoba – now it’s all new

I have arrived at my apartment in Cordoba. It is lovely. I will write an entire post about it later; there is a lot to say. But to begin, it occupies three sides of the upper part of this old old building, essentially one room on each side. The taxi ride here was a series…

Madrid – starting to feel familiar

I finally am sitting down. I am on the Ave, the high speed train to Cordoba. It’s just past noon and I am sad to leave friends but excited to begin exploring Andulacia. The train takes no time, less than flying I am sure 1:45 minutes from Madrid Atocha to Cordoba. Madrid was a whirl….

Foreign Words and Phrases for 100, Alex

Yesterday I asked my students for two things: a book to add to my summer reading list and a word or a phrase in Spanish that they thought I would need when I travel to Cordoba and Granada next week. The book list will be up soon, but here is what they think I should…

Making Connections

I am going back to Spain this summer. While it is true that I have fallen in love with Spain, this visit will find me pursuing curriculum. In my visits to Madrid I have been fascinated by the collision of the three major monotheistic faiths in Spain, and my attention has been turned to Ferdinand…

Another Travel Anxiety

It’s not enough that my travel anxieties include which train, what car on the train, what bus, what money, keys, passport, food, and yeah…. I have laundry anxiety. What is the laundry line etiquette? What if I drop something (we are on the 5th floor)? Do I use all the lines? Can I leave it…

How Small is the World?

Pretty darn small. Let’s just acknowledge that the earth is a tiny planet full of organisms that we recognize or we do not. And when I recognize a plant or a bug in my garden, that is one thing. All those faces in the world: those that I do not know and the ones that…