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This is mainly a “heads up” post about other places to find my stuff on the ‘net. While I will definitely be beefing up this blog in the near future, I also keep myself busy as a contributing writer/photographer for these awesome sites:
Dipped in Cream (Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment)
Meandering Entertainer (Choice Slices of Entertainment, Travel, & the General WTF of the World)
Check ’em out!
Can’t stop, won’t stop, bring me that horizon!
Puerto Rico, hooooooo! LOL. Me and the ‘rents took a cruise from NY to the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Grand Turk). ‘Twas lovely but I doubt we’ll ever do the whole PR by boat thing again; 3 days without land is enough to make anyone stir crazy. My dad can’t fly for various reasons that he rather not deal with so, boat was the only way he was going to go back to the motherland. We only got about 7 hrs in San Juan and we tried to make the most of it despite the rainstorm from hell. Oh, Isla, you certainly welcomed us back in style, didn’t you? We were able to hit El Morro and score great food at this place by the dock called “Mojito’s”. They don’t get as much hype as “Raices” though they really should and we have high standards as that’s the kind of cuisine we cook ourselves! Om nom nom.
*side note: none of my family hails from San Juan. Mayaguez, Patillas, y Caguas.
Before the storm took us out!
- Folks frolicking at El Morro.
- Its a cemetery. As if I WOULDN’T end up lingering there. Its a thing.
- Cobbles. Also a thing!
¡Viva España!
Just a few highlight from my trip to Barcelona and Mallorca. Out of the two, the island of Mallorca/Majorca was enjoyed more. Barcelona was cool but I found that both the people and the atmosphere were more to my liking. Barcelona is home to some astounding artwork, primarily by Antoni Gaudi. One of his most famous creations, La Sagrada Familia church is still unfinished but continues to take one’s breath away. You just wanna know what he was thinking. One of Majorca’s biggest draws has to be all the natural beauty that survives. Sure, a fair community lives there and there are hotels/resorts scattered about but, for the most part, much of the land is unspoiled; you can roll out of your hotel bed and climb right into the ocean! We totally weren’t ready to leave and my lucky Euro friends are already planning a return trip in August. Sadly, its a bit too off the beaten path for me here in NYC. *sigh* Enjoy the shots!
In Sagrada Familia
- Outside Facade of Sagrada Familia
- One train, a funicular, and a skyride later…Montjüic!
- Park Güell. Beautiful and complex. You can see Sagrada Familia and all of Barcelona from there.
- Park Güell is bursting with Gaudi’s genius. Definitely a must-see in Barcelona.
- Majorca produces some of the most intense and emotional sunsets I’ve ever had the privilege of seeing, truth.
Italy, why don’t I live in you?
I swear that, when my mother decided what to name me, she decided my fate. Being a “Francesca”, it was almost a given that my favorite food would be Italian, one of the places I feel most at home is Italy, and I’m already planning on naming my future son “Cesare” (this last bit is thanks to The Borgias, lol). As vacation season is once again rolling around for me, I’m coming to grips with the fact that I won’t be going to some European location this year. That hasn’t happened in…well, suffice it to say that it hasn’t happened in a long time. We’re keeping it more local this year but I thought now would be a nice time to reminisce about this most majestic of locales. 🙂 Here are shots from a mixture of Rome, Venice, and Naples/Pompeii!
Scouse and Floof waiting for the vaporetto
Our stop this time around
Dinner! Prosecco not pictured!
Sunning on Lido
Mom on the vaporetto
Two of a kind
Curiosity
Stepping on history
Sign above the door says...
Taking the Metro
Wedding Day
Nap time
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