The Coast of Misery

It’s actually just called ‘The Basque Coast”, but I like my name for it better. Our hike in Durango hadn’t been super long, just super vertical. When we woke up we felt fine, but later we discovered that our leg muscles were trashed. And of course we had planned a coastal hike right after we […]

Bermeo and Bilbao

Whoops. This post was supposed to come out BEFORE Durango, but oh well! We arrived in Bermeo after our hike, showered, got a pizza and then watched TV until past midnight. We were tired but not too tired to watch a portly man argue and fight with every school cafeteria across Spain demanding more fresh […]

Durango

We’ve known there was a Durango Spain for quite a while, but we never thought we would visit it. It’s pretty far from everything, and it didn’t look like there was that much to really see there. This whole trip was mostly to eat pintxos and to see Dragon Stone. But being this close, of course […]

Bakio and San Juan de Gaztelugatxeko

To celebrate the end of school and our wedding anniversary and just because we can: we flew up to Basque Country for 11 days. After our Ireland trip we learned we hate big cities so we worked for a while to make sure we could see smaller cities and just do things we want to […]

Spain Sunday: Basque Country

We just got back from 11 days in the northernmost part of Spain known as País Vasco (in pink) AKA, Basque country. This is a different place. Like really different (and I’mma bout to tell you why). This is like the Ireland post where we just feel like we should lay out all the facts […]

Capdepera Medieval Festival

A few weeks back we decided to take a bus up to a small town named Capdepera to see their Medieval Festival. I had never been to a Medieval festival so I didn’t know what to expect. Chris had been to the one near Denver, so he was super excited. We knew ahead of time […]

Spain’s Best Music Genres

Whether you are living in or just visiting a foreign country I think that it’s always worth getting to know some of the local music. It’s a great way to immerse yourself, and you will always think of your time abroad when you hear those songs again. I also recommend listening to music whenever you […]

Ireland Trip Part 6: Going Home

The guy who checked us out of our hostal was named a cool Russian guy named Ivan, and he almost made Dublin worth visiting when he dropped this pun on us, “Ivan you to have a nice trip”. Justin’s Inn in Dublin should give Ivan and the HR person who hired Ivan a raise. We […]

Ireland Trip Part 5: A Day Trip

We made all of our travel plans in advance, and we decided that it would be a good idea to take a day trip from Dublin to the opposite side of Ireland to see the cliffs of Moher. Now normally we don’t do day trips. But looking back I am so happy we did. If […]

Ireland Part 5: Dublin

Ah Dublin. The city that inspired James Joyce, and gave the world Guinness and Jameson. A city that has countless legends, and some of the best pub culture in the world. It’s also one of the most visited cities in Europe, either top 5 or top 10, depending on your source. Sounds like a solid […]