“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. …

  I was zipping along on my electric bike in the countryside of Catalonia Spain between Peratallada and Pals.  I was way ahead of the rest of the group.  The …

By Cacinda Maloney Travel is one of the greatest human freedoms and all of us are free to travel. Where is it that you dream to go?  for me it …

Cistern Istanbul Cistern Istanbul is an extraordinary subterranean structure, built by Justinian in 532 AD. It is the largest surviving Byzantine cistern in İstanbul City. Apparently, there are several cisterns …

Edvard Munch is Norway’s most beloved artist. He is most famous for four versions of a composition created as both painting and pastel called The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik). He created these …

Post #1:  Getting Started for Beginners 101 (Part 1). Post #2:  Getting Started for Beginners 101 (Part 2),  Post #3: Getting Started for Beginners 101 (Part 3), Now Post #4 …

  Honestly, I hate to admit it, but I didn’t even know what a Bedouin was before I went to Jordan. I guess I have spent entirely too much time …

OK, I will admit it, I was pretty crazed about the latest and greatest things I could get my hands on.  There was a time when I went crazy furnishing …

Tour of La Boqueria Barcelona: Sweet and Salty The tour I took in Barcelona was called:  Farm to Fork, La Boqueria Barcelona, and Beyond. It began at the intersection of …

By Cacinda Maloney If you are following along in my series on Costa Brava, Spain: Post #1: Costa Brava, Spain’s Northeast Coast: Getting There Post #2:  Diamonds are a girl’s …

By Cacinda Maloney This post is more of a  “how to” versus a romanticized gallivant through Spain!  I will be making a series of posts detailing the places to go …

If you have never heard of Antoni Gaudi, you will know who he is when you visit Barcelona, Spain.  Antoni Gaudi is Barcelona’s inspiration, Barcelona’s identity, and their love. He …