by Whitney Anderson | Nov 15, 2012 | Europe, Spain, Spain & Morocco Trip, Travel
We stopped by Córdoba on our last day in Spain on our way back to Madrid. It was 108 degrees that day and humid. I thought I was going to pass out. Mezquita The main reason we came, of course, was to visit the Mezquita, which means mosque in Spanish. It’s also...
by Whitney Anderson | Nov 14, 2012 | Europe, Spain, Spain & Morocco Trip
On our way from Ronda to Granada, we stopped off on the coast. We went to a beach near Marbella called Estepona. We were planning to go to a beach club called Puro Beach, but once we got there we just couldn’t justify the costs since there was another...
by Whitney Anderson | Oct 31, 2012 | Virginia
This weekend, my parents invited us to go with them to Paint Bank, Virginia. It’s a small town in the mountains that has been historically preserved. It truly is like stepping back in time. There’s a general store, a gas station, a restaurant, an inn...
by Whitney Anderson | Oct 28, 2012 | Virginia
Last weekend, we went to the Peaks of Otter right at peak season for the leaves changing colors. Southwest Virginia is so beautiful and never more so, in my opinion, than the fall. We actually took the bus up the mountain, which takes you close to the peak of Sharp...
by Whitney Anderson | Oct 24, 2012 | Europe, Spain, Spain & Morocco Trip, Travel
We loved Granada. It had more of a relaxed, gypsy-ish vibe to it than some of the other Spanish cities we visited. The old town area, called the Albayzin is heavily influenced by North Africa and many of it’s mudejar roots are evident in the shops, tea houses,...
