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Once planning our South American trip, as usual we were looking for information about certain places, but about Ilha Grande we couldn’t find much. And even if we gathered some reviews, they were either not relevant, nor helpful, sometimes even contradictory, and in some cases a bit misleading, too. That even made me think maybe …
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Aka the first impressions of Rio de Janeiro. Sugarloaf mountain - Pão de Açucar 2019 arrived, with the hesitation where to spend our summer vacation. We knew one thing, we wanted to go far, to a different continent, to one or more countries where none of us have been before. We were checking many options, …
“He sido un paria en París México me atormenta, Buenos Aires me mata, Pero siempre hay un tren Que desemboca en Madrid …” from Joaquín Sabina Llegamos dos veces a Buenos Aires, primero desde Puerto Iguazú, aterrizamos por la tarde en Aeroparque Internacional, y después de una corta caminata por Puerto Madero y un buen …
Soy un amante del vino. En realidad, una vez, escribí una novela sobre vinos y, sinceramente, nunca antes había probado un vino de Villány.
La expresión catalana para echar un vermut es Fem un vermut! Así que vamos a echar un vermut en Barcelona Aunque estoy enamorada de esta tradición local de tomar un vaso de vermut antes del almuerzo, desde el primer momento que probé mi primer vermut negro en Barcelona, hace poco que descubrí esta cadena de …
"Fem un vermut" it’s a Catalan expression, meaning: let’s have a vermouth! So let's join in this article to have a vermut in Barcelona! Even though I am in love with this local tradition of having a glass of vermouth before lunch - since the very first moment I tried my first dark vermouth (vermut …
“He sido un paria en París México me atormenta, Buenos Aires me mata, Pero siempre hay un tren Que desemboca en Madrid …” from Joaquín Sabina We arrived twice to Buenos Aires, first from Puerto Iguazú, we landed in the afternoon on Aeroparque Internacional, and after a short walk in Puerto Madero and a nice …
I’m a big fan of cooking and trying new recipes when traveling, and then preparing, recreating them at home. Besides that, I’m even bigger fan of soups, that are based on beans, lentils or like in case of this recipe, chickpeas. This chickpea soup is one of those. Since I’m living in Barcelona, I already …
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Tossa de Mar is definitely calmer on a sunny winter day .vs during the summer, and even if it’s December, the temperature is around 20 degrees, full of sunshine, the key bars are open, and if you are brave enough, you can seriously consider having a bath in the Mediterranean Sea!! ☀️ Tossa de Mar …
How to spend your last days in a country that you’re about to leave for good? I was writing down my thoughts 7 months ago... when I actually moved out from Warsaw and change my address for sunny Barcelona. It might be (or not) useful for someone who is going through the same one day. …
