Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona and on the top sits a monastery called Santa Maria de Montserrat. From Barcelona it is a train ride and then a cable car ride up the mountain at 4,000 ft above sea level. The mountain’s name translates to jagged rock. The monastery is also home to the world’s [...]

Tapas haven’t been the same since Granada, meaning that they are no longer free with your drink order. However there is an upside to all this. The tapas restaurants have better quality dishes than the free ones, makes sense right? Mark takes Nang and me out to a fancier tapas bar which despite being expensive, [...]

There are many things to do and see in Barcelona. In the morning Mark, who is skipping school, Nang and I head over to the open market near the ramblas. Here the market is packed with shoppers and tourists. The highlight of coming to the market is not the cheap fruits and vegetables, but the [...]

The second day I wake up to the chatting noises of my roommates. I quickly realize that it is check out time and hastily pack up my bag and grab my sheets to turn in at reception. In the all the commotion I accidentally turn in my white dress shirt with my white sheets, oops. [...]

In the morning I take the first train out of Seville heading towards Barcelona. Tino is heading towards Madrid so we go our separate ways. I was able to get a descent breakfast on the food cart. As the sun rises, it brightens up the entire food cart and makes it look ultra modern. From [...]

Seville is the sister city Kansas City and from what my friends have told me it has some of the same architecture of the Plaza area. Since Seville is near Cadiz it made a perfect stop on my way towards Barcelona. The weather is hot and muggy in Seville and we arrive in the mid [...]

Cadiz and San Sebastian were both described to me as really good beach towns and vacation destinations for the local Spaniards. Since I had already missed my opportunity to go to San Sebastian when I was up by Pamplona, I opt for the southern coast of Spain, Cadiz. Lauren from Croatia had described it as [...]

We spend most of the time just relaxing in Granada. During the day the weather is too hot to do too much so we are either inside the hostel hanging out in the upstairs terrace area or drinking and eating tapas in the tapas bars found throughout Granada. One awesome thing about the funky backpacker’s [...]