The Real Alcazar: Seville’s Highlight Attraction
Seville’s Highlight: The Real Alcazar The Real Alcazar is Seville’s highlight attraction as well as one of the top three Moorish sites in Spain (I’ll cover the other two at the bottom of this post). …
The Incredible Stained Glass of León Cathedral (Spain)
The Incredible Stained Glass of León Cathedral (Spain) León Cathedral (officially Santa María de León Cathedral) is considered one of the Top 10 Cathedrals in Spain. It’s a French-inspired Gothic …
Why Valencia is the perfect base in Spain
Why Valencia is the perfect base in Spain A few years ago when we were looking for a base in Spain, one of our readers (Glenn, who I had previously met in Mexico) wrote us an impassioned email about …
A Guide to Novi Sad – and why we really like Serbia
A Guide to Novi Sad We’ve mentioned before that we like the gritty charm of Belgrade (a city we’ve been to twice now). But just a bit north of Belgrade is a city that was chosen as European Capital of …
Andalusia’s underrated city: Jaén
Andalusia’s underrated city: Jaen We’ve been to Jaén a few times now. It makes for a good starting point for some of beautiful towns and cities in Jaén province: places like Úbeda, Baeza and Cazorla. …
For those considering the city of Alicante as a place to live in Spain…
Alicante as a place to live in Spain When we had researched different places to live in Spain, Alicante had been pretty high on our list. In theory it looked good: it has a busy international airport …
27 Pictures that will inspire you to visit Belgrade, Serbia
27 Pictures that will inspire you to visit Belgrade Belgrade is a place we enjoy more with every visit. I’ve previously written about our impressions of Belgrade (one of the most commented posts on …
Granada (Spain) as an expat – could we live here?
Granada (Spain) as an expat – could we live here? When I wrote about places where we could potentially live in Spain Granada was pretty high on the list. In theory, it checked off many of the …
The 10 Most Beautiful Metro Stations in Kyiv, Ukraine
The 10 Most Beautiful Metro Stations in Kyiv (Kiev) Among the most interesting of Kyiv’s Soviet-era architecture is its metro system. While each of Kyiv’s metro stations are different and interesting, …