A Step Closer to the Camino de Santiago

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Last August, I wrote about how I missed a talk by Australian professor and Camino guide Marc Grossman, lamenting how frustrated I was that I missed it and how going to this pilgrimage is really a  lifelong dream of mine. So imagine my delight when four months later, on Christmas Eve last year, Marc left a ...

Delectable Tapas, Scary Mimes, Biting Cold and Borrowed Boots (or Top 5 Things to Do in Barcelona) Part 1

and so with these boots, I conquered the streets of Barcelona.

The Boots "Oh no, you're not!" Left Foot screams as I look at the pair of boots with disdain apprehension. "You are definitely not going to wear that," agrees Right Foot. But what can I do?  I arrived in Barcelona totally unprepared for the cold. The weather guides all over cyberspace agreed that it wasn't going ...

Solo in Europe: Barcelona Here I come!

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ABOUT THE SOLO IN EUROPE SERIES A year ago, I grabbed the opportunity to travel to Europe on my own. It was a trip that took several months to daydream about but only one month to prepare for.  I will be posting an account of the trip, albeit a little late, over the next couple ...