Napo (Ecuador), Musashino Shi (Japan), The Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Zfat (Israel), all of Spain, Sicilia (Italy), Wall Drug (South Dakota)
Places I want to go to:
Brazil, India, Uruguay
About me:
For twelve years I have been leading cultural walking tours to southern Spain (Andalucia), the primary goal being to get back there once a year to drink in the culture, which is seductive, intoxicating, and vibrant. I am a writer and I draw postcards with a sharpie and magic markers. I am also always on the lookout for a standout Spanish basketball player, as I also teach Spanish and coach the varsity basketball team back home in Charm City.
Co-editor of Matador Trips here. As you may know, each Monday we feature one of the community's destination experts on Trips. It includes info from your Matador bio, links to your personal blog(s) and/or other writing, and an invitation for people to contact you with questions about your region of expertise.
Would you be interested in being featured? Let me know.
Though first time travelers to Spain might not get to Extremadura
(which in English means "extreme" and "difficult."), a few
days visit might be worth the trip. A few hours west of Madrid will put you in
the province of Badajoz. This is the part of Spain that borders Portugal, and
depending on the...
I was living in Granada in 1993 and had a dream one afternoon. In the dream I was a backpacker having tripped off the platform into the station. A punker wearing a Ramones tee shirt handed me a hash joint and said, “Puta madre, tío. Granda es la bomba.” I wandered directly to the caves of...
Just returned from spending five weeks in southern Spain, guiding clients to Sevilla, Granada, Córdoba and the Alpujarras (southern ridge of the Sierra Nevada). We sat in Paco and Pepe's bar in Capileira, drinking beer and eating plates of manchego and smoking cigarettes (I don't smoke). The guy at...