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May in Córdoba & the Amazing Cruces of Flowers!
I guess since we’ve visited Spain mostly in late summer, we never learned about May in Córdoba. As we’ve mentioned, the summer months here are really really hot. So we’re guessing that Cordoba loads up on its festivals in May, before the inferno months. Here’s one view of the events: Yes, there is still a…
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No Easter Bunnies, but Holy Cow, What a Holy Week! (aka Semana Santa)
Easter Week has come and gone. But not without a Spanish-style all-hands celebration of a very revered religious event here in Spain. No bunnies, no Peeps, no easter baskets. But a heck of a lot of community partcipation in Holy Week, known in the Hispanic world as Semana Santa. We, los dos, are not religious,…
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Home to Home…
In returning home after losing my mother, I am unhinged and out of focus. It was difficult spending three weeks in mom’s home with her being absent. My original plan for going there in mid-March was to visit her before she went away entirely and to spend time with her. And to give my sister,…
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March in Photos (for Dolores)
Half of March saw half of los dos back in the United States. Donna lost her mother on March 20. Dolores was 96 and witnessed so much of the American experience in the past century: a stock market crash, the Great Depression that followed, World War II, the Baby Boom (3 storks on the side…
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Tengo tu número – 10 Ways to Find Your Way Home
10 casas, 10 numbered doors. Scroll right. See the second gallery for los restos or the leftovers not featured in the 10 Ways photo gallery. Saludos de los dos! Los restos (leftovers)
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24 hours on the Costa del Sol
Who goes to Spain’s Costa del Sol for 24 hours and no more? (Hand raised.) I went to make an overnight trip from Córdoba to… somewhere. Donna is in the U.S. with family and I’ll admit to a tad of boredom, very much missing my partner in adventure, los dos numero uno, Donna. Besides, Spain’s…
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La Costa del Steel – Manholes, Mysteries & Musings
21 manholes curated in 24 hours on the seaside streets of Spain’s Costa del Sol. With my wife back in the U.S. for a bit I drove from our expat home in Córdoba, to the Costa del Steel, in search of some industrial art you can walk on. And photograph. I’ve determined to share two…
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Madinat al Zahra – Take 1
I have to admit that I’m subject to a virtual timer for visiting historical sites. I’m good for about two hours at a site or museum, at which point my brain is overcome with wonder and I can take no more. For big places, say the Louvre or Pompeii, I just have to walk away…
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Themes & variations in 3 movements
After walking and walking in an old, old city, patterns have taken shape. Ghosts of one type or another have coalesced, gathered, and introduced themselves. Here’s three such things which took some time to recognize as thematic. Three discernible patterns that I’ve enjoyed imagining were real, then verified, all the while working through some hypothetical…
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February in Photos
February 2025, Córdoba, España — Somewhere in Córdoba. And then… somewhere else in Córdoba. In February, we didn’t leave Córdoba. We were too consumed with building furniture so we could, you know, furnish an apartment. Priorities are priorities. But I promised you photos. Julio Romero de Torres is a big deal in Córdoba. With good…
Los Dos
Donna & Gary – Aventuras en Spain