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•  Pincho of the Week: Carrilleras de Cerdo
  Last Friday was a bright and sunny day here in Logroño, so my friend C and I decided to break with tradition and go out for pinchos for lunch instead of dinner. After grabbing some of our go-to pinchos, we decided to try something new. We walked a away from Laurel to the end of the street next to my...
  Tue, 22 May 2012 11:53:00
•  Saqqara, step pyramids and that one time I got put on a donkey
  This is what it should have looked like Source After spending a long hot morning riding camels in the sun around the pyramids in Giza, we decided to check out some of the lesser known tourist sites outside Cairo, including Saqqara. For around 25 euros a day, we hired a private taxi driver in C...
  Sun, 20 May 2012 20:07:00
•  Photo Friday: Innsbruck, Austria
  In January 2008 in the middle of my whirlwind Euro packing trip, I crossed over the Italian Alps into Austria for the first time. For not being a skier, I am utterly obsessed with big mountains, which means every time I am remotely close to the Alps, I head up them, whether by walking, driving, clim...
  Fri, 18 May 2012 09:37:00
•  Ups and Downs
  The past month and a half has been so crazy! My life here in Logroño is finally getting back to normal, only to be thrown all back up in the air in the next few weeks. So where do I even begin? One of my best friends from college, M, flew out from California to visit for a month, so between showing ...
  Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:00
•  Pincho of the Week: Solomillo a la brasa
  I always pass by a fancy, modern looking bar on Laurel called D.O. Laurel. Being smack in the middle of wine country, I wasn't surprised to find out that the bar was named after the Spanish D.O. meaning Denominación de Origen (Designation of Origen), which is used to classify Spanish wines. You won'...
  Sun, 13 May 2012 20:06:00