Lake Bled, Slovenia 2/7-2/9
Just a short bus ride northwest of Ljubljana is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Europe, Lake Bled (pronounced “blade”). Even if you’ve never heard of Bled, you’ve…
Lovely Ljubljana, Slovenia 2/5-2/12
Have you ever even heard of Ljubljana? Or even Slovenia (not to be confused with Slovakia)? How do you pronounce that “L + J” thing? [ We’ve learned that the…
Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) & Barcelona
Antoni Gaudi is the architect most often associated with Catalan Modernism and Barcelona. Much of his work was done in Barcelona, where tributes to him abound. We never thought of…
Overlooking Barcelona from the castle on Montjuic
Beautiful Barcelona
We truly loved our eight days in Barcelona. The beautiful weather continues, much sunnier and warmer than we could normally expect at this time of year. Barcelona is a very…