Wandering Footsteps: Wandering the World One Step at a Time » A travel journal following a family on their overland trip around the world.

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  • Welcome to Wandering Footsteps, the travel journal of a nomadic family on an overland trip around the world. With thirty years of travel experience, a round-the-world trip already under our belt, a newly-converted bus, and a new baby in tow, this journey is bound to be interesting! Join us in our global wanderings - we've saved an extra seat just for you!

    - Brittany, Bruno, and Phoenix

I think I’ve finally realized that Bruno and I are unreliable plan-makers. Actually, let me rephrase that: You can absolutely depend upon us to make – and then change – our plans. Here’s the story of why we could be spotted last month speeding up the Mediterranean Coast of Spain instead of sipping sangria and chillin’ on the beach.

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  • Angie - Well, it would surely have brought a tear to my eye, did I not know that you already have a new and exciting plan in store.xxReplyCancel

    • Brittany - And you of all people can understand what it feels like to say goodbye to a vehicle that has been so much more than a home… NOT EASY!!! But onwards and upwards, as they say! 🙂ReplyCancel

Tapas, paella, tortilla… these were the notions I had of Spanish food upon entering the country last October. After two visits that totaled three months, it’s pretty well still these three food items I know upon. Read on to discover why I had so much trouble deepening my grasp of Spain’s gastronomic story.

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  • Rcs - I always seem to read your blogs about cuisine offerings before a meal and I need to stop at the halfway point to go to the fridge…and get a ham sandwich…lol.
    The veggie paella looked yummy…ReplyCancel

    • Brittany - LOL!! You’d fit in great in Spain!

      Regarding the paella, I’ll cook it for you this summer if you want!ReplyCancel

  • Angie - As ever, a fabulous read and I so know what you mean about trying to find veggie tapas/pintos. I did find some in Bilbao, tiny rolls, goats cheese/walnut were a favourite. A little place near Jas & Javi does amazing garlicky mushrooms. Of course we eat fish so that helps but one plate of pre selected arrived and I bit into what I thought was egg white…..but horror….I think it was tripe! Ugh
    XxxReplyCancel

    • Brittany - Haha, I can totally relate to the trip experience! Being veggie definitely adds a challenge to discovering cuisines in various countries, but I’d posit that the rewards, when found, are greater.

      When you coming to visit??? 🙂ReplyCancel

Every once in a while, without even knowing it, you turn up in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. This post, about Spain’s Holy Week and its religious processions, is the story of one of those times.

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  • Rcs - Must have missed this entry when originally posted…glad that I was able to find it. Very interesting custom and differences between the various processions. I agree the pointed hats with small openings for the eyes was quite kkk-like and eerily bizarre.
    A good read.ReplyCancel

    • Brittany - It was a fascinating day. These are the moments of travel that keep me going!ReplyCancel

Our time in Spain’s infamous region of Andalucía may not have included bullfighting in Seville, the mighty Alhambra in Granada, or sunbathing along the Costa del Sol (though it did involve witnessing a flamenco performance, visiting the Picasso Museum, and wandering around a few pueblos blancos), but it was an apt and honest portrait of the great, average, and less-than-amazing moments that traveling full-time around the world involves.

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  • Beth Sears - You described enough beautiful scenery and interesting highlights to still make me want to visit Andalucia. Expectations and perpective can make the difference.ReplyCancel

    • Brittany - You’re right, and I do think you would love the region!ReplyCancel