Search Results for: morocco There may be advantages to living in one place for an extended period of time, but there are also challenges. After living in a house in France for nine weeks, the novelty of living a normal life in a normal house was wearing off and I was able to analyze the non-nomadic lifestyle without my rose-tinted glasses on.  “Just don’t make me get my truck driver’s license,” said Bruno every time we daydreamed about our future Totoyata-replacing overland vehicle. If I’d known exactly what the process of getting that infernal truck driver’s license actually involved in France, I’d have listened to him.  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.  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.  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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