A short trip from Barcelona, Vall de Nuria is a picturesque destination for hiking in warmer weather, and for skiing during the colder winter months. Sweeping panaromas of dramatic mountain ranges, and a veritable petting zoo await visitors here, but […]
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Monday Meal Ideas – Poor Man’s Potatoes – A Lighter Spin on a Spanish Classic
Poor man’s potatoes, or patatas a lo pobre, are a Spanish classic. Traditionally, this dish comprised of potatoes, green peppers, and onions is fried in bubbling olive oil, but at my house, I like to prepare it in the oven. […]
Friday Photo Essay – The John Lennon Wall, Prague, Czech Republic
The Lennon Wall in Prague is one my favorite examples of outdoor art in Europe, and definitely figures among the best example of graffiti art that I’ve seen on my travels. Somehow, despite the randomness of who participates and what […]
Tuesday Travel Tips – Souvenir Shopping
If you plan to travel far and wide, or even closer to home with any frequency, you will soon realize that you don’t have the time, space or patience for typical travel trinkets and after a while most […]
Monday Meal Ideas: Greek-American inspired Veggie Wraps
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved Greek food. My family isn’t Greek, but growing up my parents had close friends that were, and owned a restaurant. Ria and Chris, who although they have since passed the reins […]
Friday Photo Essay – Gardening near Tarragona (Spain)
So I’m trying out this new organization thing on the blog, where I will feature certain types of articles (apart from narrative travel writing) on certain days of the week. So far what I’ve decided on are Tuesday Travel Tips and […]
Tuesday Travel Tips – Grocery Shopping for Savings and Knowledge
Tuesdays are kind of a blah day, don’t you agree? To liven them up a little, and share some useful advice with my readers, I’ve decided that Tuesdays will be Travel Tips Day here at Midwesterner Abroad. I’ll start out […]
The Cat-Snatch Caper and Cervantes Park
Cervantes Park is an oasis of lush greenery and calm perched alongside the constant rush of traffic and noise that is Barcelona’s Avinguda Diagonal. Home to Barcelona’s annual International Rose Competition, it easily makes most locals’ (and my) top ten […]
The Baby Question
Babies. They are alternately adorable and disgusting, like all human beings. They’re far from perfect, angelic bundles-of-only-joy, and though I hate to have be the one to say this, the misshapen heads, and red, wrinkled faces of newborns pushed out […]
Sick and Alone in a Foreign Land
Something travel writers and other travel aficionados don’t seem to want to discuss or even think about is being seriously ill in a new place, sometimes a place where you don’t have any family or many dependable friends. Yes, we’ve […]