One of the main features of Almuñécar, Spain is Castillo de San Miguel or, in English, San Miguel Castle. The fortifications were originally built in the 1st century B.C. by the Phoenicians and Romans. The Moors however, developed it into a massive fortress with 40 towers. In 1489, Christians took…
Last Friday we got to attend our first real fiesta in Spain. It was celebrating Día de Andalucía, which celebrates the day Andalucía voted to become an autonomous community of Spain. I’d figured that was a long time ago, but in fact it took place in 1980. Overall, it pretty much…
One of the highlights of our trip to Barcelona was visiting La Sagrada Familia. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is a large Catholic church designed by Antoni Gaudí. It was less than 1/4 complete at the time of his death in 1926 and currently its about 1/2…
We just finished spending 3 days in Barcelona and loved it! After taking an early-Saturday flight in from Malaga, we wandered up La Rambla (a big pedestrian/shopping street), then went to the FC Barcelona football game that night. Sunday was pretty chill, as we went up to Guell Park, then…