Artful blending of the Old World with the new
Europe has long been called “the Old World”. Seeing some of the beautiful centuries-old architecture, it’s obvious why. At the same time, people actually live here and
Author: Jeffrey Kontur
The Professionalization of Graffiti
Like most major cities, Barcelona has its fair share of graffiti. Unlike most, I have found something strange here.
This place looks like Christmas THREW UP!!!
Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect who lived from the late 1800s until the early 1900s. One of his most famous works is a giant cathedral that is the single most-visited site in all of Spain
Visiting the Arc de Triumph…. in Spain!
On my first full day in Barcelona, the family I was staying with told me of some tourist sites I ought to visit. One of those was the Arc de Triumph (Arco de Troimfo, in Spanish). Wait… isn’t that in Paris?!
First impressions of Spain
My journey from Quito, Ecuador to Barcelona, Spain was quite a story. It all started with going to the bus terminal in Quito to buy my ticket to Guayaquil. In English, the words “thirteen” and “thirty” sound vaguely similar. In Spanish, they are even more so. (Trese “tray-say” and Trente...
🎼 Say Goodbye to Ecuador 🎶 (apologies to Billy Joel) 🎵
On my very last night in Quito, all my new friends at the hostel where I’d been staying for more than two weeks threw me a going away dinner. The next day
Wandering around In the Land of Cumbaya
There is a suburb of Quito, Ecuador called Cumbaya. (Pronounced exactly like the campfire song.) If you had found out about this, and it was only
Sidewalk Condom Vending Machine
Wandering the very tiny town of Ruffec, France, I spotted this condom vending machine on the sidewalk outside a pharmacy. Europeans are far more progressive about certain topics than Americans.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Ecuador is the Spanish word meaning “equator”. As a way of differentiating the country from the actual equator, Ecuadorans refer to the equator as
