I just came back from my second visit to the British Museum and I still cannot say that I have seen 50% of the museum precious collection. For annoying, slow paced museum visitors like me, there is no possibility of spending a whole day at the museum and see/enjoy every single object. First, after a […]

Last night was an interesting one. We went to eat at a London tapas restaurant called “La Tasca”. You can find two or three franchises in the city and get your little fix of Spanish paella, wine or croquetas. We started talking to the waiter and he mentioned that he is from Santander, the north […]

“Great Art for Free” says the sign outside the Tate Modern in London… Believe it or not it is the same free status with the Tate Britain on the other side of the Thames River and at the British Museum. These galleries encourage you to donate 4 or 5 pounds but if you decide that […]

Another six days and we will be out of Toronto again, this time we are crossing the Atlantic to go to England for a couple of weeks (London and Bristol) and then SPAIN FOR TWO MONTHS! This is a set plan that has been a part of our dream for a while now. We have […]

I have not had much time in the past few days to write about out Seattle trip. We came back yesterday after an amazing stay, even though the temperatures were low and the days were gray. The weather was still nicer than in Toronto at this time of the year so we were happily going […]

We took a 6 am Bart train this morning to get to the San Francisco airport. We are spending the next five days in Seattle!. Taking off from sunny SF flying over the clouds and then landing in cloudy and colder Seattle made me think of Toronto and my love hate relationship with Canada. The […]

The visit to San Diego was only 24 hours. We got into the city ten minutes before the sunset and without drooping our packs off at the AirB&B room we went straight Ocean Beach (O.B). We watched an absolutely gorgeous sun setting, the beach was almost empty, perhaps due to the slighty lower temperature but […]

On our fast road trip to Los Angeles and San Diego we have been pretty relaxed and amused, discovering and comparing different things among SF, LA and SD. The only inconvenient for this Cuban who writes has been the gray days. No sun in LA or SD welcomed us so it has been a sunscreen […]

We are on the road again. Isn’t that the best feeling ever? This is day 1 of a slow road driving to Los Angeles and San Diego for 5 days. I am the person with the map realizing that if I like the road this much I should get that damn license and give my […]

The more I see of California the more I agree with its nickname. We are almost back from our camping trip. I say almost because now we are at a Cafe in Carmel-by-the-Sea. We’ll be back in San Fran tonight. The camping trip has been unpredictable, eventful and unfortunately a bit physically painful. Further details […]

Second Burning Man and back! I still believe that this festival is something out of this world. The Playa and the whole city seemed so familiar after a year that it almost felt that we never left. It was weird not to see the same faces, the camps not set up the same way or […]

I am officially jobless and homeless. Last night we finally finished packing and said goodbye to our first apartment in Toronto. With all these mixed emotions I didn’t have too much time to think so I am still in the process of getting used to the changes. The only thing I can say is that […]