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Adventures of a Pinay Neska
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travel,food,sights,culture and a little shopping
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Oh, hello there!

It´s been a while since I´ve gone AWOL. Yup, that´s a total of 6 months. Ngeeh! Don´t worry, your travel girl´s still alive and never stopped kicking. Even if you can´t see me here, I´m on the ot...

05 mar 12

Up on the Hills

Howdy? Just checking in and saying hello to all! Photos taken in early spring ( what the… and summer´s about to end?!) at La Rioja-Alavesa region very near here. We´re just neighbors, ya know....

01 sep 11

Hello Again, Still Here

Hello, again! Yup, it´s been a long time. But I´m still here, alive and kicking. So many stories to tell, photos to show but less memory to upload. hahaha! Anyway, here´s what I´ve done while I was g...

30 jun 11

Aquarium with a Cause

Click to view slideshow. When you visit Lisbon, don´t forget to visit the Lisbon Oceanarium. I assure you, you´ll be having the time of your life when you´re there and be more conscious of the enviro...

07 mar 11

Lisbon Summer

Ayayay! It´s so cold and gloomy in here. What better way to forget about the cold than imagine a sunshiny day and yes, summer! Have I told you that I spent a few of my summer days in Lisbon last yea...

30 jan 11

My Trapa Experience

Hello, there! Our first trip of the year was buying chocolates somewhere in Palencia, Spain. As a side trip, we stopped by the Monastery of San Isidro which is on the other side of the choco factory ...

20 jan 11

Eleven Days Ago…

We celebrated the Feast of the 3-Kings here. The fiesta started with a grand parade on January 5 and ended with gift giving on January 6: It´s a hundred year old tradition here in Spain. The feast is...

17 jan 11

The Belated New Year Post

Fine, so I made a late head start again. So let me make up for it by posting something delicious from NY´s Eve. New Year for me is all about good luck and a little tradition that is… I make it...

11 jan 11

Just Before 2010 Ends

Allow me to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is a special Christmas for me because it snowed in here and so we had a white Christmas. Woohoo! The photo below was taken a week bef...

29 dec 10

Just Before Autumn Ends

Technically, autumn ends in this part of the word on December 20. So just before it ends, I´m showing you some beautiful tree and vegetation photos of my favorite season of the year. I took these whe...

18 dec 10

Summer in Bilbao

The first thing that you´ll imagine when hearing the word Bilbao is the Guggenheim Museum. But there´s a lot more to see and admire in Bilbao. Like this park… and… the magnificent view fr...

09 dec 10

Madrid Autumn

Howdy? Yep, I´m still alive and very much kicking. I know, I owe you a lot of posts. Summer´s gone and autumn´s almost gone and not one single post from… well, let´s see… forever? Anywa...

02 dec 10

Bullfights

Helloooo! So I was gone again for quite a long, long time. hahaha! So the bullfighting season here in Spain has finally ended this year, let me show you some pics. No fiesta in Spain is ever complet...

17 oct 10

Sweet Tea and Cookies

I´ve totally forgotten that Arabic tea is soooo sweet, I´m used to drinking unsweteened tea. Good thing some of the cookies are bland but nutty and delicious just the same. The sweet ones weren´t ...

08 sep 10

Craving for Mariscos

Aha! So I´m up to date this month. I hope that my blogging groove is finally back in WP. On the way back from Oviedo, we passed by the Cantabric region and rested our tired bums (from all that sitt...

04 sep 10

Oviedo

Halooo! So I´m back! From León we passed by these spectacular mountain ranges and stopped at Oviedo, the capital city of the Asturias region. Pablo Picasso ( painted in 1969) painting by Salvador D...

02 sep 10

Leóns Churches

Helooo! My first post for the month ( better late than never, hehe!) about my travel in León, one of the provinces of the Castille and Leon region in Spain. La Catedral de Sta. Maria of León, famous...

22 aug 10

Bordeaux

OMG! Has it been really month since Ive posted something here? How remiss of me! Anyway, early this month EM and I went on a day trip to celebrate the biennial Fête le Vin in Bordeaux, France. We ta...

28 jul 10

Valvanera

I know, I know. Ive been neglecting this blog for so long. Now that its summer, Ill try to update this blog as much as possible. Last weekend (Saturday), EM invited to lunch at the Monastery of Valva...

21 jun 10

Visiting the Seals

(from l-r: seafood salad, roasted lamb, pan seared hake in alli-oli, pistachio and lemon & merengue ice-cream) ( Mango top, U2 slacks, H&M bag, Blanco bangle set) About 3 weeks ago we went ba...

03 jun 10

Our Third Year

We celebrated our 3rd anniverasy last night. I prepared seafood salad, homemade cheese puffs which I drooled over at Graces blog ( I call her G by the way ), a few glasses of sparkling cider wine (4...

27 may 10

Mountain Shrine

A week ago we visited Urkiola, a mountain shrine in the province of Biscay in the Spanish Basque Country. Everything was so alive, so green and so beautiful. At the back of the church I can hear the ...

24 may 10

Parisian Gothic

Construction of the Notre Dame ( meaning Our Lady) de Paris started in 1163 by the Bishop Maurice of Sully during the reign of Louis VII. According to legend, Sully had a vision of a glorious new ca...

08 may 10

Mexican in Paris

EM and I had a deal to eat at least one french meal in Paris. The french meal went Mexican Fiesta Platter on the first day in Paris because we were so hungry and it was the first restaurant( not t...

29 apr 10

Burgos

Hi, everyone! Still remember me? Why dont we leave Paris for a while and return back to Spain? About 2 weeks ago, EM and I revisited Burgos. One of the provinces of Castile & Leon. The capital ci...

26 apr 10

Lets Paint!

How I wish I can! I cant even draw a straight line even if I use a ruler. Bwahaha! So Im showing you some classic paintings from the Louvre. This is a painting of 2 sisters that I saw in one of the...

21 apr 10

Le Chapelle ( Parisian Trip 2)

Hola! Sorry for neglecting this blog lately, I´ve been busy these past few days. So many pictures to post, so little time to choose. hehe! From the outside, this gothic style building looks so old, p...

14 apr 10

Parisian Trip (Part 1)

Hello, lovelies! Last weekend, EM brought me to Paris as a belated birthday present. Yep, I just turned a year older last March without the fanfare. It seems strange but as I grow older, it seems lik...

09 apr 10

Holy Week

at Montserrat, Catalunya ( April 2009) LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH Let there be peace on earth And let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth The peace that was meant to be. With God as our fa...

02 apr 10

Picnic on the Cliffs

Hi, everyone! How did your weekend go? So as I was telling you in my last post, we stopped by Deba and had a picnic there. A picnic is not complete without food. So I made this: bokata/bocadillo de a...

28 mar 10

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