Wanderlusting - Europe

White Secret

Brook — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:44:29 +0000

A commercial for a skin-whitening lotion called White Secret has inspired some musings about race and skin color in Mexico. A few thoughts.

Great city tour of London

Nikki — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:00:57 +0000

The best tours are the ones done by guides who work for tips. That was the theory of my New London Tours guide, and it certainly was true. Offered daily at 10am, the tour was one of the best tours I've ever been on. My particular 3-hour tour covered all of the basics in old London including: Saint Paul's Cathedral, London Bridge, Shakespeare's Globe theater, Covent Gardens, Church of the Knights Templar, Trafalgar Square, and Westminster Abbey.

sunset on playa chiquito in san sebastian

greg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:21:38 +0000

A bottle of sidra, some cheese and crackers, your wife, what more could you ask for?

vineyards of alicante spain

greg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:21:04 +0000

Some grape farms near alicante.

gutter at the alhambra

greg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:20:35 +0000

This is the gutter on the side of the road in the Alhambra. This particular section was next to the bath house.

nikki's new career in teaching languages

greg — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:08:14 +0000

When we landed in London Nikki had to declare her profession. That seemed like as good a time as any to clarify: Language Instructor.

Please, play bocce with your dog when at Park Gruell

greg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:12:00 +0000

In Gaudi's Park Gruell they have this sign. I understand that one image can explain the idea in multiple languages, but I just can't get over some details of this photo:

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The man has no bag, so he's just going to pick up the scat with his hand.

For that matter, the man has no fingers or hand, so he's going to pick up the scat with his stump.

Maybe it's not scat after all, maybe it's his bocce ball set and the sign is saying that if you bring your dog, then you should please play bocce.

city wall and university in Girona Spain

greg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:05:08 +0000

Quite nice wall around the city which is now open to tourists to walk on (for free).

old toilet in castle wall - girona spain

greg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:03:24 +0000

This is the "toilet" in the castle wall in Girona which I'm sure made sense a thousand years ago. It was built into one of the towers on the wall and just drops out of the wall into the area that is now a park. Someone had used it recently. Yikes.

stop in girona - catalan? castillan?

greg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:00:48 +0000

Oddly enough, in Girona, a town of serious Catalan pride they have their stop sign in English.

I'm sure that pisses them off something fierce.