Honestly I didn’t know anything about Winchester, I didn’t even know it existed. We were waiting out our two weeks after our covid boosters and looking for a place a bit less expensive than London with access to hiking…
St. John – March 1, 2022 (London, England)
March 21, 2022
At this point in my life, my list of must-visit restaurants is getting very short. When we decided to fly to the UK, there was only one place I wanted to go. I was an early fan of his underground…
Day 880 – El Puerto de Santa María, Spain – The Sherry Triangle (part 3)
March 16, 2022
According to Homer’s Odyssey, after the Trojan War, Menestheus escaped through the Straits of Gibraltar to the mouth of the Guadalete River (modern day El Puerto de Santa María) where he established Menesthei Portus (Menestheus’s port). The port was…
Day 875 – Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain – The Sherry Triangle (part 2)
March 13, 2022
The habitation of the area around the mouth of the Guadalquivir river can be traced back to the semi-mythical city of Tartessos and the lost Tartessians culture which had its own written language, contemporaries of the Phoenicians who later…
Day 871 – Jerez de la Frontera – The Sherry Triangle (part 1)
March 9, 2022
Jerez de la Frontera is a town of just over 200 thousand best known as the production capitol of sherry wines. Here along with the two coastal towns of El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda (until…
Day 869 – Cádiz, Spain – One of the oldest cities in western Europe.
March 4, 2022
Cádiz is a peninsular port city located in the south of Spain and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in western Europe. Founded around 1104 BC by the Phoenicians, this city has a very long history of…
Abantal – February 11, 2022 (Seville, Spain)
February 27, 2022
Abantal was opened by Andalusian chef Julio Fernández Quintero in 2004, and shortly after he won best Andalusian chef in 2005. By 2008 he achieved his first Michelin star which Abantal still retains 14 years later. Abantal is founded…
Day 748 – Santiago de Compostela, Spain – The end of the Camino.
November 6, 2021
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain was believed to house the remains of St. John the apostle and in the 10th century became one of the three great pilgrimage sites of the Catholic church (Rome and Jerusalem…
Day 731 – Porto, Portugal – There’s no place like Porto
October 31, 2021
Porto. I’ve been here before. The once familiar caress of an old lover. The ghostly remembrances of younger explorations. Embarrassingly inexperienced. Ridiculous notions of what to do. Fears. Words left unsaid. A gnawing regret for not doing things right. And…
Antiqvvm – October 13, 2021 (Porto, Portugal)
October 15, 2021
Antiqvvm with its one Michelin star is the creation of Chef Vitor Matos, raised in Portugal and trained in Switzerland. He has received many awards for his cooking but I haven’t been able to find much about him personally…