On our second (and last) day in Madrid we decided to go on a tapas tour. Tapas are tra­di­tion­ally the little snacks you are served when you order a drink.  They are called tapas because back in the day the small plate of snacks would be placed on top of the drink you ordered.  On [...]

Hi all, I figured we owed you all a proper update out­lining our plans for the next little while, aside from the cryptic ref­er­ence to detours and cheap flights in the last post. On April 26 we will be leaving Lanciano, heading north on a train to a town near Milan called Piacenza. Laura’s friend [...]