Category: – TRAVEL DIARY

Compared to the previous cities – Granada and Madrid, Murcia is much smaller and definitely less touristy. Google says the most popular attraction is the Murcia Cathedral, but I cannot care less about cathedrals these days – there always have been and there always will be cathedrals. So I came to the Old Bridge of the city, constructed in the mid 18th century, and I watched the locals jogging around it Less touristy cities usually lack ‘things to see’, which people find beautiful or interesting. Maybe...

After a long and sweet break in Barcelona, I hit the road again. The first destination of my Iberian adventure was Zaragoza. To be exact, it was a very small town in the North of Zaragoza, Leciñena, with about one thousand habitants. In part, I was drawn to the unique hostel there. It was inside the 800-year-old sanctuary on the top of a hill. Being so old, the place has a long and complicated history. To the extent that I understood, the place was initially involved...

Playa de Torviscas, South Tenerife   Teide National Park, Central Tenerife San Cristobal de La Laguna, North Tenerife   Three colors of Tenerife Canary islands is a Spanish archipelago, which is actually closer to West Sahara than continental Spain. Among other things, my general fondness for warm islands and the low-fare airline ticket helped me make the impulsive decision to visit there. In fact, the history of Korean immigration from the 1960s to 80s to La Palma, one of the seven main islands, had also intrigued me for...