by leandra | Jun 16, 2022 | International Travel, street art, Travel
Before we left on this trip, I researched a bunch of street art places and muralists that I wanted to see. As with most street art, a lot were still visible while others had been painted over or tagged. The street art in Valencia varied greatly in size, scope and...
by leandra | Jun 11, 2022 | Art, International Travel, Travel
To be honest, I feel like we struck out a bit with the ‘formal’ art institutions in Valencia. The street art was a lot more interesting to us than the two museums we tried. That said, both art museums were free to visit while we were in town, so no...
by leandra | Jun 3, 2022 | Garden, International Travel, Travel
Jardí Botànic – This small university-affiliated garden has a reasonable admission fee of 3€ and surprised us with its number of specimens and blessedly shady interior. Palm trees, massive oaks, lots of flowers, a koi pond, several specialty greenhouses and an...
by leandra | Mar 7, 2022 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
After returning from our afternoon in St. Pete – my Dad informed me they had purchased 2 dozen oysters from Detwiler’s! I had him pour me a glass of champagne and got started shucking. We ate them in two stages as it still takes me a minute or two per...
by leandra | Oct 25, 2021 | Travel, USA Travel
It’s hard to visit Vermont or New Hampshire without seeing the scenic covered bridges, and each has a different story and setting. Some you can drive across, others are pedestrian only and some are view only (on private land). We stopped to photograph five on...