This is a review I originally wrote for my Bollywood blog, The Bombay Talkies. It's a beautiful film set in Spain, a country which has become like home to me, and I'm sharing it here in hopes of introducing you both to a country I love and to a genre of film which I adore. Enjoy! * * ...
No matter how many adventures I have I'll always be playing catch up to my mother. I found these photos last summer and am so envious of my mother's semi-European upbringing. And her clothes--look at all that 1960s goodness! :-) Mont Saint-Michel, France (1968) So fashionable! Reading 'Black Beauty' in French Classe de neige, Bernex, Haute-Savoie, France (1969) Mom and uncle Robert in...
A few months back my good friend (and favorite Canadian) Ghezal interviewed me for her site's "Traveller Takeover" feature. It was a great opportunity to reminisce about my time in Spain and was a catalyst for my decision to return to Madrid this fall. "Throughout my travels, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet some fellow like-minded travellers with interesting stories of their own....
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. -John Masefield Before moving to Spain I'd never cared much for...
