Semana Santa, or Holy Week, the most sacred week for Christians around the world leading to Easter, is fast approaching, falling between April 2 and April 8, 2023. Semana Santa in Spain is a special time, with celebrations and festivities just about every where you turn. When I found a fantastically priced trip to Spain…
Month: March 2023
In Which I Knit All The Socks
I have been having a lot of fun knitting recently, as you know, but one thing I’ve been having particular fun with is knitting socks. I first ventured, intrepidly, into sock making in December 2020 to make my mother a pair for Christmas. Up until this point I had only made pretty simple things, like…
Tales of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain
I was fortunate to have my family come and visit me for Semana Santa (Holy Week, Easter) when I lived in Madrid from 2011 to 2012. We spent a packed week touring around southern Spain and one of the first places we hit was Granada. I had been wanting to see El Alhambra since moving…