Articles by hiba
montserrat, spain
Posted June 20, 2006 at 03:07 AM
Just an hour and a half outside of Barcelona, the views from Montserrat are simply breathtaking. The cathedral in Montserrat is world-renowned and has been a destination for religious pilgrimage since the 800s. If you get there by 1, you can usually catch a performance by the boys chorus, which is said to be the best in all of Europe. A [...]
sevilla, spain
Posted June 19, 2006 at 06:58 AM
I visited Sevilla during Semana Santa, which is the holy week before Easter. Personally, I think that Sevilla felt the most Spanish, culturally-speaking, compared to Barcelona and Madrid. There was so much involvement with the whole Semana Santa thing. There was parading through the streets all day long, with people carrying big crosses and all [...]
