classic

Diego has been having a Clint Eastwood marathon...and I've been noticing just how classy (hello guapo) Clint really is. I want the whole look from For a Few More Dollars.

ps...these Hollywood westerns were filmed in Almeria, in southern Spain.

Botafumeiro

Xacobeo in Santiago brings many tourists with sore legs and walking sticks, the king and queen of Spain and the Botafumeiro-a giant incense burner that swings back and forth in the cathedral naves. It was once used to fumigate smell of the faithful, but today is more a tourist attraction that anything else. Mom and I went to see it last week-impressive. Check out our video below.

Alpargatas

Sooo...my favorite shoes have quite the history. As soon as Diego saw my shoes he told me it looked like I'd been in Zaragoza. Turns out the black and white shoes are typical from the city Zaragoza (not to be confused with Zara..hahaha). See how cute in the vintage drawings?

I bought them while mom and I were escaping the heat from a lady who makes them in her little workshop.

And the hat was also a heat based purchase from a little hat shop in the arches of Plaza Mayor. A good 5 euro purchase!

Bridges and castles

I've been lucky to be in Toledo twice this year. Once in Semana Santa with my man, and again yesterday with my mama. This time mom and I saw El Greco and wondered at white arches in a very very old synagogue and ate horchata popcicles. On the way out, in a very hot hot heat we suddenly forgot we were sweating when we wandered down some stairs finding the old medieval entrance to the city. You could almost hear the galloping knights.

(my favorite new shoes)

We're back!

My mama and I have been having so much fun...out and about in cool Santiago and sweating about in Burgos, Madrid, and Toledo...where just so you know yesterday we were walking up and down the old stone streets searching for el Greco, trying not to complain about the heat. Finally on our way out of the town we saw the temperature 42*C (that's 109*F) and decided we had a right to complain-it was later reported on the news that Toledo was the hottest city in the country yesterday. In any case, everything has been so amazing-even if hot. Only a few more days until Xacobeo and then back home to the U S of A.

I think we're gonna need a bigger boat

It was definitely summer when my dad used to bring out this line. One of his favorite movies...and always close to my heart, even if I still get a few goose bumps when getting in the ocean because of it. Did you see this living in on D*Sponge?