La Tomatina was chaotic and spending a couple of days in Valencia after the tomato fest provided a bit of a recharge and some downtime. It also gave us a chance to plan our next move. This wasn't as easy as expected as we still had many places we wanted to get to in our last few weeks in Europe with a focus on getting to Italy and making sure we were in Munich in time for Oktoberfest. Our initial plan was to head from Valencia to Portugal to spend some time in L...

Want to see a completely different side of Spain, which ironically actually tells you a lot about the Spanish way of life? Our ventures to a largely unknown town called Bunol gave us this insight. You probably haven't heard of Bunol, but you probably have heard of why its famous - the world's biggest food fight, well, tomato food fight actually or in Spanish: La Tomatina. On the last Wednesday of August, every year, you can head down to Bunol (which is about 4...

There's nothing like a weekend in Barcelona, Spain to two mlungu travelers to get over their travel fart in Vienna. We were back on our feet, somewhat rejuvenated, but definitely energized. We weren't alone either as our friends from London, Steven and Rael, met us in Barca for their UK long weekend. Barcelona's summer is full of life. The people, the weather, the other tourists - it's all set up for a fiesta atmosphere. The weekend we were there was during th...