No, I haven't picked up an inflammatory skin condition on our travels (yet - touch wood...). The title "Hives" refers to the effect one experiences when you visit Barcelona for one day only, plan to visit each of the major sights during that day, and that day just so happens to fall on the first Saturday of Summer... and during a long weekend. Ant farms, bee hives, kicking the hornet's nest... call it what you will. Our day in Barcelona was a combination of walki...

I've often wondered how poets, writers, photographers and artists can say that they've been "inspired" by a place. Our arrival and subsequent days in Ronda have made me understand. How can you communicate a place in words that is beautiful beyond the limits of words and language? How can you capture the perfection of a place through one image (be it photo, painting, sketch), when it is so much more than that? It's like the ultimate challenge; to share your experi...