Vagabrothers Enter into My Destination.com’s Biggest, Baddest, Bucket List Competition
HELP NEEDED!!! My brother and I just entered a contest to win $50,000 and a 6-month trip around the world. We made a 3 minute video about our favorite city – Donostia-San Sebastian!!! BUT to WIN we need your HELP – Go to the link below and vote for us to win! Please SHARE this … Continue reading
Barcelona: The Bank and the Bikeshop
My brother and I team up again in our new travel video series, Vagabrothers. In our first full length video, my brother Alex and I travel across Spain to connect past and present in some unlikely corners of Barcelona. Like what you see? Like our Facebook Page, follow us on Twitter @vagabrothers or check out … Continue reading
Vagricultural Fun in Markina
The Vagabrothers realize they are city slickers and decide to check out rural Basque life. Their romantic preconceptions leave them disappointed – and wiser for the experience
Hiking the Basque Country
From Vagabrothers.com Vagabrothers Mark and Alex set off into the mountains of the Basque Country to find the roots of Basque culture. Renowned for their mountain skills, the Basques have a special relationship with the mountains. Mark and Alex tag along with a group of unlikely guides to make sense of some of the peculiarities … Continue reading
Surfing the Basque Country
While protesters rallied in the rain for the release of Basque prisoners (see post), hundreds of surfers gathered down the coast for the annual ZarautzPro. The six-star ASP professional surfing event drew surfers from around the world for the competition, momentarily infusing an international mix of visitors into the sleepy beach town. My friend Griffin … Continue reading
War and Peace in the Basque Country
Thirty Basque men, women, children and seniors stand in the rain silently, forming a long human chain in front of the Kursaal Building in San Sebastian. The modern, stylish building stands triumphantly over the beach and the old town, a physical symbol of the Basque people’s opening their doors to the world and a peaceful … Continue reading
Review: The Basque History of the World
I am back in the Basque Country, my favorite home away from home. It is a land that I have come to love dearly after living here for a year and coming back to visit as regularly as I can. The Basque Country fascinates me. Growing up in America, I had the perception that the … Continue reading
Deja Vu: Buses & Hitchhiking Across Aragon
This morning I decided to leave Barcelona and head north to visit my good friend Griffin in the Basque Country. I felt listless in Barcelona. It had been over two weeks since I’d stepped off the ship, and I’d been bouncing around Italy and Spain ever since. In Barcelona I’d been in a 6-bed dorm … Continue reading
Adios, siesta
August in Europe is the month of rest. In Spain, while the big-box stores remain open, mom and pop businesses everywhere are closed as families take off for a few weeks of relaxation. Even here in a big city like Barcelona, owners scrawl a note on the window, draw the shutters, lock the door and … Continue reading
Sketch from Barcelona
Crises bring out both the best and the worst in people. Two days ago I was robbed here in Barcelona – an example of crisis bringing out crime. But the following day I witnessed a bizarre scene in a local bookshop as I was interviewing the clerk, something that inspired hope. The Clerk and I … Continue reading
Marko Polo Travels 