friday field trip (from the sketch book).

costa brava, spain.

2005

in 2005 i biked through northern spain, what a beautiful part of the world. spain is definitely one of my top 3 favorite countries. this was lunch at a very charming restaurant called CAN QUEL, which we just happened to stumble upon. this is my favorite type of meal. so simple yet so delicious.

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

northern spain.

july 2005

spain is my favorite country. i love the richness of the people, the culture, the food, the landscape, the colours, . . . i am 1/4 spanish and every time i visit spain, i feel such a deep connection with the land. almost like i belong there. i hope to someday live in spain, or at least have a house there that i could visit frequently. very frequently.

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

i found an amazing town in girona, spain called ullastret. and IN this town was the MOST amazing restaurant called el fort.  it was super quaint and the food was phenomenal. and IN this great restaurant was an amazing waitress. i leave my word stones all over the world in hopes that people will find find them in the most obscure places. but, occasionally, i will leave one in an obvious place.  this place was on top of our waitress's tip.

FIVE years later, this waitress found me on facebook and still has the rock that i left her !  her name is nuria gil and she now lives in England. she said that she carries that rock with her everywhere she moves to.

  the word was "hope."

girona, spain

2004

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

malaga, spain

april 1993

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

the coffee in spain is really really delicious.

spain

july 2005

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

malaga, spain

1993

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

two of my great passions in life are traveling and sketching, which equals many many travel sketchbooks. it all started in spain in 1993.  while traveling on a train, my camera was stolen out of my backpack. i began to sketch in my journal just so i could capture certain things that i wanted to remember. my journal eventually turned into a sketchbook.  all of my sketches are done really quickly, literally in seconds, and i actually find that my best sketches are done in a moving vehicle like a car or even while riding a bike.

every friday i am going to post a page from one of my travel sketchbooks. that way,  even if i can't go on a weekend journey physically, i can mentally.

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barcelona, spain

24 july 1993