About Me

My photo
Troy Nahumko is an award-winning author based in Caceres, Spain. His recent work focuses on travels around the Mediterranean, from Tangier to Istanbul. As a writer and photographer he has contributed to newspapers and media such as Lonely Planet, The Globe and Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, Couterpunch,The Irish World, The Straits Times, The Calgary Herald, Khaleej Times, DW-World, Rabble and El Pais. He also writes a bi-weekly op-ed column 'Camino a Ítaca' for the Spanish newspaper HOY. His book, Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is published by the University of Alberta Press. As an ESL materials writer he has worked with publishers such as Macmillan and CUP.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

España Profunda (with a bit of Portugal thrown in)


The good people over at Trazzler have given me even more reason to practice what I preach and travel deeper rather than further. I've been assigned a 10 piece series, exploring my adopted homeland of Extremadura, Spain and her sister region across the now non-existent border with Portugal.

First stop Alcantara!
Second Caceres
Moving on to the Garganta de los Infiernos
Cross the border to Monsanto
A personal favourite in San Martin de Trevejo
Natural swimming pools and free libraries in the Sierra de Gata
Cheese, Cheese, oh glorious Cheese in Trujillo
Cherry Blossoms without the Japanese crowds in the Valle del Jerte
Back to Caceres for the WOMAD festival
Back to Portugal, but not too far in Idanha a Vehla

And some more

Moor to Spain than Andalusia in Hornachos
Swaying with the Penitents over Easter in Caceres
Templar mysteries in Trevejo
Inaccessible castles (well almost), Spas and...Wine! in Alange
Incredible Adobe in Reina

No comments:

Grandpa's Newspapers

Nostalgia, memory, love: all powerful emotions. And what can trigger them? In this case, Pop Rocks exploding in a sensory sugar rush. In Spa...