With a new year comes lots of new things. For me, it means it's time to dust off the cobwebs from this blog and start getting excited about my next trip. While I have probably a dozen potential trips swirling in my mind (Northern Italy? Paris and Loire Valley? More of Denmark? Scotland? Hungary and more of Austria? Gosh, you name it. Need more vacation time.), but a few months back I settled that my next trip would be to Spain. Besides its current spot among the center of the culinary world, I figured it would be a great opportunity to see something a bit different yet not stray too far from my beloved Mediterranean culture. So, Madrid and Andalucia for 16 days at the end of April-first 2 weeks of May it is: