The Brooklyn Nomad

Four Day Trips From Madrid

Andrew Hickey — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:10:37 +0000

There are people who love travelling but don’t really enjoy doing tourism in big cities, instead opting for smaller towns and the countryside. If you’re one of these people and haven’t yet visited Madrid for that reason, here are a few day trips that you will definitely enjoy. Travellers can be divided in two types:...

Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Catalan Modernism in Barcelona

Andrew Hickey — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:49:36 +0000

Barcelona is famous for many things, among them art. Everybody knows Antoni Gaudí and his Sagrada Família, but there are other beautiful architectonic buildings by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, contemporary to Gaudí, that belong to Catalan Modernism and are just as important. Here are a few. Catalan modernism is an art current that formed in...

New Attractions in Valencia

Andrew Hickey — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:28:41 +0000

When we think of the Spanish Mediterranean coast, we immediately think of Barcelona, a city in the northeast of Spain that attracts millions of tourists every year. But, if you’re not a huge fan of big touristy crowds, there’s an excellent alternative that, in all honesty, has so much to offer that alternative doesn’t do...

Beyond Lisbon’s Major Attractions

Andrew Hickey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:59 +0000

Lisbon’ s typical: trams, cream pastries, Gubelkian Foundation, Convento do Jeronimos, Belém tower, Fado music,….Been there, done that? You can then either stay in your Lisbon apartments or keep on strolling around the city and discover some of the city’s best kept secrets, walking through Alfama and Chiado quarters, stop in their charming cafés, or...

New York Style Food in Europe

Andrew Hickey — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:52:17 +0000

This post might stir up a little bit of controversy for two reasons: For one, as America prides itself as being the nation of many origins and New York City stand for this idea more than any other U.S. city, it is hard to really point out true and typical food from New York....