trip planning Archives - MANZO DAKOTA

Planning a trip to Spain

March 21, 2025 by Manzo Dakota

For a while now, I have had an urge to go to Spain; I want to see the masterpieces of my college art history days at The Prado in Madrid, and I want to see the architecture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. I have long had an appreciation for the act of improvisation when taking … Read more

Next stage of planning for Spain

March 21, 2025 by Manzo Dakota

My marked-up map of Barcelona and metro trip planning

I was so excited for my trip to Spain that I think my planning elevated to a near obsessive compulsive level. As I mentioned in the last post, it started with an old school approach, reading and taking notes from Fodor’s Travel Guides checked out from the library. But once I had my list of … Read more