View of a Local in Barcelona, Spain

Jochen Doppelhammer, founder of the global “We love urban life!” project, shares his view of Barcelona with us.

This interview is the third interview in our View of a Local series.

Photographs from Spain

Photographs from Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Ronda, Salamanca and Sevilla.

Madrid Takes to the Streets

Madrid has the eclectic feel of a capital, but also a strong sense of community with a live and let live attitude. It oozes a quality which I can only describe as “Spanishness”. The same quality that made me fall in love with the Spanish way of life, when I first visited the country 12 years ago.

Salamanca Resources

These resources are meant as friendly tips about Salamanca from one traveller to another, and are in no shape or form to be seen as expert advice.

They include information about how we got to Salamanca, where we stayed, maps of what we did and a few links to web sites with useful information about Salamanca.

in search of peace in festival-hungover Salamanca

Hitting a town in the aftermath of a festival is never a good idea. People are tired after all the celebrating, the town will be overflowing with rubbish waiting to be collected and if the weather is hot the extra rubbish sends out a smell that Chanel will be in no hurry to bottle.

All of this I was willing to ignore, when I visited Salamanca straight after its Fiesta de la Virgen de la Vega (a two week festival held in September in honour of the Virgin of the Valley, Salamanca’s patron Virgin). After all the mood changes, people bounce back and the rubbish will get cleared eventually.

View of a Local in Salamanca, Spain

Erin, owner of the blog “a wandering woman writes from spain”, gives us a few tips about her new hometown of Salamanca in Spain.

Gaudí Giddy in Springtime Barcelona

I remember only one bad thing about Barcelona, pollen go crazy there in the spring. But armed with antihistamine I cannot think of a single reason, why you shouldn’t have the time of your life in this beautiful, vibrant city.