The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » robin graham http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Thu, 16 May 2013 22:01:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 In Search Of The Other Spain In Asturias http://www.theexpeditioner.com/feature-article/In-Search-Of-The-Other-Spain-In-Asturias/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/feature-article/In-Search-Of-The-Other-Spain-In-Asturias/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:26:02 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=19041 Spain is a well-oiled tourism machine. In addition to the coastal resorts that established themselves in the ‘60s and ‘70s and any number of tomato-pelting, bull-running festivals made famous by Hemingway and the like, Spanish tourism nowadays seeks to cater to the visitor on the lookout for culture, for history, [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/feature-article/In-Search-Of-The-Other-Spain-In-Asturias/feed/ 11 Top 10 Bars In Seville http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/13/top-10-bars-in-seville/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/13/top-10-bars-in-seville/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:36:55 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15705 Seville is not a cheap city. On the other hand, it is the epicentre of tapa culture and cuisine. The tapas here aren’t free, as they are in Granada for example, but they are good — maybe the best that Spain has to offer. And it isn’t as if there [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/13/top-10-bars-in-seville/feed/ 17 Space, Time And Fez http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/08/08/space-time-and-fez/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/08/08/space-time-and-fez/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:00:01 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=12142 He shrugged at me. “It’s Berber silver, sir.” “It isn’t though is it? Because it isn’t Berber, and it isn’t silver. Therefore, not Berber silver. Anyway, you didn’t mention the Berber bit when you sold it to me. I think the word you used at the time was ‘Sterling.’ I [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/08/08/space-time-and-fez/feed/ 10 The Conquest Of Tarifa, Spain http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/11/29/the-conquest-of-tarifa/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/11/29/the-conquest-of-tarifa/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:00:48 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=9165 By Robin Graham In the year 711, Tariq Ibn Ziyad — a Berber general — landed near the southern tip of Spain with 7,000 men, at the burning edge of the wildfire that was the Arab Empire — the House of Islam. In just a few years they were to [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/11/29/the-conquest-of-tarifa/feed/ 10 Deep Breath: The Alhambra At Night Is Worth The Hassle http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/09/06/deep-breath-the-alhambra-at-night-is-worth-the-hassle/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/09/06/deep-breath-the-alhambra-at-night-is-worth-the-hassle/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:16:37 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=8496 By Robin Graham I bet Washington Irving didn’t have to put up with any of this. Getting a ticket to visit that great treasure of Islamic art and culture, the Alhambra — made famous by Irving himself, among others — is no easy task. It isn’t that it’s hard to [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/09/06/deep-breath-the-alhambra-at-night-is-worth-the-hassle/feed/ 11 Is It Possible To Eat Your Way Through Cairo In One Day? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/07/12/is-it-possible-to-eat-your-way-through-cairo-in-one-day/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/07/12/is-it-possible-to-eat-your-way-through-cairo-in-one-day/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:16:03 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=7743 Egyptian cuisine is produced from the melting pot of the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean. It is varied and fascinating, but if you only have one day in Cairo, you can cover the basics. Here’s how. By Robin Graham Breakfast Felfela has been a fixture on the travel [...]

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