RaKo

The world is my playground is more than a phrase...it's a mindset. This past year has taught me that the world can be anyone's play...

AMSTERDAM --> PRAGUE --> BARCELONA --> LONDON --> ROME --> MILAN --> LONDON --> LEUVEN --> BRUSSELS --> ...

A few hours before I left for Rome, I noticed some fun new street art very close to my house in Poble Nou. I made a mental note to take some...

I'm back and feeling a bit overwhelmed. All of the travel from this past month (Madrid, Seville, Ibiza, Granada, Malaga and Rome) has be...

Both Granada and Malaga were remarkable. Unlike Barcelona, the culture in southern Spain is unmistakable Spanish. I arrived in Barcelona on ...

If you use a feed aggregator to read my site, please update your address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/chrisrako . Do you have no idea what I...

I depart for Malaga and Granada in 3 hours. I arrive back to BCN late Friday night, but leave once again on early Sunday morning for Rome. I...

I'm not exactly sure why it's been so long since I posted mullet photos. They were some of my most popular posts . Go figure. Anyway...

Simply amazing. The photos show the beauty much better than I could ever explain it. View all of the photos here. This guy owned what I thin...

If this isn't the world's cutest old man then I don't know who is. He was enjoying a nice stroll along the beaches of Barcelona ...

I was in Seville during the Festival De Las Naci Nes , an annual arts, cultural and gastronomical extravaganza held along the Guadalquivir r...

The street art in Seville was very impressive. It was mostly concentrated around the Guadalquivir river area. Below are a few of the many p...

Top stencil artists from all over Europe gathered in Barcelona for the premier Difusor stencil summit. The results are remarkable. Below a...

I arrived just a few hours ago and I'm leave for Ibiza in 4 hours. Just two quick days of craziness. I'll be back in Barcelona on Fr...

...and really enjoying it. Unlike Barcelona, Seville exudes everything Spanish. At the same time, I´m instantly transported back to Lisbon a...

Barcelona hosts A LOT of trade shows. The biggest and most well known is Bread & Butter , the premier European fashion trade show held i...

Iguapop has quickly become my favorite art galleries in Barcelona. You may recall my scandalous photos from the Sergio Mora exhibition. ...

Penelope Trunk of Brazen Careerist fame nailed it in a recent article where she discusses the shift in the American dream, as it pertains t...

Back in Barcelona after an amazing weekend in Madrid for Orgullo. Watch for a post with photos and more details sometime before I leave for ...

The countdown begins. I didn't think I'd have the money, but thanks to a Vueling airline sale, I will be traveling 17 of the 31 days...

Are there certain truths that are absolutes in life? I recently saw the list below. I wish I could remember where so I could give credit whe...

Today I saw a grown woman cry in front of me because someone touched her bananas. Let me explain. In Spain, many of the fruit stands, know a...

Girona is a very small town 1 hour outside of Barcelona. I have been to the Girona airport several times, but never in the city center. Mult...