Category: United States

Learning to Love Downtown L.A. (Well, Almost)

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Mar 2, 2017 | California, United States | 2 |

L.A. is perhaps the most frustrating city I’ve ever been to. A permanent snarl of traffic in an...

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Dancing With Dragons in the California Desert

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Mar 14, 2016 | California, United States | 12 |

As we drove, we left behind the suburban strip mall sprawl and started to get into fields dotted...

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2 Amazing California Markets You Have to Eat At

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Feb 11, 2015 | California, food, Recent Travels, United States | 38 |

Lots of people I come across with in Spain believe that there’s not really such a thing as...

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Relaxing in Style in La Jolla, California

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Jul 14, 2014 | California, United States | 67 |

Tucked away in a protected part of the southern California coastline is pretty La Jolla, a small...

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Wrapping Up 2013 in Travel

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Jan 21, 2014 | 2013, California, England, travel, Turkey, United States | 19 |

Happy new year! I know, I know, I’m a little late to the game on this one. But it’s...

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7 Things I Miss About Barcelona When I’m Gone…and 3 Things I Don’t

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Oct 14, 2013 | expat life, sticky, United States | 34 |

Living abroad means you’re always stuck between two places. There are people, places, and...

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4 Countries in 4 Weeks (& 3 Continents too!)

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Feb 4, 2013 | California, England, United States | 33 |

I’m back in Barcelona! Well, I suppose officially I was back a little under a month ago, but...

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Photos: Wrapping Up the Holidays, from Barcelona to California

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Jan 5, 2013 | California, Spain, United States | 14 |

Tomorrow is January 6th, so that means that even the longest holiday celebrations are officially...

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2012: A Year of Travel

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Dec 31, 2012 | Asturias, Berlin, California, Castilla y León, Ibiza, Sevilla, Spain, travel, United States | 21 |

Thinking back over this past year, I did a trip nearly every month. It got to the point where I...

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The Best Things About Being Home

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Oct 8, 2012 | California, United States | 10 |

I’m enjoying my second week at home before I head back to Barcelona on Saturday. Even though...

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Team Coco: What It’s Like to Be in a Studio Audience

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Oct 5, 2012 | California, travel, United States | 8 |

I’m home for a couple of weeks, and I’d been talking with my mum about all the weird...

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Californiaaaaa!

by Jessica (Barcelona Blonde) | Sep 29, 2012 | 2012, California, United States | 6 |

Hello everybody, I just wanted to let you all know that I’m back in California! I...

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I'm Jessica, a travel writer and translator from England who grew up in California and now lives in Barcelona. Come read all about my aventuras in Spain and beyond!

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