My brother Phil and I made a last-minute trip south to shoot the Todos Santos Big Wave Event off the coast of Ensenada, México, on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. After shooting Mavericks a few weeks earlier, he let me know they called the Todos Santos contest. With little time to prepare, we rented extra photo gear from George’s, charged batteries, and spent the night in Tijuana. We only got a couple of hours sleep before waking up around 4 a.m. to head to Ensenada.

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Over the holiday break, we took three of our nephews (ages 13, 13, 16) on a trip to Oaxaca, México. Here, we tried some grasshoppers in the market. They’re cooked with lime, salt, chile and garlic. They taste surprisingly good!

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On our last trip to Guanajuato (November 2006), we took a detour from Rosario’s home state and headed to Amatitán, Jalisco for a tour of Casa Herradura, makers of Herradura and Jimador tequila. Rosario shot the tour with her new video camera while I took photos.

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Heading north through Tijuana on the Via Rápida, getting gas for $3/gallon, crossing the border, driving on the I-805 in San Diego.

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For a few days in November of 2006, we visited Guanajuato. In this video, Rosario reminisces about her first childhood trip to the state’s capital city.

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It is done. I finished editing our vacation videos from 2006! I cut it into scenes, but the total running time is almost an hour. This embedded video player shows all of them back-to-back, but you’re probably better off picking and choosing from the list below. You can also download all of them in iTunes if you prefer.

Videos

• San Diego Airport Before Departure: Rosario and I being silly as we wait to board our first red-eye flight to New York.
• Central Park, World Trade Center: We had about 12 hours in NY before taking another red-eye flight to Madrid.
• Madrid: Graciela takes us to Puerta del Sol and Puerta de Alcalá, with a glimpse of the architecture of the Madrid Barajas Airport.
• Elche, Valencia, Alicante: Gema takes us through a few more Spanish cities, seeing la Dama de Elche, a museum, cathedral, castle, and televised World Cup game.
• Barcelona: Marta gives us a taste of the city’s culture.
• Mercat de la Boqueria: The huge market near la rambla in Barcelona.
• Manamana: Marta and Rosario’s version of the Muppets’ song, with some amazing laughter at the end.
• Leonardo DiCaprio at Parc Güell: Only as he was leaving did Marta realize it was him. We went back and found him in a bunch of the shots.
• Dinner with Francisco & José: Conversation with some new friends.
• Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia: Marta walks us through the famous cathedral.
• World Cup Game: Mexico vs. Angola in Hannover, all dressed up.
• Berlin Wall: Wandering around the city on bike, another World Cup plaza.
• Venice: Apparently not as romantic as expected.
• Florence: Roaming the city with a pit stop in Sienna, World Cup on giant screen.
• Rome: Touring the Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican and catacombs. |

Originial blog posts from ’06

• World Trade Center almost 5 years after the fall
• A few hours in Madrid
• Cannons, tigernuts and stone women, oh my!
• Ah, Barcelona…
• Berlin during the World Cup
• The journey comes to a close in Italy

Photos from ’06

• Spain & Catalunya
• Germany
• Italy