Christy Nicholas's Blog

Pranks, Poitín, and Púcas, book three in the Skye O’Shea Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series releases today! Today is RELEASE DAY! Are you excited? I’m excited! I’m very excited! If you want to get the book, it’s available as ebook, and…Read more ›

Saturday, March 1st: I got up, showered, finished packing, and headed out for my 8 Euro breakfast. I was surprised that it was more than usual for a hotel breakfast buffet. There was eggs, chorizo, pancakes, sandwich fixings, lots of…Read more ›

Friday, February 28th: This was my final full day in Spain! I was up at 8 when the street sweepers came through, and listened as I dressed to the shop owners putting out their chairs for customers. Then the church…Read more ›

Thursday, February 27th: Sometime around midnight, I woke, dripping in sweat. Therefore, I opened the windows open to let some cool air in. Unfortunately, around 3am, I was rudely awakened by loud street noises. No, not late night partying Spaniards,…Read more ›

Wednesday, February 26th: When I woke, I reached out to grab my phone from the nightstand… and fell! The entire mattress had slid during the night and me reaching over was the literal tipping point. The top mattress fell off…Read more ›

Tuesday, February 25th: Travel day! I packed up and dragged my suitcase and bag downstairs, had an enormous apple cake for breakfast with my café con leche, and left. After trekking the several blocks to the parking lot and to my…Read more ›

Monday, February 24th: Monday, Monday. Chocolate cake for breakfast! Yes, I ate the second half of the chocolate layery goodness for a breakfast of champions. I saved the spoon, but it was tiny. Don’t judge me. I’m on vacation. Then,…Read more ›

Sunday, February 23rd: I woke up pretty well-rested and downed the rest of the tosta and beef cheeks for breakfast. However, I had a dilemma. I had no cutlery! This was no big deal for the tosta, but the beef…Read more ›

Friday, February 21st: Walking all day yesterday had worn me out. Today was a relaxation day. So let it be written, so let it be done. I did need to do laundry, but luckily the laundrette was literally around the…Read more ›

Thursday, February 20th: This morning, I went out for a cafe con leche and a pastry. Of course, I had to check out the Plaza Mayor and how it looked in the daylight. There were lots of people there, seemingly locals or…Read more ›