We took advantage of a long weekend to hop on over to Rome for a few days <unfortunately, we weren’t the only ones with that plan, since our long weekend was for the European’s version of labor day – celebrated all over Europe!>. We picked up the boys after school Read more…
It is crazy to imagine that we left home a year ago! As with many things in life, the time went so fast, yet it seems like forever ago that we were sitting in N’s end-of-year preschool performance, ready to hit the road as soon as the last notes were Read more…
While our friends were visiting us over their Spring Break, we took a day trip up to Las Alpujarras, a group of small villages in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada, Spain. I read about this particular hike and it sounded amazing (and do-able with kids). We Read more…
We were so excited to have friends visit us during their Spring Break this year. We had an absolute blast, with two sets of friends coming over the course of the week. All the kids got along great, and we loved spending adult time together while the kids occupied themselves. Read more…
We have been here in Spain for almost 6 months. Crazy how time is flying! Life has settled into its routine, and while we have discovered things that aren’t perfect, we are still pretty happy here. In fact, we are planning to stay for one more school year. I will Read more…
With some burned out junior travelers and a US citizen without clear permission to leave the country (well, actually, leaving would be fine, it is the re-entering that would be iffy), we decided to just take a short trip to Valencia, Spain during Semana Santa (aka our spring break) this Read more…
The second weekend of my parents visit, we had planned a few days in Ronda and Seville. Unfortunately, March’s rainy weather continued, but since we had already made our reservations, we went on our trip anyway. And wow, did we run into trouble from the rain! But more on that Read more…
We have had a busy few months settling into life here in Spain. We have been busy with school and activities in our current hometown (a blog on that coming soon!), so for a while we didn’t really do any traveling. However, lately we have been taking advantage of a Read more…
I’ve already blogged about our scenic cliff hike and climbing on rocks while in Portugal, so this last post will cover a boat trip, a day at the beach, and an afternoon in the town of Silves to wrap up our time in Portugal. First up, because I like to Read more…
While in Portugal, we had an absolute blast climbing all over the limestone cliffs in Algar Seco. Algar Seco is located in Carvoeiro, the nearest town to where we stayed during our trip. There is a short walkway along the cliff, and midway through, there is a staircase leading down Read more…