In Andalucia, close to Granada, lies an area famous for its homes built directly into caves in the rocks. This is also the site of one of the oldest settlements in Spain, dating back to the stone age. However, the caves in this area are a bit more modern, dating Read more…
Continuing A’s super lucky run as a 9 year old whose parents take him to see awesome sporting events because they want to go themselves, we decided to get tickets to see the men’s and women’s professional tennis tournament in Madrid. This tournament typically gets many of the top players, Read more…
It is really easy to get from Rome to Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in ash by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79. We woke up one morning during our stay in Rome and took a quick 1 hour train ride to Naples, where Read more…
Our second full day in Rome started with the event everyone was looking forward to – a pizza making class! We walked our way from our centrally-located apartment, passing by the Pantheon and the famous Piazza Navone, plus a few other random bits of Roman history as we strolled through Read more…
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…
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…
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…