It is with great sadness that I report that after nearly four years, we have left Spain. This has been an absolutely amazing journey, and we have enjoyed it so much. Alas, reality calls, so we are moving on to…well, that is a story in an of itself, and when Read more…
Hello – we are still here! We have just been in a bit of a travel slump lately. Actually, let me rephrase that, we have been in a travel BAN lately! We spent a large chunk of the last school year stuck in the Granada province here in Spain. Being Read more…
The boys just finished their second school year in Spain, where they completed 1st, 3rd and 5th grade at the local elementary school. The school goes through 6th grade, and after primary school, kids move on to secondary/high school where work gets a bit more intense, and admission to the Read more…
The boys had (another!) long weekend in November so we took advantage of a cheap flight to check out Tenerife in the Canary Islands. C had been to Tenerife many, many years before. The island is a very popular destination for Brits and, at least used to be, the destination Read more…
We are not a skiing family but with a popular ski resort only an hour from our home in Southern Spain, it is hard to not at least give it a shot. After a wet November for us, which was a snowy November up on the mountain, we decided to Read more…
We have a big (our first!) multi-day hike in the Pyrenees planned for the end of June, so we bought a bunch of supplies, including new hiking shoes for everyone. We needed to break them in, so we decided to head to Monachil, Spain, near Granada to a hike about Read more…
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…
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…