When in Rome….
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 Read more…
One Year Travel Anniversary
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 Read more…
A hike between villages in Las Alpujarras
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 Read more…
Around Southern Spain with Friends
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 Read more…
Life in Spain…Around Town
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 Read more…
Family Trip to Valencia, Spain
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 Read more…
The Rain in Spain (more specifically, in Ronda)…
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 Read more…
Almería, Spain
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 Read more…
A boat, a town and a few beaches – Algarve, Portugal
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 Read more…
Cliff Climbing at Algar Seco, Portugal
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 Read more…