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…
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…
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…