Living La Vida Loca

A Global Adventure

General

  • Sweet and Sassy Sevilla

    Our next stop was Sevilla, and it did not disappoint.  Sevilla has a very unuque, very old world charm to it – lovely parks, rich historic architecture, very laid back Spanish feel.  We did a fair amount of just wandering around to take in key sites, and the funniest episode was when Andrew went on… Read more

  • Pitstop in Huelva

    On the way to Sevilla we stopped for a few hours in the lovely seaside town of Huelva.  Huelva obviously sees it’s high season in the summer – it felt quite desolate as we passed through.  Nonetheless, the boys were able to jump into a pick up game of basketball with some local girls (amazing… Read more

  • Lisbon

    I have to admit that I simply ran out of time and energy to fully describe the amazing rest of our adventure – what with being jetisoned back to our US reality, back to work, and the excitement of starting preparations for our relocation :).  So, to at least honor a sense of completion, the… Read more

  • Don Benito

    Pili and her gorgeous boys – Daniel and Javier We spent the few days leading up to Christmas in a small town called Don Benito, located in the Extremadura province southwest of Madrid.  We are blessed to have kept in touch with a young woman who used to be an au pair on Mercer Island… Read more

  • Off to Don Benito via Zaragosa and Toledo

    Our next chapter began as we set out for Don Benito – a relatively small town in the Extremadura province of Spain (southwest of the country) where our friends Pilar and Diego live with their extremely cute little boys, Javier and Daniel.  Pilar (“Pili” for short) was a dear friend of one of our favorite… Read more

  • Ari Arrives – A Romp Around Barcelona

    This was the day Ari arrived and we were very excited to finally be a whole family unit.  Andrew and I let Ruthie and Eitan sleep in (Eitan insisted the night before that he wanted to come along to greet big bro but when the early morning came he did his usual grunt and rolled… Read more

  • Monjueic and Hunting for a Neighborhood

    The days so far had been very, very full and we definitely getting the groove of not rushing off early in the morning.  Once mobilized…at about noon or so…we decided to head for Monjueic.  Andrew and I started a little tradition of getting “cafe con leche” at a little bar/cafe just across the street from… Read more

  • Segways and Sharks

    We slept in this morning – beginning to get in the Spanish “sleep late, party later” mode of operation.  We mobilized around noon or so and headed to the Gotic – or Gothic district, a very old part of the city with narrow winding streets,  cathedrals and plazas now chock full of small shops selling… Read more

  • Touring the Barcelona Highlights

    This was our first really full day of touring around, and Ruth and I set off early (at least Barcelona early) about 9am to visit the Gaudi Casa Batllo http://www.casabatllo.es/.  This amazing house was occupied by a family early in the 1900s and Gaudi was commissioned to do all the renovation and architectural work on… Read more

  • The American School of Barcelona and First Look at the City

    The journey to Spain –  as is always the case heading to Europe – felt like the worlds longest day.  Flights went smoothly, but none of of use got a ton of sleep.  Andrew and I hung tough and didn’t go to sleep once we settled into our digs, and instead stayed up until about 10pm…we got… Read more