We spent the summer – really our first three or four months here – in what I’d call ‘transition mode’.  Not only did we make a physical transition from one country to another, but our identity was in transition in our daily lives…how we thought of ourselves was in transition.  The early months really felt… Read more

Late last month Andrew and I headed of in two different global directions.  Andrew went to host a town meeting in Columbus Ohio for multiple myeloma patients, then to Houston for a series of appointments, then to Chicago to see Ari run in his first ever marathon.  I headed out the same day to Vienna,… Read more

Well, it finally happened.  I got in a taxi this afternoon heading for the airport to fly to Vienna, and I actually had a conversation – in SPANISH – with the taxi driver!  Admittedly it was with simple phrasing and he forgave some grammatical gaffs, but it was a conversation!  We have been here for… Read more

Les Tres Torres   Les Tres Torres was established around 1901 – 1903. It was an area on the periphery of Sant Gervasi, near the border with the town of Sarria. Roma brothers and Climent Mas built three towers on land inherited from Little Houses. These towers are what gave the place its name, replacing… Read more

We are finally settled in our new flat in the “Zona Alta”  (Upper/High Zone) and actually developing something that resembles a routine – with still a lot of new discovery thrown in.  So much has happened in the last few weeks  I won’t even try to recap…suffice it to say that we literally moved from… Read more

Last Thursday was humbling…Friday was frustrating…Saturday was maddening…Sunday just plain p—ed me off….And yesterday was oh so much better.  What on earth could so affect my mood and outlook on life?  It’s truly embarrassing but – our internet was down.  4 days of no wireless or wired in our flat…no reason given, it just went… Read more

Eitan and I took off this morning on a little mini adventure together – I knew that in the late afternoon and early evening all three of us would be working (Eitan is now one of Andrew’s production assistants) so the opportunity to do something new and different before the US world woke up called… Read more

We got a real dose of “Wow…this is what’s really going on…”  the other morning when we stopped at our local café for a morning cuppa.  We were sitting at the inside counter bantering with the barista when a slightly scruffy guy came in and started looking at a newspaper sitting on the ledge next… Read more

A number of my friends and “loyal readers” of this blog have commented lately that it sounds like we are now on perpetual vacation…that Barcelona sounds like heaven…that all we seem to do is eat…and that we have truly found our total bliss.  I do not want to at all discount the fact that yes,… Read more