Finally! We committed ourselves to staying put while we’re taking our Portuguese language class, so the only jaunts we’ve taken have been squeezed in during holidays or else came up…
Verily Vigo!
The Holiday season in Europe is loaded with Christmas Markets. Absolutely, positively, drenched in them, really. But the one with the biggest light show around, certainly in a lights per…
Neither Here nor There: Day 7
Today is our liminal day, leaving Barcelona and spending a large portion of our waking hours on a train before arriving in Paris. We’re up and out of the Barcelo…
AIRE in a G String: Days 5 & 6
The end of our time in Barcelona took a strange and surprising turn. At least, it was a surprise for John; Lisa had arranged something in secret, which she likes…
There Are No Good Puns for “Batllo House”: Days 3 & 4
Our next day in Barcelona was Epiphany itself. While it is fair to say that this day is roughly equivalent to Christmas in the U.S., it is not exactly the…
In Sagrada Familia, Baby: Day 2
From a pool of fascinating contenders, The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia (“Basilica of the Holy Family”) is really the chief icon of Barcelona. It’s the masterpiece of architect Antoni…
Hippity Hoppity: Day 1
Lisa and I have worked diligently to get past the typical sins of the tourist class. We still have blind spots, I’m sure, but we do our best to learn…
Mann traoch, Gott Lauch: Day 0
We named this blog “The Ramble”, but all we really did was fly to Portugal and sit tight. We could’ve just called it “The Move” as far as y’all can…
