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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
We left off last time teasing the series of milestones that passed us by on a near-daily basis. A little context: there has been some advice going around in immigrant*…
So, about that difficult move-in. One thing we’d expected, because we’ve done our research, was that it was going to be cold in our house for some period of time…
It’s been quite a three-weeks! Here are some of the lights, high and otherwise. Sorry for the multi-parts, but this would go way too long otherwise. Think of it as…
It’s funny; I’m old enough to consider the idea of posting something from over the Atlantic some kind of fancy-pants miracle, but really now – it’s just wifi that they…
