Appendix #2
My heart is so heavy after the school massacre in Texas. The impact is doubled because my daughter teaches 4th grade. There, but for the grace of God… Anyway, I’ve been meaning to finish this up and though it would … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Spring 2022
Appendix #1
We are home, adjusting to the time change and the heat and humidity here and enjoying the sweet coziness of our own place. I weighed myself and I am exactly the same as when we left. I feel so stiff … Continue reading →
Closing the Book
Last day! First thing to take care of was getting our Covid tests done. We had discovered a lab nearby and had an appointment for 10:30. It all went smoothly and we decided to wait for the printed (in English … Continue reading →
The Human Towers
Big adventure on the agenda! Thanks to our friend, Shannon of Grapehops Tours fame, we booked train tickets to Girona to see the Castellers. These human towers of Catalan are part of the Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO. We took … Continue reading →
Low Key
We really took our time in the morning and finally decided to go to the MACBA/The Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona. We’ve been wanting to learn how to use the metro system here, so we headed to our metro stop. … Continue reading →
Wow!!!, again
We took our time this morning, did the laundry and hung it out on our large terrace. Our travel stamina is waning. We are having trouble trying to prioritize all this city has to offer and squaring it with our … Continue reading →
More Amazing Gaudi
I had bought tickets online and we had a 10:30 date with The Sagrada Familia (Gaudi’s church), the most visited place in Barcelona. It was a shock to me, coming around the corner, how immense and other worldly the whole … Continue reading →
Delights
We are definitely not in Kansas anymore. I am still thinking in Italian, but it doesn’t work here. The people here mostly speak Catalan and, of course, Spanish. It’s a little bit freeing–I am not straining to understand and constantly … Continue reading →
The First page of the Last Chapter
We got up to see the sunrise from our wonderful windows: Elisa faithfully met us to walk the few steps to the Alilaguna boat. We disembarked and made the long walk from the docks to the airport. All of a … Continue reading →
Last day Venice
I had a lump in my throat the whole day. It is so hard to leave this place that we both are so fond of, where we are so comfortable, where life is a carnival. But leave we must. First … Continue reading →