Tag: Deb T
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Week #28 ~ Recap
244 miles driven, approximately 80 hugs exchanged around 10 tables, 1 church service and 1 Safonia rehearsal, 1 vet appointment with 2 cats and 2 amazing hosts who let us crash at their homes while we were gallivanting around the Denver area. We didn’t track daily budgets while visiting friends and family, so nothing to…
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Week #23 ~ Recap
3 major cities, 2 countries, 2 dear friends, 3 UNESCO world heritage sites, 7 Spanish masters, 3 museums, 1 final train ride on our EuRail Pass, 10,000 Christmas lights popping up everywhere, and $0.67 UNDER budget! This week was all about Spain: Barcelona and Madrid specifically. We loved Barcelona for its art and architecture and…
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Barthelona, young energy in the old world
Three days in Barcelona were not enough. Landing in Barcelona from Naples and arriving at our hotel by taxi, the difference in architecture and atmosphere was striking. The cobblestones of Italy, England and France gave way to wide open boulevards and bright, modern buildings. To my eyes, the buildings had a distinctly Spanish flair; balconies…
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Week #22 ~ Recap
2 countries, 2 museums, 3 UNESCO world heritage sites, one flight across the Mediterranean Sea, 1 concert, 1 dear old friend, 1 new friend who guided us through a tapas menu in Catalan, and $121.83 OVER budget. Flying from Naples, Italy, to Barcelona, Spain was only two hours, but the difference in the food, the…
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Johann & Sebastian………. the cats
Many of you have asked us what we are going to “do” with the cats? Johann and Sebastian came to our house as tiny kittens 19 years ago in March. At the time we had a cat named Bug ~ so it was Johann Sebastian Bug……..we are music nerds that way. They have grown up…