Blog posts from Spain

Montjuïc

Eric's conference took place in the Palau del Congressos building near Plaça d'Espanya, so I met him up there for lunch and to meander around the Montjuïc area in between sessions. Included in the...

Barri Gotic, La Ribera and El Born

On our first day in Barcelona, we walked all over the Barri Gotic, La Ribera and El Born neighborhoods. We really enjoyed the narrow streets and courtyards sprinkled throughout. We spent a little...

our Barcelona apartment, the good

Earlier, I wrote about some of the frustrating aspects of renting an apartment in Barcelona, but this post is about how much we loved having our own little place in the city. Even though the...

our Barcelona apartment, the bad

The experience of renting (and living in) an apartment in Barcelona for a week was both fantastic and frustrating. We booked the place online (of course) and had plenty of contact with the guy in...

our first day in Barcelona

Even though we slept until 11am this morning, we still managed to take advantage of Eric's one free day before the conference started. We walked all over Old Town down to the Barri Gotic Cathedral...

Our Itinerary

2024 Trips

San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)

2022 Trips

Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)