We have a guest room for a reason — we love guests! Come on over just like our daughter and her boyfriend did last weekend. We got one evening alone with Abi for delicious Nepalese food at Kathmandu, which everyone we know agrees is the best Nepalese (read Indian) food in Valencia. We were excited …
We're moving ... again. Yes, it's true. We lasted about six months in one abode, but due to issues beyond our control and seemingly beyond that of the owners (a foul sewery smell and while Valencia sometimes smells, this is different), we have lucked into another apartment. I say lucky, but it's a double-edged sword …
Plus a Valencian History Lesson We've been back in Valencia for a few weeks now and we've made the most of it. We've already reconnected with friends and have begun to reestablish our routines, which means we're back at the gym (oh yay) and are eating our big meal at lunchtime and a delicious salad …
OK, I admit that I did have a bit of time in which I could have been writing a blog, but we've just been living summer life. An uneventful drive from Chicago to Maryland kicked off the final segment of our U.S. tour before we return to Valencia. We took two days for the drive, …
Sorry, we've been distracted by friend visits and family matters, but have been in Chicago for a while, with a pit stop in New York. We're in the States for the summer, but need to catch you up on June and July. So, after Steven's birthday, it was my turn. I got a little distracted …
Last weekend was Steven's birthday. He likes to downplay it, so we only spent a few days celebrating (totally Sue's choice, I would have just ignored it). We wanted to get together a few of people we met at the wine tasting. In trying to accommodate the other two couples, we ended up with a …
Time for a Day Trip While it wasn't a three-day weekend in Spain, it was a three-day weekend for Steven. Facing three whole days with no plans, I quickly came up with a few options for a day out of town. Within an hour or so of here, there are several atmospheric towns with hiking. …
We don't collect a lot of souvenirs. Really just fridge magnets. I sometimes wonder what the total weight of our fridge magnets is, but we buy them because individually they are light and small. This is the long way around to saying that what we do collect is people — friends. On our fraught trip …
Don't get me wrong, we love it here (of course we're still in the honeymoon phase), but sometimes, at the end of the day, our brains hurt. So many things are just different enough, and I'm not even talking about the language—I'll get to that later. Some things are common whenever you move, wherever you …
Those of you who read the blog know that we are partial to what we call Death Marches—walks of at least 10 miles. These were suspended for a time, but we're now easing back into them. Since we had just arrived in Valencia and had a busy week with friends, we didn't have time to …
