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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2013
Madrid is a 625 kilometer drive from Barcelona and the trip can be faster than that sounds, especially if you do not anticipate receiving multiple (3) speeding tickets a few weeks later from Hertz, due to clandestine radar technology (no living/breathing highway patrol). Still, the trip was worthwhile in our manual transmission Opel sedan, and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2013
We attended our first Barça game last night, and it was even better than expected. Camp Nou (Barça stadium) is not too far from our home, a short walk and tram (streetcar) ride, about 20 minutes in total, and we could walk the whole way in 30 minutes. Sevilla was in town for a La […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2013
My Spanish classes have begun at the Don Quijote School, 2 kilometers from home, a 10-15 minute bike ride (many stoplights) or 20-25 minute walk. Almost 20 years have passed since I last sat in the classroom. I don’t miss the nightmares, which seemed to last until recently—showing up completely unprepared for a test or having […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2013
We visited Park Güell with the Nelson family (also here for a year). Not your typical park, of course, it was designed by Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) and built in 1900-1914. Our guidebook notes that the developer, Eusebi Güell, intended it to be a suburban “garden city”, similar to those in England, with 60 houses planned around […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2013
School started today. If MEM were nervous, they didn’t show it. A new adventure that they may appreciate someday. The first responses by all to “how was the first day?” were, “the food was terrible.” They were on the meal plan, but looks as if we are switching to bag lunches. It could be worse. […]