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Posted in Uncategorized on May 8th, 2014
Not that we expected a cakewalk, but the trip across the border took a good hour of passport checking and payments in Israel, a security checkpoint in Israel, a quarter mile of walking, a security checkpoint in Jordan, and then a final passport check and payments in Jordan. We were retrieved on the Jordan side […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 24th, 2014
Soon after our arrival in Barcelona, Ella joined a local futbol club, Maddock Sports. The team plays year-round. Soccer in Spain, pretty intense, right? Not exactly… Ella’s team consisted of about 10 girls including the Nelson sisters (Mia and Ella) from Menlo Park, and Barcelona locals Lisa, Maria, Paula, Alexandra, Pili and Alexia. The practice fields […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2013
One way to learn the geography (and culture) of Spain is to become familiar with the teams in La Liga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Professional), the Spanish fútbol league. The Primera División includes 20 teams, with the bottom three annually relegated to the Segunda División. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F. are the most prominent […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2013
From Bilbao, we headed toward San Sebastian, also in the Basque country, but I didn’t learn my lesson. I figured that if we show up earlier in the evening, rather than at 1 a.m., there had to be some amount of available lodging. But there was absolutely nothing. So, we headed to the nearby (15 […]
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An independent boutique publisher, founded in San Francisco in 1990.