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How is Spain?

 Torre de Collserola, Barcelona We are enjoying our time here, exploring the culture and history of Barcelona, with long tasty lunches, a slow pace of life in general, exciting and inexpensive travel around Spain and Europe, a fresh and frustrating language that we are trying to conquer (do they speak more quickly than we do?), and new […]

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Valencia

Valencia sits 350 kilometers or a 3 hour drive south of Barcelona.  Back in a rented Kia while making our way down the AP-7 and in between conjugating Spanish verbs in my head, I had scary visions that my first glass of orange juice in Valencia would not be fresh but concentrate.  Still, orange trees […]

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Day in Bilbao

Showing up in a town with no hotel reservations can work, but it is probably better to reserve a room(s) if one or more of the following is true: a) you are arriving at 1 a.m.; b) the town is hosting its annual festival; c) it is August and you are in Europe; d) you […]

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