Here we are in Figueres – as you can see we’ve changed a bit on our trip☺! Oh, okay – it’s not really us! We arrived in Figueres – land of the famous Dali museum – this afternoon. We discovered it is another of Spain’s many saint days! And we lucked into a great fiesta! [...]
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Well, yesterday grandbaby and daughter and her friend left for home. We hope that they had a great day getting home. They had to get up quite early. We did find them a taxi! Here’s some news for travelers to Barcelona with young children: if you don’t have a car seat, you can only call [...]
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We’re having a wonderful time with our daughter and grandbaby in tow! The world is very different with a toddler about! The Spanish love babies and feel free to look and exclaim at your baby. We had observed this in the other towns we were in; and it’s very interesting to have our observations confirmed. [...]
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What an exciting week in Morocco! We met our son and daughter-in-law at the airport in Marrakech on Monday night. The first excitement was our son (fluent in French and a very important part of the week in terms of finding things out and our comfort) had to negotiate for a taxi. After a [...]
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We’re in Madrid, leaving tomorrow for Morocco. I’m not able to get online except through my husband’s computer; but keep checking in — hopefully I’ll be able to fill you in next week on our latest adventures!
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I did it! I’m feeling very proud of myself this morning! I managed two “real” things using only Spanish – and the best part – I used a verb! Who knows if I used the correct form, but I succeeded in asking my homestay mother if she would wash our laundry today and I asked [...]
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Hola! Well it is Wednesday already and we have pretty regular days. We get up and eat at 9, go to school to use the wireless and do homework. Lunch at 1, and back to classes for 3 till 7. Last night we went to a lecture in the school about Dali — understood about [...]
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It’s February 1st!  The trip that has been over a year in our brains, over 6 months in the planning, and starts in just 14 days!  Today’s snow and ice storm is one of the unpredictables in the list of what can’t be planned ahead; we sure hope we don’t have to battle the weather [...]
