Category Archives: Spain

Barcelona: Bird’s Eye View

Wow…how far we’ve come! It’s incredible to think that a month ago we could speak only in the present tense 🙂 Now, a month and four tenses later, we’re well on our way to being able to carry on a … Continue reading

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Picnic in the Park…

23245 23240 It’s amazing what a difference a few extra degrees makes. If in London today, we would have likely experienced temps in the 50’s. But, luckily for us, Barcelona’s experienced a bit of a warm weekend with temps in … Continue reading

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Una Primera Semana Buena en Barcelona…

Wow! What a great week! We learned 3 new tenses, loads of new vocab and passed our first exam! Now, we’ve officially upped-level. And to cap it all off, we spoke to each other (G&I) almost exclusively in Spanish yesterday … Continue reading

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¡Barcelona dice hola!

We’re now in sunny Spain and have successfully completed day two of our classes. And we have seen the sun, afterall. As we’ll be here for 4 weeks in total, and we’ve been in classes for 4 hours each day, … Continue reading

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Mallorcan Respite

11042 After returning from Virginia last weekend, I caught up on laundry and we packed again. This time for a joint respite in Mallorca.You may remember that we were planning to visit Croatia and Slovenia over break. However, while in … Continue reading

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Madrid Completes Big Five!

10471 When most people think of traveling to Europe, they think of the Big Five: Italy France England (UK) Germany Spain 10153 G and I finally capped the big five this weekend with our visit to Madrid and Toledo. With … Continue reading

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Photos from Madrid and Toledo

10381 We had a wonderful weekend in Spain. We’ll tell you all about it in a bit, but for those who can’t wait, you can check out the pictures as they are uploaded.

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