Barcelona Adventures

When you're walking around Barcelona, first, make sure to look up. The architecture is amazing and it is easy to miss a beautiful building or view. But don't forget to look down too. Barcelona sidewalks are created with different tiles in different…

Priorat, boating and watching the America's Cup practices, a quick trip to Minnesota, a rental on the Costa Brava, and wonderfully long visits from family and friends.

Q plays on U20 Spanish National LAX team, and we all go to Prague to watch!

We love when friends visit -- or ask us to meet them somewhere. We're always game.

Wow! Our first trip to Southeast Asia, and we covered a lot of ground. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia. We saw everything -- Thai Boxing, SO MANY Buddhas, an Elephant Sanctuary, Angkor Wat, a boat trip on The Ginger, crossing the street…

A hobby has been taking photos of the (mostly) amazing street art in Barcelona and our travels. There are more on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/petsoltaveces/.

Spring break in South Africa, and a little fun with the camera.

Family and Friends keep coming! Beyond Thanksgiving, it was a great time in Barcelona with so many friends from the states and those we've made in Barcelona. Nothing like winning the draw then scoring on the short filed.

Herculaneum & Pompeii with an archeologist guide--what they accomplished 20 centuries ago was jaw-dropping.

Borders open up, and friends and family visit! We are so happy to see everyone! Also catch the Tour d'France again in Andorra this time where an American who lives outside Barcelona wins the day.

Warming up with more events in town, a few small road trips and new friends!

We went to the US for vaccines, then hit Madrid and Toledo on the way back.

I realize the reason I don't post on a regular basis is that uploading photos isn't intuitive, and it's a bit clunky. I want to share what we are doing so I am throwing up my hands on the photos for now. Too many days have passed where I…

This is yet another post I drafted weeks ago. Busy days continue.  Not sure if I mentioned it in an earlier post, but Lilly has started practicing with the only lacrosse team in all of Cataluña, the Barcelona Dracs.  She is the youngest…

Celebrating Lilly's Sweet 16, we road trip to Florence, Rome, Cinque Terre and Lake Ballagio. Everywhere we go we have the place to ourselves.

Yep, France again! This time we're visiting amazing Roman ruins in in amazing French towns.

So, based on this being a blog post about living in Spain, it is now safe to assume that I live in Spain. The day we moved was the day that most people were starting up school so people were posting on Instagram about how they went to school…

Our second weekend in Spain and we decide to go to France. In Eze (one of my Mom's favorite towns) we happen to catch the Tour d'France!

That's what my four year old nephew shouted as we drove away after saying goodbye. Side note: it will also be the last line I use at his wedding toast someday. Love that kid. The last couple days brought with them a lot of sad goodbyes. Sisters,…

We learned today that our fathers had never had craft cocktails. Never. That's part of Kate and I's food triangle. This was something we obviously needed to remedy. Luckily, we have a favorite cocktail bar in Barcelona, the Collage Cocktail…

Quick note: on our way to our paella cooking class our taxi couldn't get through because of the march for International Women’s Day...so he dropped us and told us to hoof it the rest of the way. What made this challenging was the thousands…

Kate always finds us hidden gems. We just watched castellers practice. Denny & Lou watched from above with a beer & brandy and Kate & I hung out by the practice floor. There were over 100 people supporting this design. Amazing! Side…

So while boarding in Munich on our way to Barcelona, my dad was pulled aside by a very rule oriented, strict, authoritative (aka German) Lufthansa employee to weigh his bag. Apparently, it was ONE kilo over the limit. Who would have guessed…

My dad arrived for our pre-trip meeting (scheduled at his request) loaded with questions. We began with updates--hearing about what he's packing, the apps he's downloaded, the nuances of Lufthansa's overhead rules (1" smaller than Delta it turns…