Entries by Kate

Sidetracked.

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 of women streaming past on one of the widest avenues. I […]

Quality Familia Time!

Today was a FULL day to say the least. We took a lovely walking tour of our neighborhood thanks to travel writer Rick Steves. I narrated and led the crew through churches, markets, alleyways, and finished at a quaint lunch spot where we chose our own pintxos (small open-faced sandwiches) and downed a nice cold […]

Tapas!

After a long but relatively straightforward day of travel we found our apartments in the middle of town. After a quick freshening up we hit the streets in search of our first local flavor. El Born (our neighborhood) did not disappoint. Since it was just our first of many tapas meals we went with the […]

Barcelona with a Change of Plans

OK.  Here’s where our story begins.  I find an amazing price for a flight to Barcelona (one of our favorite cities) that David and I just can’t pass up. So we book the trip. A day later I have an epiphany…. what if we asked our dads to join us! I float the idea past […]