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Barcelona Day Four: Montserrat, Breathtaking Hikes, and Wading in the Mediterranean

This day was simply glorious, even if it didn’t have the most auspicious of starts. (And maybe we shouldn’t pick favourites, but this was definitely my favourite.)

After a somewhat tiring Day Three, I was…

Barcelona Day Three: Gaudi, More Gaudi, Picasso, Bathroom Woes and Bird Poop

There are a handful of attractions in Barcelona that require advanced tickets and, no surprise, Sagrada Familia is one of them. When we picked our visit time, first thing in the morning seemed ideal….

Barcelona Day Two: Mazes, Carnival Rides, and Flooded Forests

We slept long and hard our first night in Spain; I woke the kids around 9:00 am and we started prepping for the day in a leisurely fashion – nothing was officially “booked” on…

Barcelona Day One: Crisis Averted, Our First Spanish Churros, Cathedrals and Kisses

And just like that – thanks to the wonders of modern aviation – our family was on another continent before breakfast! Our flights went smoothly (I’ll recap the transit experience, things that worked especially…

Well, Hello There…

We’re back. I was going to wait until Friday to post about Happy Things but I missed this space and all of you too much to stay away any longer!

Our family returned home in…