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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….

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Mar, 26, 2024
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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…

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Mar, 25, 2024
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Happy Things Friday: 22 March

I’m so happy to be back in this space. It was lovely to get away from our normal routines for a while – buffered with some extra offline time – but it’s nice to…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Mar, 22, 2024
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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…

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Mar, 21, 2024
  • 39 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Kitchen Appliances (Mostly To Gauge Your Stance on Microwaves)

While I work on the mounds of laundry waiting to be tended, here’s a twist on the crowd favourite Top Five/Bottom Five posts; this time I’m going to write about what kitchen appliances (excluding…

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  • Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Mar, 20, 2024
  • 47 Comments

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…

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Mar, 19, 2024
  • 42 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 8 March + Another Bloggy Break

Some weeks the lights burn out.

The mantle is a fitting representation of my weekend and early week. I tried to compensate by taking a step back and resting as much as I was able,…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Mar, 08, 2024
  • 33 Comments
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