by cwells | 2013-01-17 | Uncategorized
Gentle readers, I am sitting here with ridiculous bed-hair after a ridiculously long day traveling to not-so-ridiculous Valencia. I’m here for a number of reasons, but one of my main goals is to establish some parameters around where I am going to live and when will...
by cwells | 2012-09-26 | Uncategorized
Some time ago, when I started this blog to help me stay on track as I prepared to move to Spain, one of the key ingredients was the pursuit of minimalism. It took some time, a garage sale, a major overhaul of some personal belongings, but yesterday, I sold the biggest...
by cwells | 2012-03-21 | Uncategorized
Sorry, readers, this is a text-only post. Great service is very powerful, and we found this out after getting to our seats on our flight home. The flight attendant, Deborah, whom we had met on the outbound flight, was also serving the return flight to the US. Not only...
by cwells | 2012-03-21 | Uncategorized
We woke up on Friday with a few hours before we had to get ready for the train ride back to Madrid. Kevin was still a bit under the weather, so Michael and I decided to go to the grocery store for some last-minute items that would make great reminders of the trip. In...
by cwells | 2012-03-18 | Uncategorized
This morning, Michael and I went out for breakfast (Kevin was a little under the weather) on a hunt for breakfast, and we both agreed that we missed the concept of an American breakfast here. Scrambled eggs, grits, and coffee were just what I needed, but nowhere to be...
by cwells | 2012-03-18 | Uncategorized
Birthdays: Today is Michael’s birthday, and we did our best to celebrate with him throughout the day. We visited a huge market in the Ruzafa section of town, which is more of a working-class zone that includes a wide variety of people. The evening found us at an...