It’s been a fun couple of weeks. We have had lots of visitors from home and Spain. Vance’s cousin and her family came to visit and brought us Peet’s coffee! Yay! Ate some excellent paella and the kids added some additional rooms to Kaia’s cardboard dollhouse (thank you Amazon delivery!). Then our friends, John and …
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Crazy late
Ok, I can’t say that people didn’t warn me about how late people in Spain stay up but I was not prepared for how different the schedule is here. When we were traveling in Galicia, we once had to run around frantically from one mythical restaurant to another that Google Maps claimed to be open …
Life is a roller coaster
We took the metro to an amusement park in Madrid. It was strangely empty which meant Jett could ride the Tifun 4 times in a row without taking a break. Andrea rode it once and thought she was going to die. Vance got very nauseous on the teacup ride. The kids could not understand why …
Gatoteca!
The kids miss Jing Jing so much. They talk about him everyday. So when we heard about a kitty cafe we had to go get our kitty fix. It was amazing! Like a real life Neko Atsume.
Settling into life in Madrid
School!!
At last, the weather is starting to cool and that means that Madrid gets on with business. The kids started school today! Somehow, with the Spanish cutoff dates, Kaia skipped a grade and now in 1st grade. Whatevs, I’m calling it Kindergarten . They both look adorable in their uniforms. Kaia almost lost it over …
Just another day
After yet another morning spent in a government immigration office (progress at a snail’s pace) we decided it was time for vino blanco. Any time is a good time for wine
We have a home and childcare! Glory, Hallelujah!
We moved into our beautiful new apartment this week. It is all newly renovated so everything is super beautiful and new. It’s been heavenly having a home again and AIR CONDITIONING!
Gatos galore
Kitties, just a post about kitties
More surfing, a venomous bite, and a high speed train ride back
In our last few days in Galicia we found an awesome stretch of coastline with perfect waves for surfing. Both Jett and Kaia stood up on their boards! Jett declared it the best day of his life! We had so much fun that we went back the next day. Towards the end of our surfing …
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