It’s not all tour guides and beach walks. Sometimes you just have a crappy day. In order to tell you about our bad day yesterday I have to give you some background. Settle in, this one will take awhile....
Merry Christmas from Spain
It’s not easy being on the road for Christmas. On one hand it allows us to really pare down any excessive spending (especially when Dan slaps things out of our hands at the store yelling “It won’t fit! Put it...
Mad Hatter’s Film Camp
Disregard the author listed above. It’s not Dad, it’s me. Zoe. This weekend I went to a really cool film camp called the Mad Hatter’s Film Camp. They recorded us singing and shot a music video. Of course, I’ve...
Southeast Spain: Castles, Shoes, Marble and Vegetables
We just returned from a quick trip to Alicante, northeast of where we live in Marbella. It was a lovely town that had so many things to do, great weather and more restaurants than you could possibly need. It’s on...
Sisters in Spain: Then and Now
At some point during my sister’s visit we simply had to carve out time to go back to Campello, where we had lived for 4 months as teenagers with our parents. Neither of us had been back to the town...
Nacho Average Monday
Greetings loyal fans of the “Let’s Just Travel” blog! Guest blogger Margaret (Allison’s sister) here to share a few musings about visiting Spain thanks to the fabulous hospitality of the Sherman family. (Shout out to Zoe for giving up...
Sisters in Spain: Madrid and Granada
The next few entries of the blog will be called Sisters in Spain. My sister, Margaret, has arrived for a visit and we are not allowing any time for jet lag, we are off exploring and keeping her very...
The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain
It’s raining today. This area of Spain only gets about 10 days a year of rain so I don’t think it will last too long. It kind of fits my mood, though. A little grey, but still bright. Our...
Rock of Gibraltar
We’ve been in Spain only 3 weeks but we’ve visited the Rock of Gibraltar twice already. And I have a feeling we will be going back at least one more time. It’s a fascinating place that is proving to...
Settling Down in Southern Spain
After two and a half months of living out of our suitcases, today we are unpacking. One suitcase doesn’t take long to unpack but the feeling of settling into a house for awhile is lovely. We have found an...