It’s time to renew our family’s visas, so we made a summer weekend out of it in Jávea, Spain. We had already visited this area once before when we went to Dénia near Valencia, but we were excited to experience a new beach town in Spain. Because the lawyer that we used for our visas […]

To be fully transparent, our family is a bit more cook-at-home type people vs. eating out so this list is short. But I wanted to put together a short list of food places in Madrid that you cannot miss if you’re visiting Madrid. At the bottom of this article, I have included a list of […]

Our now 12-year old and 10-year old boys help me discover the best things to do with kids in Madrid, Spain, so I wanted to share this list with you, too! Please note that one of the best ways to experience the wonderful city of Madrid is to visit its local small towns, or pueblos, […]

While our American family loves living in Madrid, sometimes a day spent in a local small town is just what this family needs. Some of the best ways to experience an authentic day visiting Spain is to spend time amongst the local Spanish small towns or pueblos. Many of these are also developed cities that […]

Hosted by Oasis Blanc; opinions are my own Our family was so excited to kick off the summer in Menorca, Spain, a Balearic Island next to Mallorca which we had visited in the past. We had our hearts set on visiting Menorca since seeing pictures of it and let me tell you: it did not […]

It has been wildly busy for us this past month as we celebrated living in Spain for eight months this May. We have embraced the slower-pace life living in Spain and so the last few weeks have reminded us of our U.S. fast pace that we prefer to forget (ha). Between a move to a […]

#discounted by FeelFree Rentals; opinions are my own We had the best Semana Santa in San Sebastián! We have always wanted to visit the area of Spain once we learned about how beautiful it is and the amazing selection of food there. From our home base in Madrid, this was only a four-and-a-half hour drive. […]

It’s hard to believe that it has been six months since we moved to Madrid, Spain! I have less “pinch me” moments now and honestly, it’s beginning to just feel like our norm. I had an emotional moment this past week, though, as I met with other expat moms at a local Tres Cantos park […]

Grammy and Pop just left after a great first visit to experience our new life in Spain! It was such a fun feeling, waiting for them at the Madrid airport to show them our new home. After them taking an overnight flight direct from Philadelphia (one of the reasons that we chose Madrid was due […]

In my mind before moving to Spain for a gap service year, I expected that I’d be blogging constantly, sharing all about the differences I have been experiencing here. But an unsurprising thing has happened the more time we spend in Madrid, with this now being our almost fourth month living in Spain: there’s nothing […]

We were so glad to have a long weekend break in December, a combination of two holidays in Spain. Wednesday was Constitution Day and Friday was The Day of Immaculate Conception here in Spain, which they combine to be a puente or a long break. With school out, we followed our family motto of “no […]

#discounted by Rotonda Apartments; all opinions are my own What a great long weekend we had in Mallorca, Spain! This was our first dip into the Mediterranean, and now we’re spoiled. If the water doesn’t look like that sea, we don’t wait it 😉 Now living in Madrid, we wanted to utilize a day off […]