Alfonso has been dreaming of some solid winter boots, and he certainly got some, and me too. The 11th generation German company Meindl makes a boot they christened Perfekt, which is, you know, hard to argue with. Except with red laces they’d be even more perfekt.
I’ve read they take a year to break in, and [...]
A year ago today we stepped on to European soil with the intention of hanging around awhile.
In that time I have traveled more than I ever hoped or expected to, seeing bits and in some cases much of Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Suisse. I have learned about life in [...]
Barcelona was lovely. Parrots in palm trees, men bickering over bocce, fine snacks, lovely natural history museum.
In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.
~Federico Garcia Lorca
The kids escaped Madrid electing for a last (unplanned) night in a Parador. It was civilized heaven. The drive via Catalonia through the ever changing light and fog was like driving on mars, or being the last [...]