As many of you know, my son Jake is a U.S. Marine. We found out some fantastic news recently! He is being deployed to Sicily but has a month long stop over in... wait for it.... Seville, Spain! We were super stoked when we found out because we were in the middle of planning our [...]
Rachel's daughter Sierra was inspired by our adventure and after talking to her for a couple of days she quit her job and came her to visit us! She has decided that corporate life is not for her (she works in the pharmecutical industry), and wanted to come and hang out with Quinn and Rachel for [...]
While we were staying at the El Granado Hostel we met some fellow travelers who had just come from the south and raved about Nerja. As we were on our way down to Malaga, we decided to stop and check it out! From Granada, we drove along the beautiful A-7 highway through southern Spain and wound [...]
We love staying in Hostels! Something about the community of world travelers all sharing food, drink, music and conversation on a sunny rooftop terrace just does the soul good! We were on our way to Malaga to pick up Rachel's daughter and so we booked the Casa Al Sur Hostel and it was fabulous! We arrived [...]
Granada is one of the best cities in Spain in our opinion and a trip there is best planned out well in advance and spread out over 3-5 days. However, sometimes you just get the opportunity to make an impromptu trip there on your way through. So it was with us this time and we decided [...]
Once in a while while you're traveling in a foreign land, you just want a taste of home..... it's not that you're not enjoying the new culture, food, language and people.... in fact, it's fantastic! But...Cheeseburgers! It's just comforting at times to speak your own language, eat familiar food and relax. We love traveling but it's [...]
Before we take off for Portugal, we wanted to make sure we experienced all that Andulusia has to offer. We've spent the last month in an ancient Moorish village in Andulusia, so we've checked the "hang out in the rural areas and get the real experience" box, but we were eager to spend some time in [...]
We've arrived at our new home in the rural village of Narila and it's everything we hoped for! Peaceful, rural life, beautiful scenary and time to just rest, recuperate from our hectic travels and then settle into our work. We drove a rental car here from Barcelona though some of the most beautiful mountain scenary [...]
One of the great things to do in Spain is drive through the countryside and just stop at historical places of beauty. Old Roman ruins, viaducts, castles and of course.... medieval monsastaries! About an hour out of Barcelona, we hung a right at Tarragona and headed up into the mountains to visit one of the oldest [...]
Morning came early in Sarasota, Florida and we had so much to do before our flight! We were so excited.... finally the day had come.. we were moving to Spain! All along, the dreaming and planning had seemed somewhat surreal, "Will this ever really happen?" and "Can we really do this?" Well... we did it! [...]
We were originally going to live in Alicante which is about midway down Spain's Southern Coast and we had a beautiful house picked out on Airbnb for $750 a month. It was right on the beach too! However, Quinn's son called and informed us he was being deployed in September to.... of all places... southern [...]
Rachel and I have both wanted to learn ballroom dancing our entire adult lives but unfortunately we both had spouses who were lame! About a year ago we decided to start doing all of the things we always wanted to do and dance lessons was sat the top of the list! We searched for a [...]