Its about the verbs, not the nouns We have lived in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain for almost two and a half months now. There are many differences in the culture and society that I have observed, most of which I am giving time to think about before writing. One observation, however, I am ready to talk about is
The Gap Year is Over Yep. For the past few weeks, anytime we tell the more yuppie inclined that we're moving to Spain with a 14 year old, they ask if we're taking a gap year. Umm, no. Our gap year started a year ago, when we led stressful lives in a large house without
Agency What have I done today? Well, I have done laundry, gone through childhood things that my mom saved for me, worked on a puzzle, got rid of some books, and looked into getting a US address, (for when we're gone). Overall, it's not exciting stuff, but it has been the
All the little things... ...of deconstructing your life for long travel. Consulate appointment: done, for now at least. We already have a list of tens of things to do before we would want to leave. One is shredding papers, luckily the shredder has recovered from its demise We had our first garage sale today,
One Day Left til Appointment We have just a little over 24 hours until our appointment at the Spanish Consulate in Houston. Everything is prepped. This afternoon we'll drive the four hours to Houston and stay in a hotel overnight to be fresh and ready to go for our appointment tomorrow. What have we done
That's awesome, but why? Janis and I are still very private about our plan to move to Spain. One of the main reasons we have for keeping this news to ourselves is to save time and energy by not having to repeat the "story" of our progress or manage others' expectations. We
Preparing for the Rubicon I've been studying how to obtain a non-lucrative visa for over six months, that's when my family and I seriously considered moving home base overseas. Learning requirements and preparing our documents has been my sole domain, until now. This morning Janis finally got involved. Adding another team member to the
