While much of America was watching the Super Bowl, got with family at a pizza restaurant. We’ll enjoy leftovers tomorrow.
Category: Family
Estate Planning And Donuts
At the end of a walk, two friends served as witnesses as Dwight and I had our updated estate planning documents notarized. Celebrated next door at fabulous Cardigan Donuts.
Happy Birthday, MiL
Wished my mother-in-law Happy Birthday.
My Mother’s Typewriter
Spotted this in the basement of a college friend of Dwight. Immediately recognized it as a Remington typewriter case. Inside was the same model my mother used when I was a kid. When I moved to America, the first company I worked for had once made these typewriters.
Antequera: the Case for B-List Travel
Estimated numbers of hotel rooms in places we stayed: Granada, Antequera, Marbella and Nerja, Spain. May 2019 data from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. If you’re planning to visit Spain’s Costa del Sol, you’ll probably be staying in a busy place. It can be hard to avoid over-loved places, but I prefer to seek out B-List…… Continue reading Antequera: the Case for B-List Travel
Traveling by Numbers
Day 1, Minneapolis/St. Paul MSP. I needed to share my love of backpacking and walking with my two young nephews (aged 10 and 11). My partner, the two nephews, their parents, and I have been backpacking in Andalucia, Southern Spain. With a couple exceptions, we traveled using public transport and our legs. How we got…… Continue reading Traveling by Numbers
Fish Pedicure
After dinner, the boys wanted to visit a fish spa. Dad said no, so I fulfilled my uncle duties by treating the nephews. The fish made a beeline (fish-line?) for less-scrubbed parts of the boys’ feet. The fish pedicure was still in progress when Dad posted pictures on Facebook.
Backpacking with Kids in Andalucía: Snapshots of Nerja
My partner and I are backpacking in Andalucía, southern Spain, with our nephews (10 and 11) and their parents. We flew into Malaga from the States, then immediately started traveling by train, inter-city bus, and foot. We hope to complete the trip without ever taking a taxi. The map at the top of this post…… Continue reading Backpacking with Kids in Andalucía: Snapshots of Nerja
Burning Energy in Granada
Somehow our nephews had energy for roughhousing in the hotel pool after riding an inter-city bus to Granada, a metro ride to the city center, and a strenuous walk, backpacks on backs, up the hill to our hotel, just outside the walls of the Alhambra.
A Random Walk through Nerja
After dinner we walked. At each intersection, our nephews threw a coin in the air. Heads, we turned right, tails, left. Once, the coin rolled into a crack between cobblestones. After a failed attempt to lift a cobblestone, we walked straight ahead. The game ended at a gelateria.