To stay connected with friends, family and 2-Factor Authenticated Financial Institutions we use a series of services that might seem overly complicated. Our major goals for staying connected while abroad were to keep our US numbers for when we return, be able to receive and make calls and SMS messages with ease and have a…
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Basque Country: San Sebastián
We left Hotel Marqués de Riscal and drove north through Basque Country to San Sebastián. After thorough research and several recommendations we decided to stay two nights in San Sebastián over our other stops in Basque Country. San Sebastián is a resort town that sits on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, known for…
Basque Country: Elciego and Marqués de Riscal
After landing in Bilbao, which probably had one of the nicest views during a landing, Julie and I picked up the rental car and drove about 90 minutes through Basque Country to Hotel Marqués de Riscal in Elciego, Spain. I found out about this hotel while doing research on Bilbao. Bilbao is home to the the…
Barcelona Recap
The plan was to start in Barcelona since we visited last year and we could ease our way into the trip. Julie and I planned on spending some time at the hotel relaxing and then visiting the places we enjoyed last year as well as what we missed. As you can see in the map…
Barcelona & The Works of Antoni Gaudí
In our 2018 visit to Barcelona we only saw Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família and so this trip we managed to see more of his works, starting with Park Güell. We booked an early entry time so we’d beat a lot of tourists and it worked. We took the train a few stops and then hopped a shuttle bus…
Camp Nou – FC Barcelona vs. Getafe CF
We enjoy our sporting events and it’s even cooler when we can see international events. As we planned this trip, we made a point to be in Barcelona to catch an FC Barcelona game. This is our second European football game, in 2018 we saw a Bundesliga game in Berlin. To get to the game, Julie…