Living in Europe starting in mid-April 2022
We spent about 48 hours in Brussels primarily to see the Mavis Staples concert but we also intended to see and experience some of the food and culture that Brussels had to offer. We also experienced dramatically cooler temperatures and a ton of rain which we haven’t seen in Barcelona since we arrived. Transportation Similar…
Seeing Mavis Staples in Brussels When Nik and I discussed our plan of moving to Europe, whether for a year or more, one of the ideas was to be able to travel more easily around Europe if we were living there. Going to things such and concerts and sporting events were top of the list….
Our first trip in Europe from Barcelona was to Vienna to track down some family history and take advantage of the what the city has to offer. This was our second visit to Vienna and this time around we had more experience and a more detailed plan of what to see, eat and drink. Art…
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…
Once we decided that Lufthansa was the airline we wanted to fly to Barcelona, mostly because of their good reviews of flying animals, we decided to treat ourselves to business class seats. For the most part, their flights went through either Frankfurt or Munich, but only Frankfurt flights allow for animals. As we started looking…
Getting started We are very lucky that Koval is crate trained and does very well in his crate…all except when traveling. When we’ve taken road trips, he whines initially but then settles down. We hope that was the case as he flew from Chicago to Barcelona via a layover in Frankfurt. Once we decided that…