When Nik and I decided to move to Barcelona, we planned to start with a temporary rental so we could get familiar with neighborhoods and then decide on where we wanted to rent for the long term. An acquaintance I met on Facebook told me about Ukio, a newer company that specializes in rentals of…
Nik and I have been trying to take one trip out of Spain a month. Our August trip isn’t until the 25th so we planned a few days away in Sitges and then a night at the Cava & Hotel Mastinell, just about 40 minutes south of Barcelona. Two Nights in Sitges Using some of…
One of our favorite places to shop for fresh food and have the occasional lunch is at Mercat del Ninot located in our neighborhood, Eixample. Everyone knows Barcelona’s famous La Boqueria located just off the busy Las Rambla, but Mercat del Ninot is much more of a neighborhood spot. Brief History of Mercat del Ninot…
A few weeks ago, the three of us left the city for a long weekend at the beach, mostly to avoid the fireworks and bonfires celebrating the Feast of Sant Joan. We settled on a weekend in Platja d’Aro, a cute beach town about 90 minutes north of Barcelona along the Costa Brava. Feast of Sant…
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…