My Month in Barcelona [VIDEO]
There be dragons… and not just ones from Halloween! With multiple guests from the States, we loved our month in Sitges, the Catalunya beach town just outside of Barcelona.
Category: Spain
So Long Sitges, Spain
Spain looks good on me! #iusedallthefilters As I close out our month in Sitges, I find myself a little sad. We’ve had such an amazing month. Looking back at our trip thus far, I gotta say Sitges has been the best city for a “full…
Faith: Sitges, Spain
I didn’t find Sitges to be an overly religious community, though I did complete collect my data points in Sitges. I did a bit of research and found that while the majority of Catalonia is Catholic, the majority are non-practicing. In addition to Catholicism there are other…
Food: Sitges, Spain Part 2
In addition to all the little shops and stores in Sitges, there was a very large, traditional grocery story called Mercadona. It had everything all in one stop. When were first arrived in Sitges, we made our initial stock-up shopping trip at Mercadona. Jim, me, Nolan, and…
Family: Sitges, Spain
On our second day, Nolan and I found Lola & Leon Family Club, which was literally a block from the house. Our first week, they were offering a full-day camp because many of the schools were on a holiday break. Nolan was able to join in…
The More You Know … about Catalonia.
So I’ve had another … “I’m such a sheltered American” moment while in Spain. Well, not so much a single moment, as much as an on-going thought. Sitges and Barcelona are actually in Catalonia, which is a province of Spain. According to Wikipedia, “Catalonia is…
Food: Sitges, Spain Part 1
I have fallen in love with Sitges. After exploring the town, I discovered the best way to shop is at the specialty stores rather than the larger grocery store. It takes 5-different stops to get everything on my list, but it is totally worth it.…
Sitges & Barcelona with Kids
We had a really busy month in Spain. The first week arrived was Halloween, which is a big deal for Nolan. He was very excited to dress-up and celebrate. He also found really good selection kids games, so we had a couple really great Family…
A Thankful Thanksgiving
Everyone that knows me knows that I become a big ball of emotions around the holidays and it starts at Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays, I would put it above Christmas even. Personally, I find Thanksgiving is more of a…
November in Sitges, Spain
Welcome to the beach! We have officially settled into our fifth AirBNB, but this time we are at the beach. We did run into our first small snag with our AirBNB house this month, which was fun. About 2-weeks before we were scheduled to arrive…