Ask anyone what to do in Valencia and I can guarantee you will hear “eat Paella”. With that in mind, I went searching for where we should go to get it. I learned a lot in that search, mainly that paella isn’t really something you can just get (well you can, but it will be […]
June 21st Valencia Read More »
Valencia was a quick two day-one night stop before our ferry to Mallorca, but wow. The architecture, the atmosphere, and the parks!! As we were told, multiple times, Valencia was named the European green capital a few years ago. It’s not quite a coastal city (IMO, as the closest beach is about 3 miles away),
June 20th Valencia Read More »
Reds and yellows and bluesA few striped ones in the mix tooThe turquoise of the Mediterranean against the white of the sandFamilies lounging at the beach, umbrellas in hand The colors of Peñíscola delighted me. Constant pops of blue doors and green palm trees against the white walls of the castle city, the beach umbrellas
June 19th Peñíscola Read More »
How often these days do we go anywhere or do anything where we don’t know exactly what to expect? You read blogs, watch reels, or just do a quick google search to make sure where you are going will be interesting. I’m trying to do less of that on this trip, with the idea that
June 18th Peñíscola Read More »
Why does public transit illicit such fear when you arrive at a new place? “Is the bus stop actually here? Will it come on time? How do I pay? All I have is a 50 euro note and I doubt they will give me change.” It feels intimidating coming from the U.S. to solely rely
June 17th Peñíscola Read More »
Katelin Event time delights We’re trying to live this summer on event time-minimal scheduling, maximum whimsy. If we come across something on our way somewhere we want to have the freedom to pause and enjoy vs. rushing off to wherever we “need” to be. Barcelona is a city that event time feels particularly relevant for-partly
June 16th Barcelona Read More »
Katelin Bike Commutes In 2024 I started bike commuting to work. It was fairly short by bike commute standards-4ish miles and around 18 minutes if I took the most efficient route. Bike commuting in the U.S. is fairly lonely, even in Minneapolis which apparently has one of the highest bike commuting rates in the country
June 15 Copenhagen Read More »
Katelin Nick’s Birthday Can a little delight be an entire day? Normally this would go against my little delight rules (which are as follows: 95% of little delights must be a) small and b) unplanned/surprising) but Nick’s birthday is an exception, obviously. What a little delight to get to celebrate my favorite person on the
June 14th Copenhagen Read More »
Katelin Coffee ChatsPeople who know me know I love a coffee, and if you had visited my house since last October I probably forced a coffee from my Breville machine (re-homed to my sister in-law while we are away.) It makes sense then that my first little delight now that we are in Europe is coffee
June 13th- Copenhagen Read More »
Katelin’s Delight: A Goodbye with FriendsMy inaugural delight! June 12th was departure day, an 8 pm flight to Copenhagen out of MSP. Having already sold our home, we’d been jumping from place to place the last two weeks-Chicago, Decorah with Nick’s parents, Des Moines with Nick’s brother, and finally back to Minneapolis, split between Nick’s