In early October, my parents crossed the pond for a 2 week trip to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Kelley and I met them in London since despite being so close we had not been there yet. When doing some research on accommodations and museums, I was flabbergasted by the cost of everything in London….
Month: November 2017
Belgium – Brussels and Bruges!
A couple of days after we returned from Spain and Portugal, we were off again to Belgium. I had a kickoff meeting for a new project on Thursday and then Kelley joined me on Friday evening – perfect! Brussels is a funky place. On one hand, it is the political center of the European Union…
Andalucia Spain! (Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada, and Ronda)
Spain… Spain… where to start… Spain is a large country by European standards, clocking in around the same size as Texas. When I think of Spain, I think of tapas, bullfights, flamenco dance, mountains, lisps, and my high school Spanish teacher telling me this is where you need to use the vosotros verb conjugations. It is…
Portugal!
At the end of August, Kelley and I took a week long trip to Portugal and Spain. Our first stop was Lisbon, Portugal, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe. In 1,200 BC Phoenician’s settled there, then it was ruled by the Romans, Germans, and Arabs (Moors) before 1147 when Portuguese crusaders…
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