As many of our friends know, one of our dogs (Emmo) died last July and we have been missing him ever since. We knew there would come a time we’d want to find another dog to join us both because we really love dogs and we also think that as curmudgeonly as our other [...]
Last night we ended up at a cocktail bar here in Granada called Verdi with friends; we hadn’t been there before. It was a unique place. The interior is baroque in style but has a slight feel that you might be in the living room of an older devout catholic person rather than [...]
We travelled to Portugal this past weekend and it was one of the most enchanting places I have ever been. If you’re a traveler and have never been, it is more than worth the trip and we cannot wait to go back ourselves. We first arrived in Portugal by way of Southern Spain [...]
There are essentially two ways to enroll in a Spanish class/school in Granada – either directly with a school, or through a broker. I have enrolled in Spanish classes in both ways and I strongly recommend not only enrolling directly with a school or program but even more strongly that you do not ever [...]
Some things I used to take for granted I don’t any more. One of them is knowing what to say in social situations that come up that you don’t learn about in books. For example, what do people typically say on the voicemail message, either the greeting or the message itself, when they [...]