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Fiestas del Pilar: Taking part is more meaningful than observing

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 - 12 Comments.

Dressed in traditional Zaragoza clothing and clutching our bouquets of carnations and baby’s breath, we inched our way along the Ofrenda de Flores route.

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We finally have our Portuguese visas!

November 3, 2022May 9, 2024 - 19 Comments.

I hadn’t realized how worried I’d been about getting our Portuguese visas until we finally had them in hand – or in passport, to be precise.

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Could I learn the Gotheborg’s ropes… in Swedish?

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 - 8 Comments.

Whorls upon rolls upon rings of neatly coiled ropes, piled on the deck, looped around cleats and, of course, formed the rigging. So many ropes. That’s what struck me as we stepped aboard the Gotheborg.

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20th anniversary of our round-the-world adventure

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 - 10 Comments.

Twenty years ago, we took our three kids out of school and set off on a round-the-world trip, homeschooling them for an entire school year.

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