Archives: Life Posts
Wow, it feels like an eternity since I’ve written about anything other than food and travel here. If we were grabbing a drink to catch up together, I feel like this is the moment when I give you a big hug and apologize for being so MIA lately. ♡ Life has definitely...
All of our best travel tips for where to eat, stay and visit in Santorini and Folegandros, Greece. For our very first year as European expats, Barclay and I decided to make the most of our time here and go big by planning one another epic bucket list trips to celebrate our...
One year. ♡ I feel like my heart is still learning how on earth to take in to this goodness that I now wake up to each day. That he’s here now. That he’s my best friend, my family, my home now. That he’s the one I get to host...
Highlights from our 5-day long weekend in Rome (including a day trip to Naples!), including our favorite places to eat, things to do, and where we stayed. And of course, a hundred photos. :) Last month, my favorite guy in the world turned 40! So to celebrate, I asked him to...
New Catalan tradition we’re TOTALLY adopting and celebrating for the rest of our lives: La Diada de Sant Jordi! We’ve been looking forward to this festival ever since we moved to Barcelona. It’s known by foreigners around here as the “Catalan Valentine’s Day”. But sure enough, as has been our experience with...
Of all the questions we’ve been asked since moving to Spain, there’s one we’ve come to really appreciate friends checking in on — “So how’s learning Spanish going?” Our short answer? Good! Also…hard. And fun. And humbling. And encouraging. And slow-going. And never-ending. And downright maddening, at times. (<– Hello, having...
¡Bienvenidos a nuestra casa! Welcome to our new little apartment here in Barcelona! ♡ Spoiler alert: we love this space so much, you guys. It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s literally everything that we had hoped to find in a flat here in the city…and so much more. From the location...
A few highlights from our 3-day weekend in Madrid, including details on where we stayed, what we did, and what we ate. Ever since we moved to Barcelona this past October, our bucket list has been growing with new places that we hope to explore around Europe these next few years. So many places, you guys!...
Friends! In lieu of sending out official holiday cards this year, because — let’s face it, both of us are total procrastinators, plus mailboxes and inboxes of all kinds have never been our forte — we thought we’d sing you all a little Christmas song instead. ♡ From our home to yours, we...
One of the best surprises of moving to Barcelona has actually been getting to know some of the Gimme Some Oven readers that live here in Barcelona. Case in point — my new friend and long-time blog reader, Laura, who graciously agreed to come and help us with today’s new...
Hey friends! We’re back today with the second video in our series about Christmas in Barcelona, and today’s subject is near and dear to my exterior-illumination-loving heart… …Christmas lights! For weeks and weeks, Barclay and I watched during the daytime as thousands of lights were strung across all of the streets...
Happy December, friends! Hope that this holiday season finds each of you well, and snuggled up somewhere this weekend with a nice crackling fire or a warm mug of hot cocoa with some twinkly lights nearby. ✨ Here in Barcelona, the Christmas season is already in full swing, and the city is abuzz...
