Wow! What a day! In reality, it’s been two days but with a long overnight flight and packed days, it seems longer… After a slightly delayed flight, we arrived at our hotel in Madrid at 9am Sunday. Our view is beautiful, we are overlooking the palace. Nick’s only request when planning this trip was to…

As we get suuuuupper close to leaving, exactly 2 days til take off!!! I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for our many, many blessings. Thank you for being a part of our lives and sharing in this journey with us. Here is our itinerary: June 9: depart Chicago June 10: arrive Madrid June 12: pick up rental…

Great weekend! Nick and I decided to spend “the last weekend in Chicago” celebrating the city and doing all the things we love to do during the summer. He says I keep talking like we are never coming back, lol. We are. It’s just that June won’t happen again until next year!! This week and…

Hi! Thanks for tuning into my blog. If you are here, most likely, I know you. I am going to write like we are just chatting because chances are we don’t have enough opportunities to do that. My boyfriend is awarded a month-long sabbatical after 4 years at his company and this is the 4th…