Blog
Notes on and photos from our 2018 sabbatical. From preparing to doing, this is what we've done so far.
A Wine About Spain
Whilst choosing between the €4 bottle and the €3 bottle at our local supermercado, I noticed that on the back label of a Crianza I was interrogating it mentioned the use of tempranillo grapes. What the what? After a mad dash to Google and few glasses of this Crianza-tempranillo later, we learned the following.
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Photos from Santa María la Real de La Almudena
Madrid’s cathedral is pretty new as those things go. Consecrated in 1993 by John Paul II, construction on Santa María la Real de La Almudena began in 1883, with Madrid becoming an bishopric in 1884 (later an archbishopric in 1964).
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Our Introduction to Local Traditions in Madrid
Madrid has a lot of great local customs, and on Saturday we decided to try several of them out as[…]
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Our Place in Madrid
Greetings from our tiny house! We have settled in nicely to our Airbnb digs for the month. Would you like a tour? It won’t take long.
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Estamos in Madrid
Two connections and twenty three hours after departing our temporary quarters in DC (Petworth -> Dulles via the 5A -> Reykjavík -> London -> Madrid), we arrived at our apartment in the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid.
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Our Sabbatical FAQ
WTF? We (Craig and Meghan, AKA Craighan) have quit our jobs to spend 2018 traveling around Europe, focusing mostly on[…]
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