The beautiful beating religious heart of Barcelona is hands down the beautiful Gothic cathedral. La Sagrada Familia is all about architecture, but La Catedral, that’s pure old school religious soul. Built in 1046-1058 AD with a Gothic façade added in 1298 the church is hundreds of years of art, sculpture, and religion Beautiful Gothic facade…
As a student living in Barcelona, my classes all ended before lunch. One of my favorite activities was to walk the short distance to Plaza Catalunya and then down las Ramblas, eventually steering into el Barrio Gotico. People watching was cheap and entertaining, so I’d get a coffee at a café and nurse it for…
In 1999, I was a young exchange student living in Barcelona and having the time of my life. While there I went on a tour of the Sagrada Familia. At that time, the tour did not have a set price, but donation based pricing. And the “tour” was simply access to the museum on Gaudí…
We were looking at another hot day in Salt Lake City, so our original plans of visiting the Lagoon Amusement Park or the Dinosaur Park was out. We wanted to stay indoors, but where to go? A search of the top things to do with kids in Salt Lake brought up the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum.…
“If your kids like science, you should check out the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake, they will love it!” This came from a friend when were in Jackson talking about our two days in Salt Lake that were entirely unplanned. All we knew was we were flying out of Salt Lake, and we had two…
I wanted to take advantage of President’s Day and take the kids on a mini, near-by adventure. So I settled on a day in the city, exploring the historic Fisherman’s Wharf area of San Francisco. We started our day taking a Lyft to Ghirardelli Square (we had wanted to ride the cable car, but we…
My daughter is a dancer. She dances at the dining table, she dances in the streets, she dances in restaurants, she dances with relish at her weekend ballet and tap class. She loves being on stage and the feeling that comes with it. We’ve been encouraging her with dance classes, support during recitals, and books…
Anyone who had ever looked into visiting to San Diego has heard of the famous Gaslamp Quarter. This area from 4th street to 6th street is part of historic heart of San Diego, and still has several working gas lamps lining the street providing light. But despite the name, that’s not what makes the Gaslamp…
Hollywood, La La Land: where the sun is always shining and dreams of becoming a star come to life. I’ve lived in California 12 years, but have only been to the LA area 3 times in my life. I had never made it to Hollywood. When we decided to head to Los Angeles for Memorial…
The Nutcracker – an age old holiday tradition. The classic ballet by Tchaikovsky that tells the story of a girl, her Nutcracker, and the epic dream that takes her from a rat fight under the Christmas tree to a feast of dances in the forest of the sugar plum fairy. Many years ago I saw…