Run Barcelona I began running in Barcelona four years ago. Coming from Costa Rica, I was used to running alone…
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Hort Cuisine – Vegetable gardening in Barcelona
It’s not easy being green. This is especially true in a city due to the lack of private gardens and…
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Specialty Groceries: The world in your kitchen
It inevitably happens just when you’ve finally adapted to the traditional Catalan life of tapas and late dinners — the…
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The Wine Diaries: Neighborhood bodegas and bars
The availability, variety, and relatively cheap cost of Spanish wines made it one of my favorite reasons for moving to…
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Shelter from the Storm: Indoor Activities for Young Children
The rain falls so infrequently in Barcelona that the city’s inability to deal with the occasional storm is legendary. Traffic…
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Learning Spanish One Palabra at a Time
Moving to Spain presents numerous challenges and learning Spanish (and/or Catalan) tops that list. Meeting and connecting with others, not…
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Hide and Seek: Geocaching with Kids
Before writing this article, I had only heard friends’ geocaching stories of hiking through the woods of the northeastern United…
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