London Calling ....

Have you ever paid $8 dollars for a coffee? We hadn't, until London. Despite the Pound crushing the Dollar, we had a fabulous 'local' weekend experience thanks to one of Gene's best buddies Holden, his cool wife Katie and Frances (the most charming kid ever, didn't hear a cry out of her entire weekend). Aside from eating and hanging out at incredibly tasty spots, we hit the Knotting Hill market, sat in on a Parliament meeting, went for a run in Hyde Park and toured Chelsea. I decided everyone is just smarter with an English accent and driving on the left hand side of the road is truly a talent .... I'll just stick to my bike. Click here for more pics.

Spain, we love you.

Barcelona was our landing spot for Easter weekend. Gene fell in love with the city as I had deprived him of visiting it back when I was living in Spain. He's now a huge fan of Gaudi work and took (no joke), 50 pics of the Sacrada Familia. He claims we walked well over 20 miles while touring around "nookville" (code word for the endless secret little streets). We checked out my favorite fruit, etc Market off the Ramblas that my sister and I discovered like 8 years ago...good to know it's still around. Gene was "Rocky" one morning and ran all the way to the Olympic park, which has the pefect view of the city.... and had way too many stairs to climb. We went a little nuts eating tapas and jamon serano but that's our duty as tourists. Check out the pics here.

Celebrating #3!

Hard to believe 3 years ago we were standing on the beach in Mexico getting married ... and now we're about as far as you can get from hot weather and a decent taco. To celebrate 3 years of married life, we headed to Bruges, Belgium to one of the most romantic and magical cities we've ever landed in. No need to write more, just check out the pics.

Oh, the one major highlight was the Chocolate Museum, seriously ... did you know chocolate come from these crazy looking fuzzy bean nuts? It was eye opening, and mouth watering. We're now finished with Belgium travel ...off to Spain next week.