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Raccoon and Signal Mountain
This past weekend we took advantage of the dry and relatively cooler weather (only in the 80s with 75% humidity 🥵) and did a couple of nice local hikes. First Raccoon Mountain where I unfortunately completely forgot to take pictures of the reservoir, dam and hydroelectric plant. Then Signal Mountain out to Edward’s Point Overlook.…
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Our first visitor
This past weekend we had our first visitor to Chattanooga: Chris’s Aunt Sandy! One of our most devoted blog readers but a first time visitor. She was right on time to see Chris do his first ever 5k run. He came in third in his age division! We also took a trip across the Georgia…
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Arts and the Aquarium
It’s been a great couple of weeks in Chattanooga. We went up to Point Park to get (sort of) a nice view of the city. The clouds did eventually clear so we could see the Tennessee River, Moccasin Bend, and downtown. This is also one of the many important civil war battle sites in the…
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Chattanooga
We arrived in Chattanooga late last Sunday and are slowly starting to wander around and explore the city. Here are some shots of the sunset from our front porch and over the Tennessee River up by the Hunter Museum of America Art. The art museum is a cool combo of classical architecture and a modern…
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Adios Valencia
We’re leaving Spain tomorrow and we’ve made the most of our time in Valencia! The past couple of weeks we’ve been going to the most popular touristy sites of the city. We visited the Valencia Cathedral to see the holy grail. We climbed the Micalet bell tower of the cathedral. They rang the bell while…
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Madrid
We spent this past weekend in Madrid and hit some of the hot spots. First a tour of The Royal Palace. Incredibly beautiful and my first opportunity to see a Stradivarius cello up close! I bet it sounds like angels. The artifacts in the palace museum were also super interesting. Can you imagine being carried…
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Toulouse
Last weekend we headed to Toulouse, France. We got the recommendation from Riley and found direct flights from Valencia for €40! Couldn’t pass that up. We wandered all around the old city center and along the banks of the Garonne river. Toulouse is nicknamed La Ville Rose because of the pink bricks used in the…
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La CremÃ
This week Fallas wrapped up with La Cremà , a burning of all the monuments to ashes. We went to see the burning of my favorite falla in the nearby neighborhood of Russafa. A beautiful piece of art gone up in flames in a matter of minutes! A truly wild experience. We also made it back…
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Fallas de Valencia
Every spring Valencia has a massive celebration from March 1 to 19 called Fallas. This weekend we hit peak celebration with local parades and music and near constant fireworks. I have been consistently impressed by how good our local band and really all of the bands sound! The most notable part of the festival, aside…
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Athens
This weekend we headed to Athens to meet up with our friend Jen, visiting from L.A. on a birthday trip! We started off the celebration with a very fun dinner at a hillside tavern on Friday night. Our server was really smitten with Jen and gave us roses to help celebrate! After dinner we capped…
Traveling Van with a Man 