Moments in Xàbia
We must keep our grounding in this gratitude. Simple things like a trip to Xàbia to take in this ancient fishing town that is today more about retirement and vacationing. Continue Reading →
Memories of UD Rome 1989
I am cleaning up some photos and building a few posts to share them. In 1989 I was privileged to attend a semester at the University of Dallas Rome Campus. It was a life changing experience. At the time I had a Minolta X-370 SLR camera and I took a generous supply of film rolls. Here is a selection of the photos. Continue Reading →
Roman Valentia: First Tour
Welcome to Valencia! Today we will explore primarily the Roman period of Valencia. We will pick up bits and pieces along the way, because history is never tidy, but our focus today is Roman era Valencia. Continue Reading →
Palace of the Generalitat
I went to Wikipedia to look up a detail about an important building and there was no English article about it. So I fixed it. Such a fun building the Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana. Continue Reading →
A Path to Tranquility: Stoicism and Buddhism
As I begin again to write more, I wanted to share with my friends some of what I’ve been reading recently about stoic philosophy. I have found this a fascinating subject. I have had the book with which I started my learning sitting upon my shelf for years. So join me as I learn more about living in tranquility and joy. Continue Reading →
Time Travel and History
Time travel. We think of it as a way to experience the past, but do we even truly experience the present? And when we read or write about the past, is it really itself, or still a filtered view of our present? Continue Reading →
A Year in Valencia
We are told a story about retirement. It is a tale full of quiet days, naps, and perhaps some regret that the job is not there to provide interest to the day. Patrick and I do not know who has this retirement, but it is not our experience. This first full year has been full of friends and family, events and excitement, visiting and visitors. We are so very grateful. Continue Reading →
Culture Shift: Retirement and Spain
It has been almost a year now that we have been living in Spain, and more than a year since we retired from our careers. Retirement has brought new perspectives on our work. The emphasis on that work in our lives is thrown into sharp relief by the move away from it, but also by our new life and new friends in Spain. Continue Reading →
Immigration and a new home
It has been a fair few months since I last reported here. As one can imagine, a great deal has happened. Most of this is related to settling into the new home and the new life as a retired person. Here I will report on our experience with the last steps in our first annual Non-Lucrative Visa (NLV). Then I will reflect on some of our experiences of the culture. Continue Reading →
Viviendo el Visado Loco: Making it to Spain
Life is what happens when we were making other plans. We thought our visit to Texas would be short. We thought our visa would be processed quickly. We spent four hot months in Texas. Our new home being finished, we executed our move ahead of our visa approval and received it two weeks after arriving in València. So, visas and relocation are our topics today. Continue Reading →