Our 2025 trip begins

For our adventure this year, we’ll be heading back to “our second home”, Barcelona, for five weeks. Once again we’ll be staying in the Gràcia neighborhood, walking distance to a great community with everything you need in close walking distance. The place we’re staying in is familiar to us. Back in 2021, we stayed for a week in the downstairs apartment in this spot. The upstairs apartment is complete with a rooftop terrace, is rented on a monthly basis only. We were happy to discover it was available for the time we wanted! I’ve checked the listings in previous years and usually it’s already booked.

We’ll be heading down to Mom’s in Vacaville first, and flying out of San Francisco. This way we leave our car at her house and take BART to SFO. Flying from there allows us to take a nonstop flight straight to BCN!

There will be a brand new adventure after our time in Spain. We’re going for the first time to Southern Italy. My Italian ancestors came from Calabria, the tip of the boot. In our many travels to the country, we’ve never ventured south of Siena. I’ve been thinking about this for years and committed to it being this year. In preparation, I had research done on the Adamo side of my family, as barely any history was passed down to us. I’ve learned more about where my great-grandparents came from, and we’ll be visiting the villages where they were born.