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Before we left for our travels, we decided we wanted a way to document our trip beyond the shared Photo Stream. This blog and the Instagram account @gravesenespana are meant to do just that. I am writing this in Brussels, with only four days until we arrive in Spain, having

I'm not sure what I expected traveling Italy with the kids would be like for our family. I figured it would be hard and wrangling and bickering about who got to go first and who would push the elevator button. I imagined fights, picking on each other, and

While we plan to live in Spain for a year, we are starting our travels in Italy because Alex’s brother Russell is getting married to his fiancé Jordyn in Como. For a destination wedding, this is a big one. Seventy people are traveling from the United States for this

I love parties. Especially parties where I know everyone. I’m decidedly less comfortable at parties where I know almost no one. This party was full of our closest friends, neighbors, and co-workers. There were friends that I have known from high school, 30 years ago, and neighbors that we