Felices Viajes
Last June, I spilled the beans about our move to North Carolina and Bart’s acceptance to Duke’s MBA program.
I hadn’t hinted at all about it on my blog, despite the fact we’d spent more than a year talking seriously about an MBA (and the previous six tossing around the idea more casually).
But now, we have another move coming up that I haven’t been keeping secret for months and months and months, because we didn’t know about it months ago.
In fact, things were only finalized on Friday.
A few weeks ago, Bart came out of his office and said, “I couldn’t help myself. I put in an application to do an international exchange semester in the fall.”
And then, a week or so later, Bart was notified that he had a slot if he wanted it and we had our pick of about 15 different MBA programs all over the world.
After poring over the list and weighing all the pros and cons of each place, we finally decided on. . . .
Barcelona, Spain.
We’ll be there for four months this fall, September through December, while Bart attends IESE.
Ella is begging to learn Spanish with Bart (she’s kind of obsessed with the idea of other languages), and I’m already scheming how many side-trips we can take while we’re in Europe. Ani has absolutely no clue.
(All of this also means we are trying to rent out our house not only for the summer but also the fall. So if you’re looking for a temporary home in Durham. . . . ).
Awesome, guys!
Whoa congrats! And good luck with renting your house!
Runt
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Wow, what an adventure! (and bonus points for the proper spelling of "poring"!)
WOW!!!! Such AWESOME news! I'm so excited for your overseas adventure. And your girls will be at such fun ages for it!
What a great opportunity! Just wanted to comment that when we were in Spain a few years ago now we found the high speed trains amazing to get around the country and indeed Europe. Some great deals can be found if you book through national networks e.g. sometimes family weekend tickets are really cheap etc. Generally booking ahead is a good idea to save $. I found Man in Seat 61 (http://www.seat61.com) super useful in Europe.
WOW! What fantastic news! Every time I hear of one of my friends having the chance to live abroad while their littles are young, it makes my heart sing. I know you'll have a phenomenal time, and I'll get the privilege of living vicariously through your blog and instagram posts! Good luck finding a renter.
Spain! How exciting. Can't WAIT to see pics and hear all about it!
Bueno!!
Wow that is so exciting! What an amazing adventure for your family! Spain is one place I've always wanted to go… I've heard it's just beautiful. I am dyyying to see all of your upcoming photos! Congrats!
Ohhhh my goodness!!!!!! How amazing!!! Wow. We need to talk!
PS…I'm catching up on your blog posts this week…That skirt, yes! That popcorn, yessss!!!
Whattt??? This is the greatest! So exciting! And now I want to visit.
What a fun adventure! We lived for a summer in Italy for my husband's internship and it was the hardest and greatest experience of our lives! (But we didn't have two kiddos!)
Best wishes!
So amazing! And my best friend from HS is there with her husband and children working for the state dept. Please look up the Claytons, or you'll likely run into them at church 🙂
Hi! I read tour blog from time to time from Spain. Great to ear such good opinions of my country. In fact it is an amazing place to live. Barcelona is a great city. I you need help let me know!
How fantastic! You guys will love it over there.