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. . . . ).
HOORAY! How exciting!
WOW, exciting! I don't think I'd ever have the cajones to do that. Good luck to you guys – I can't wait to see those updates!
That's SUPER awesome! Looking forward to following you there via your blog!
wow, that is soooo cool! Barcelona is great and really close to Germany (well, closer that North Carolina :)) If you want to take a side-trip to Germany, I'd love to give you tipps 🙂
I'm super excited for you guys! WHAT fun!
How wonderful! Barcelona is beautiful with to a to do! What a great adventure for you all.
Ella may be disappointed, though — Barcelona speaks a different dialect than the rest of the Spanish-speaking world. Cousins, but hard to read even if you speak "regular" Spanish.
Huh. Since I was thinking about it, I looked it up and learned that Catalan (spoken in Barcelona) isn't even considered a dialect of Spanish (Castillian), it is it's own separate Romance language. Who knew?!
They actually speak both there – Catalan and Spanish – so it will be a double adventure for all of you!
Wow, you guys only make BIG changes! Congratulations, this is incredibly exciting!!
Wow! So exciting – I can't wait to read all about your adventures!
Wow, congratulations!! My sister is a missionary in Spain and currently living in Barcelona! I'm not sure for how long – her final post is in the Canary Islands and she's in language training right now.
Well that's exciting! I'm a little sad that the Spanish you learn will be with a terrible accent, though.
This is amazing! Congratulations and what a spectacular choice! Now, can we persuade your adventurous clan to take a weekend jaunt up to London?
Wow, that is fantastic! How exciting for all of you. And I can't wait to see posts about your European adventures!!!
Wow! That sounds like so much fun! I have never lived outside of the county I was born in. Every once in awhile I think it would be fun to move somewhere completely new, but it's not on the horizon for us.
Wow!! So exciting and I thought you'd never leave Round Rock!! I can't wait to see all your posts!
SO EXCITING! Awesome, awesome.
LOVE IT! I am so excited for you guys! Living abroad is on my list of things to do. Now that Seth's at BYU it's a real possibility… once he gets tenure taken care of! 🙂 I can't wait to keep up on your adventures.
Wow, that is incredible! What a cool opportunity! We briefly toyed with the idea of going to Australia for a few years after chiropractic school (I've forgotten the details, of course) but I wimped out because it would have been a few years, not months. I've always wondered what that would have been like. I'm excited to see all your adventures 🙂
How exciting – and such a great experience for your family! Barcelona is my favorite city in the world (besides San Francisco of course!)
I'm SO excited for you guys! I love Spain with all of my heart. I can't wait to read about your adventures there. Churros con chocolate, paella, seafood like you've never had before, oh. my. gosh. And there is so much to see and do in Spain alone! I am giddy for you!!