UMTravels

Yet another night with only a couple of hours of sleep before leaving to the airport. Good thing my body clock is broken…and that there is a lounge in the Barcelona airport that I have access to: Must have been tired since I didn’t even take a picture of the place! The ugly truth about […]

Day one in Barcelona, found RayA making us a late lunch snack… Simple but wonderful! Afterwards, I headed to bed for a two-hour nap, while RayA had a French lesson, and then went to the gym. It was a nice way to ease into the city. I was fine just hanging out at his place, […]

A birthday in Barcelona, though not mine. Thank would be RayA. It was just an excuse to catch up with him as he turns 55. Ah, youth. Used 120,000 United mile and less than a hundred dollars in fees to get Business Class tickets – with the exception of the Frankfort-Barcelona leg. Here is what […]

I should note that we were in shorts on day one, and in sweatshirts by our last day. Let’s pick up with dinner on Thursday at Black’s BBQ – we are certainly getting a lot of use out of Uber this trip! Complete with wine from Texas Hill Country. Yes, wine by the bottle, but […]

Rache was up way before I and was out exploring the city. I made it out the door to lunch, at a place run by Sandra Bullock’s sister that is part deli, part flower shop – Walton’s Fancy & Staple: I went for the Rueben and a Burnt Orange: Stopped by Austin Wine Merchants, had […]

When we made the plans, it was when we both had time open – not looking at the calendar and noticing that it was going to be election day in Austin, and when we made the reservations, Beto wasn’t the buzz that he was on election night. Rache showed up the night before, and I […]

They ask, I visit – when I can. This trip started with a random text three or four weeks ago. The questions was: “When are you coming back through?” My answer was, probably winter, but let me look at fares. And the fare was $237 round-trip Seattle to Boston. Off to the Lounge go I: […]