Uhlfelder News

May 21, 2008.  Today was our 14th wedding anniversary.  It’s been an above-average 14 years, for sure.  Anywho, we decided to go to see the Volta a Catalunya, the second biggest bike race in Spain.  About an hour and a quarter drive north, we went to Banyoles, a cute town near Gerona, famous for Lance […]

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May 14, 2008.  Back from Mallorca and we have about five weeks before we’re going to be home.  I thought I might get a boat captain’s license, checked it out at the Escuela and it’s not possible.   There is a lot to it and not enough time. Thinking about water, they got a lot here […]

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May 7, 2008.  I’m back to running, which is nice.  David went to soccer practice and we (the parents and grandparents) watched.  I spoke Spanish with Jose, my 70-year-old friend.  We’re off to Mallorca tomorrow and the weather forecast calls for rain the entire time!  Should be great. May 8, 2008.  We left for the airport […]

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May 1, 2008.  Today is Labor Day all over Europe or in any case in both Spain and France.  We left this morning for France since we have a four-day week-end, more or less.  That is, Thursday is a holiday and everyone takes the Friday following as a holiday too.  It’s a bit early to […]

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April 24, 2008.  The weather has improved hugely here and although I feel a bit under it, Anne and I “discovered” that the park in front of our noses has a wonderful cafe where we ate lunch.  All the other Americans in this neighborhood similtaneously discovered same, and we ended up socializing a bit.  It […]

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April 17, 2008.  It’s raining, something new here.  I was a short discussion with a woman in the building a few days ago and she commented that the weather was very unusual this winter — not much sun, not much rain, just sort of gloomy.  Another reason why I’m reminded of Europe, I suppose.   Anyway, […]

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April 10, 2008.  Thursday is Paella day, so we (Dan and Amy, Anne and me) went out seeking the magic stew.  We found some, that was good.  The Irish realtor who appeared to speak very good Spanish came by today to take photos of this place for their website; I tried to enlighten her as […]

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April 3, 2008.  Today we had David and Joshua’s parent teacher conferences.  Everything was good and they don’t seem to have any unrepairable problems.  They are doing well although David is skating by.  Both really do enjoy their school and have some nice experiences to remember.  April 4, 2008.  Off to London we went on […]

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March 27, 2008.  All quiet on the Uhlfelder front.  The dog continues his vacation so we’re enjoying a clean house without the pitter patter of little needy feet. March 28, 2008.   Back to Starbucks, which I was boycotting for a while — well, actually I just didn’t have a chance to go there as regularly […]

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  March 20, 2008.  We skied today and it was much colder than it has been.  I’d guess around 20 degrees in the morning but warmed up to 35 of so by afternoon.  The off-piste is difficult as a result of freezing and thawing so we’re on piste with some short excursions to the off-piste […]

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