Uhlfelder News

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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March 13, 2008.  Wow, what a day.  Nothing happened.  I did manage to plan another two days of our Easter break (Semana Santa) which is the Saturday and Sunday on the way back from skiing.  Here’s the thing, it’s high season, we need two rooms (if anyone wants to sleep — David snores loudly and […]

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March 6, 2008.  I forgot what, if anything, happened. March 7, 2008.  Again I met John Barkley, who introduced me to a guy who supposedly was interested in an “intercambio” or exchange of English lessons for Spanish lessons.  Turns out that he and John were huge friends and they couldn’t keep their hands off each […]

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February 28, 2008.  Today started like any other day, I thought.  I woke up, crack of Noon, and rolled out of bed.  I was sick in the night and there was vomit everywhere.  I barely remembered what must have been a bender the night before, but on seeing myself in the mirror, I knew that […]

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February 21, 2008.  I invite anyone reading this to submit changes/improvement/ideas for the www.barcelonasabbatical.com.  Let’s both make this a fun project.  I’ve spent a few hours correcting my programming errors and such, but otherwise just wrote it off the cuff.  I think this should be the information source for everyone planning a sabbatical in Barcelona […]

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