Gallery

January 2024

In my second home…my car
Rest stop selfie!
East TN showing off before I leave!
Mountains in Johnson City
Packing Galore
All packed up
In the air!
Airline dinner, I always go for the pasta
Special chocolate from a student!
Arrived & watched friends play basketball
One of my first Spanish dishes, surprisingly tasty!
In the home of Zach & Hannah!
Must insert roomkey to use lights, almost lost my mind trying to figure this out!
0 = Ground Floor
🙂
Plaza del Sol by our apartment
Stairwell plants
Roaming the streets!
Royal Palace – this picture only captures 1/3 of it, massive!
Beautiful entryways on every street
One of the oldest plazas in Madrid
Love stained glass
Felt especially grateful during this walking tour sunset!
Our most cherished terrace view!
On the walk to orientation
A quaint alleyway
Smallest alleyway in Madrid!
Dreamy sunset in Plaza Mayor
Last one on the bus
Cool bridge but I stepped in dog poop right after this.
Bookstore windowfront – “Smart girls read books”
My school!
3rd Graders represent their internal versus external “self”
Restaurant & Bar exterior
The front door to our “Hobbit Hole”
One of the best tapas!
Night view from Z&H’s apartment
A german bar that became a staple for us!
Found inside one of the many many bookstores!
Plants are everywhere!
Through the Palace
A great ramen spot!
I brought this yogurt for the jar
Reminded me of home – a buckeye!
Greenhouse in Retiro Park!
Dr. Suess Tree
On a street corner in Sol, our neighborhood
First home cooked meal!
In our neighborhood market
Some of the best tacos I’ve EVER had. Period.
Day by day!
So excited to see the leaves grow
Local movie theater
Taken from the bottom of our stairwell

February 2024

Inside the classroom!
Always embracing my inner child
Breakfast on the terrace!
One of Christian’s many innovative work setups
Thank you to my former Pre-K students for the artwork!
Plants! Plants! Plants!
On a night walk, always enchanted by the buildings
Another dinner at home!
First Museum in Madrid
Monet at the Thyssen!
Another work setup!
Another shot in Retiro Park, one of my favorite run spots
Break at work – food & coffee provided daily!
runnin runnin & runnin runnin
….like i said, PLANTS!
In the home!
At a snack shop!
One of my favorite dry goods stores!
Eggplant Parm!
A popular coffee chain in Madrid
A firehazard?
On our fridge 🙂
Battling my first Spanish cold, kids still cough with their mouths open here
My new work bag! I made a friend on the elevator in our apartment because of it!
Venturing to El Escorial
El Escorial – historical residence of the King of Spain. We visited by bus!
El Escorial Interior! The colors were even more stunning in person
Artwork on every ceiling
Intricate woodwork on a desk inside the library
Close up of the ceiling
Shadows in the hallway
Our first night out!
Trying out pizza each Friday!
Salud!
What makes Spain go ’round
In the kitchen!
Celebrating the countries today! 3rd grade is Italy!

Hiking El Yelmo

Hiking El Yelmo – short bus ride from the city!
Goats!! There were so many of them, we were stunned
We had to shimmy up through this crevice…
…and climb through this hole…
…to reach the top! Don’t let the smile fool you I was very grumpy because the only snack we had was a single clementine.
View from the top!
Gran Canaria
Coke in Gran Canaria!
me & my love
Outside of our hostel
Matcha Latte & a coffee bean snack
Santa Maria Cathedral in Gran Canaria
Bird of Paradise – one of my favorite plants!
Funky tree I spotted
Inside the Santa Maria Cathedral
Main chapel
My favorite tree
View from the top of the cathedral
Bell tower at the top!
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