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Piper objects. Piper strenuously objects. (9/7/26)
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Sushi in the Chicago airport many hours into a trip that's only just begun. (9/9/26)
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Daniel introduces us to an old friend -- the dinosaur skeleton that haunts this airport. (9/9/26)
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If disco were a hallway... it would be this. (9/9/26)
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Lee races ahead. But since it's an airport, we all still arrive at the same time. (9/9/26)
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Much like this disco hallway, this day seems to never end... (9/9/26)
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We
make the best of being stuck in the Chicago airport for a full day by
arguing about whether "bits of beef in bags of beef" would be a good
basis for a song. It would not. (9/9/26)
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After
our endless day of airports, airplanes, and rental cars, we awake in a
town with a cathedral, filled with art, statues, and tapestries.
(9/11/26)
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A model of the cathedral inside the cathedral. (9/11/26)
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We
dined on empanadas, croissants, and then tiny blackberries and
blueberries at an outdoor cafe in the busy downtown district of Burgos
before heading on to Comillas. (9/11/26)
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Engaging in the difficult endeavor of aquiring food. (9/11/26)
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The crabs are still alive and struggling, hopelessly, to stay that way. (9/11/26)
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The best part about a big trip like this is that we're all together. (9/12/26)
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We found a beach! (9/12/26)
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No matter how hard things get, everything's a little better when you're standing in the waves. (9/12/26)
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The water's warm enough to swim. (9/12/26)
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Lee gets an idea... (9/12/26)
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"duuuunnnn... duunn... duuuunnnn... duunn..." (9/12/26)
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SHARK ATTACK!!! (9/12/26)
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Time to flee these shark-infested waters. (9/12/26)
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A delicious meal at The Yellow Parrot for famished people. And famished sharks. (9/12/26)
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After a surprising amount of work, we finally found the hidden pool. (9/12/26)
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Uh oh. (9/12/26)
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These also seem to be shark-infested waters. (9/12/26)
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Perhaps we'll just have to learn to live with the shark. (9/12/26)
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Tidepooling in Spain. (9/13/26)
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Examining a tiny shelled creature. (9/13/26)
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The rock formations were fascinating. (9/13/26)
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We head out as low tide ends. (9/13/26)
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From one beach to another. (9/13/26)
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The waves are coming for us. (9/13/26)
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Walking through the waves. (9/13/26)
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This is the way to enjoy Spain. (9/13/26)
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We stayed until the sun set. (9/13/26)
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Lee ponders a creature that will become his nemesis on a future visit to this beach -- a dead man-o-war. (9/13/26)
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Laying low, eatging spaghetti, and learning Japanese in Spain. (9/15/26)
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El Capricho de Gaudi. (9/15/26)
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Surrounded by sunflowers. (9/15/26)
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Sunflowers, sunflowers everywhere. (9/15/26)
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A sunflower tower in the sky. (9/15/26)
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Descending back to the real world. (9/15/26)
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These fish still have eyes, and we're not quite sure if that's unreasonable or not. (9/15/26)
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Approximately
as far away from home as we've ever been, just outside of Cueva de El
Soplau where we were on the other side of the world, under the ground,
being spoken to entirely in Spanish. (9/16/26)
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A tiny portal to everywhere in the world. (9/16/26)
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After a road trip across much of Spain, we're closer to home than we've been all week. (9/17/26)
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The third of four cities we'll have stayed the night in Spain -- Burgos, Comillas, Segovia, and Madrid. (9/17/26)
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Ready to relax and watch a few Friends before continuing our journey home. (9/17/26)
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Alcazar de Segovia. (9/18/26)
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So much to see -- definitely check the ceiling in every room you walk into. (9/18/26)
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Walking on the castle wall. (9/18/26)
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Beginning our long, tired trek home. (9/18/26)
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Hazel missed us while we were gone and deigned to come out from under the couch to see us. (9/30/26)
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It's dangerous outside of the couch. There are dogs watching and other cats prowling around. (9/30/26)
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But Hazel has found a pretty nice place to be. (9/30/26)
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