Our every day and outlandish stories
Hi! We’re Rhys and Shannon and we started writing this blog in 2006 as a way to stay in touch with loved ones when we moved cross-country (our first of many) from Indianapolis, IN to Portland, OR. After a 13-year hiatus, we’re back and better than ever with more adventures to share, including our recent move from Atlanta, GA to Valencia, Spain. Follow us as we navigate this amazing life we love and all the twists and turns that come with it.
Recent Posts
Celebrating Las Fallas
A festival like none other…
Four months
We're more than four months in…
The Ninots of Fallas
Our most recent museum adventure…
Celebrating Carnival
Time for another parade…
Capturing the beauty of Valencia
It's easy to find beauty here…
Celebrating Chinese New Year
Seemingly always up for a party, Valencia celebrated Chinese New Year with a spectacular parade…
We got our foreigner ID cards
We're feeling elated after successfully completing the final requirement of our visas…
Celebrating Three Kings Festival
The holiday festivities continue in Spain with the Fiesta de los Reyes…
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad and happy holidays from Valencia…
Six weeks in…
We're closing in on our six-week mark in Valencia, and, goodness gracious, what a blur it's been…
Finding joy in play
We let our inner 10-year-olds run wild at Gulliver Park a phenomenal playground in Turia Gardens…
We got the padrón!
Today was a very good day. We were issued the empadrónamiento!!!
What just happened?!?
We’re reeling from the results of the US presidential election and what that means for us as a married couple…
Hello, (dreaded) Spanish bureaucracy
This morning we were dealt a major blow when we read an email from our property management company…
Valencia’s resilience
Our hearts are broken after Valencia suffered its worst natural disaster in history last week…
Our search continues
As we settle into our new home in Valencia, our time has been spent getting acclimated to a new city…
Walking on a Dream
Our routine has consisted of two to three daily walks around Ciutat Vella, our new neighborhood in Valencia. (Insert excited scream here!)…
We’re HEEERE!!!
We arrived in Valencia on Sunday evening (20 Oct) and it still feels surreal that we’re here…
A story about how life delivered on my request
More adventures are coming soon, like our upcoming “French Fries and Frose’ 2022+2=2024” (might need to work on that name a bit) cross-country road trip to Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado from the end of May through mid-June. In the meantime, here’s a woo-woo story from Shannon…
More documents have arrived!
Our background checks are complete! Rhys found an awesome guy in Knoxville who handled the apostilling and translating of our FBI background checks…
