We're home

After watching the Euro Cup soccer final and celebrating Spain's win, we had to begin packing up for our trip home. We flew back to Toronto on July 1, spent a couple of days catching up with family, drove home on July 5 and arrived home on July 6.

How is it to be home? Good. Aiden immediately called his neighbour buddy and they played all afternoon. Aiden's comment that he had missed "green" and there is certainly a lot of green in our neighbourhood and not much in our Spanish one. Bronwyn later took the scooter and zoomed off to meet some church friends and John and I unpacked and tackled the overwhelming grocery store.

Food is my biggest adjustment back; not being able to walk to get all of our groceries and no fresh bread everyday, though I am perfecting a baguette recipe and bake that regularly. I have discovered some of my favorite spanish cheeses, but at 4 X the price and we are thankful that we came back in the summer when MN produce is at it's best and we have a very close farmer's market that I frequent weekly.

It's been great to catch up with friends and when you're away you realize how important friendships are...

Will we do this again? John and I hope to again sometime, most likely with no kids in tow, the urban life fit us very well.

thanks for reading and being part of this experience with us