If you ever become a teacher or you are one already, it's a very good idea to marry another teacher. It's not the most lucrative profession out there, but you and your spouse will get some pretty sweet blocks of vacation time. Certainly, these vacation periods are not unearned- spend several months with other people's teenage children and tell me you don't need a breather. Still, when the summer comes, we all collectively exhale and start to make our dreamed-about plans into realities. This summer, it's Spain.
We booked an organized, guided tour, but everyone who we spoke with told us to add a stop in San Sebastian to our otherwise comprehensive trip. Here's a map:
We take off in nine days and stay gone for just over two weeks. Of course, I will be documenting the whole thing here, partially to share with everyone back home, and partially so I have something to read and smile about when I am back with other people's teenagers in the fall and need to conjure up a good memory. As is our custom, Cas and I have been "practicing." We've had some Spanish wine and some Sangria. We've been to a very good tapas restaurant. We have probably forgotten more of the words and phrases from our Spanish class than we remember, but we know enough to get from an airport to a hotel. We just need to pack a few things in our maletines and head to the aeropuerto, then it's adios, Estados Unidos!
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