Thursday, January 1, 2015

Instagrammin’ in December

Another year of Instagramming has gone and it still hasn’t lost its luster.  If anything, I am enjoying the immediacy and art of iPhone pictures and posting to Instagram (and sometimes even to Facebook) even more—there are some great editing apps out there and, considering some of the images can end up looking pretty good, there is currently no better way for me to keep up with the documentation of everyday life.  Or, in the case of December, keep friends and family up-to-date on our travels to Spain.  The trip spanned the end of December through early January, so here you’ll just get a glimpse of our trip (Seville, Barcelona, Madrid, but not our excursions to Toledo, Ávila, and Segovia which were all in January).  I haven’t started editing the “big camera” pics from our trip yet, but it’s hard to feel the need when the iPhone shots turned out so good.  ;)

handmade holiday.  #cinnamondoughornaments | a tooth is finally coming in! | ladies rule! #beerpongchamps | guys drool. #beerponglosers | the boys at a panthers game. | sporting our new lobs. #longbobs | every party’s more fun with a photobooth. #schoolwinterparty | first christmas in over a decade without my christmas pup. #bluechristmas #bestchristmaspresentever | hobbit time! #dinnerandamovie | merry christmas to our atlanta cousins! #cottoneyedjoealwaysmakesbabiessmile | so excited about our trip to spain!! | christmas day and we’re at the airport headed to spain! #rockingforluckytravels | landed in madrid with very little sleep but still fit in a trip to the reina sofia art museum. #picassomirodali #laguernica | seville! #orangetreesliningnarrowstreets #flamenco #giraldatower #tapas #flamenco #gorgeousweather #soexcitedtobehere | quite a view at night! #seville #fromatoptheworldslargestwoodenstructure #themushrooms #metropolparasol | still kickin’ it in seville! #readyforagoodnightsleepthough | real alcazar de seville. #oldestpalaceineuropestillinuse #10thcenturymoorishpalace #14thcenturychristianreno | look up! #realalcazardeseville | the gardens and my royalty. #realalcazardeseville | plaza de españa. #seville | plaza de españa. #seville #magicaltrip | catedral de seville #largestgothiccathedralintheworld #3rdlargestcathedral | kids’ first words when we walked in, “woah.” #catedraldeseville | here lies christopher columbus. #catedraldeseville | the view from giralda tower. #seville | authentic flamenco, spanish guitar, and singing—amazing show! #seville #casadelamemoria #wheninseville | good night, seville! #onelastpicofthecathedral #offtobarcelonatomorrow | bullet-train-to-barcelona selfie.  this was 2:30am EST. #adjustingtothetimechange #siestaslater | our first look at some gaudí in barcelona. #casabatllo | our little artist at picasso’s old hangout. #elsquatregats #the4cats #barcelona | another day, another gothic cathedral. #catedraldebarcelona | good morning, barcelona! #parkgüell #gaudí | sitting on the iconic benches of park güell. #barcelona #gaudí | me and my cute little world travelers. | beautiful view from park güell. #barcelona #gaudí | la sagrada família! #barcelona #gaudí | can’t beat the view for lunch. #lasagradafamília #barcelona | nativity façade of la sagrada família. #gaudí #barcelona | pictures do not do the inside of la sagrada família justice. | truly awe inspiring. | and then we found an official fc barcelona shop and jack was in heaven. #futbol | la boquería market on las ramblas—we got a variety of olives and chocolates. #kidschoice #snackofchampions #barcelona | paella in barcelona. | our hotel is in the lovely walking area of la latina in madrid. #madrid | might be my favrorite treat while in spain. #vermut #vermouth #delicioso | plaza mayor all decked out with a christmas market—i remember coming down here when i was a kid. #madrid | a reality check of some of the brother-sister antics going on during our trip. | walking near the palacio real. #madrid | the kids could hardly wait for this experience—churros con chocolate at chocolatería san gines. #madrid | capped our first night in madrid off with dinner at the world’s oldest restaurant. #elbotín #checktheguinnessbookofworldrecords #since1725 | day well spent at the prado. | hangin’ with goya. | puerta del sol—where it’ll all go down on NYE (tonight)! #spainstimessquare | kilometer 0—the center of spain. #madrid #puertadelsol | hanging with the locals. #madrid | lovely night for a walk in madrid. #almudenacathedral | the royal palace. #madridatnight | temple of debod—a gift from egypt to spain of an egyptian temple from 200 b.c. #madrid | fascinated by the jamón culture in spain. #mercadodesanmiguel #madrid | street art. |we’re ready to ring in the new year! #puertadelsol #madrid | joining the masses on the streets tonight to celebrate noche viejo. #oldnight #newyearseve #madridatnight | ¡feliz 2015! #happynewyear #madrid | it was fun celebrating the 12 days of christmas in spain where their biggest holiday celebration is on three kings’ day.

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