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I’ve written a book about our experience having a baby and raising our daughter in Spain. Feel free to flip through the pages over at Amazon.com.

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Alleke at the pool last summer
Living in a foreign country often feels like that game we would play at the pool as kids where we would try to see how long we could hold our breath under water. Mostly we played to see who could last the longest, […]

My wife April and I are American, and our daughter Alleke was born in Spain. We often get asked questions about April’s pregnancy, the hospital where April was born, whether it is possible to have a natural birth in Spain, and in general what April’s experience was like giving birth in Spain.
So, I asked […]

My brother Chad at the lake.
This past June my family of fourteen swarmed a two-bedroom cabin by a nearby lake like it was an anthill. We were everywhere. My youngest nephews were on the floor wrecking Matchbox cars. My youngest niece was doing her usual happy baby aerobics in her high chair hanging off […]

My wife April and I have been living in Spain for almost three years, and one month ago we moved to a small town on the Mediterranean called Castellón de la Plana. The phenomenon in Spain of topless sunbathers used to be a once a year experience, but now has become a nearly daily […]

Our first night in Castellón April and I found ourselves by accident walking down the beach just as the moon climbed out of the water in full bloom. It was beautiful, romantic, and mystical. The moon lifted lazily into the sky like a helium balloon, and the realization sunk deeper inside of us that this […]

April and I don’t look Spanish. No olive complexion. No brown hair. No brown eyes. No mullet.
Yesterday we went to the supermarket to get some food to stock our mini fridge at the hotel. As we were waiting at the meat counter to buy some cheese, an older lady walked […]

April and I checked into our hotel yesterday, and in the afternoon met two students from the Masters program, Leah and Tim, as well as Tim’s three room mates.
Today as we were waiting in line to get on the bus to the beach, I noticed someone on the bus waving to me through the glass […]

The problem with small towns is they always want to be bigger. Even big cities usually have a big brother they look up to. Of course they’d never tell you that, but that’s the way brothers are. I get the impression here in Spain that it’s like this: Barcelona wants to be as big as […]

After over a year of planning and waiting from Madrid, my wife April and I have finally arrived at our new home, Castellón de la Plana, where April will be doing a Masters degree in Peace and Development. We’ve been at a hotel for two days, haven’t even begun to start looking for an apartment […]