Last week we took a quick trip to Lugo, a city just over an hour away. While exploring the Roman wall, the cathedral, and the old city, we stumbled upon the Evangelical Church! It is so encouraging to see another gospel witness in Spain.
Here are just a few photos of time outside in Minnesota. The frogs, snakes, beetles, and caterpillars all breathed a sigh of relief when the kids left.
Every year we try to make it for my birthday to our favorite picnic spot. This year we were in the States in April, but made up for it with a July picnic.
We had the chance to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing. Here are some photos.
We have covered a lot of ground over the past six weeks. Here are some photos of places we have seen.
Here are some of my favorite photos from the last month. Others can be seen here.
I am linking to a few posts I have over on my running site since they are about my Dad and I running on the Camino.
Running the Camino: What we did
Running the Camino: What we packed
Running the Camino: What it looked like
And here is the video:
We were able to go to Manilva, Spain for our Spain Team Retreat. There were a lot of fun parts, but one highlight was going out whale watching!
For her birthday present, the Templetons took Tanzen out horseback riding. Now she wants to buy one.
There is a phrase some Spanish children hear all the time in school, “¿Estás en Babia?” It is our equivalent of, “Are you daydreaming?”
“To be in Babia” became an easy way to describe someone who was someplace else mentally. The phrase goes back to the kings and queens of Spain when they would leave their castles and political responsibilities and head for the mountains. They would disconnect in the silence of nature. Babia is a comarca (larger than our counties, but smaller than our states) in the northern mountains of Spain, about an hour and a half north of us.
We visited for a few days, wanting to escape and “estar en Babia.”
