Last Christmas, following years and years of listening to Momma Himm talk about wanting to go to Barcelona and finding reason after reason why she couldn’t (typically resulting from expenses having to do with us) - my brother and I decided to make it happen. With a little help from him and his girlfriend and a lot of help from my squirreled away airlines miles and barclay credit card, we scotch taped airline tickets to Ireland and Spain underneath Gold- wrapped bottles of Irish Creme and Malbec and watched with pure delight on Christmas morning as her confusion of her adult children doing a “stock the bar” present turned to squealing and cheers at the realization that she and I would be crossing the pond the week of her 61st birthday in September to make her dream of coming to Spain come true . (Mom holding her Irish Crème and Spanish Malbec) To fully understand Momma Himm’s desire to go to Spain and why this trip was so important, you might need a little background.
This blog started out in 2014 as a way for my best bud Natalie and I to keep our moms updated on our travels and safety during a 5-week backpack trip through Europe where we had limited wifi, a single Eurail pass, and a penchant for getting ourselves into ridiculous situations. While the stories have perhaps gotten a little less rowdy from then, I've continued to chronicle my travels through the blog as a way of sharing, remembering, and hopefully inspiring a bit of travel for others too!