Week 1 - visit to notSpain

This will be the first of (hopefully) a series of posts about our adventures during the next 6 months. Expect exquisite prose from all the Linzells.

For those of you that are not aware of our plans between now and next March - Dan is on sabbatical from Penn State for the entire academic year and will be teaching and doing research at TECNUN, the technical campus of the University of Navarra, in San Sebastian, Spain. The entire Linzell brood is joining him. Kelsey and Audrey will be attending school and Cindy will be keeping everyone in line and hopefully getting some time to herself.

We WERE scheduled to leave on September 1st, however the Spanish government put a wrinkle in our plans by not completing Visas Cindy and the girls needed for our stay on time. Since our house in State College was rented starting September 2nd we had to scramble to find a place. Fortunately, the Grandparents stepped up and graciously allowed us to stay at their places in O H I O (otherwise known as notSpain).




Even though our departure has been delayed, we've had fun. We went to see the Lion King (which TOTALLY ROCKED according to the girls - not just because they got little Lion King choc-o-pops),



Dan and Kelsey were able to watch Ohio State look like a I-AA team in person against Ohio U,

we hiked Old Man's cave (neat state park near Cindy's parents' house) and Dan was able to get in some flyfishing.

Our next departure date is September 14th out of Philly and IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN. Between now and then we have to travel to NYC to pick up any Spanish documents that are at the consulate there, go back to State College to spend a few nights and retrieve the multitude of bags that Cindy skillfully (repeat, SKILLFULLY) packed and then head to Philly to leave.

We hope you enjoy reading about our adventures as much as we do sharing them with you.