Royal Palace of Madrid on Day 9; Traipsing around Madrid on Day 10 for Lulu and Anton (Mat was sick and Auntie X and Poppy went to Toledo)...

Outside the Prado, where we went in the morning Pete played in the bushes while Mat stood in line for tickets Getting ready to go! At the...

On New Year's Day we took a plane from Lisbon to Madrid, and spent approximately four hours trying to find the AirBnb keys at the airpot....

Mat went to Belem Tower, Xandra and Tony went to O Porto to learn about all things port (wine) and Lulu, Pete, and I ambled around the...

We visited Sintra, where we saw its crazy castle Waiting After a long struggle, Pete declared victory in his quest to play in the...

Mat, my mom and I climbed up all of Lisbon (literally--Sao Jorge Castle sits at the very top of the city) while my sister and dad climbed...

Our second day in Lisbon, we started off by almost missing our three and a half hour walking tour of the city. But we made it, just in...

What is the word for hell in Portuguese? Our flight from Minneapolis was pushed back three hours, due to the fact that Minnesota has...

Christmas in Minnesota! If you need someone to help you assemble furniture, call Pete Smith At the mall, running last minute errands...

Photos by Mike (the benefit to having an amateur photographer for a Papa is that you get great pictures)