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Sarah LJ in Gone Nomad

Feb 24, 2016

To the Emerald Isle

The journey from Barcelona to Ireland was easy. I caught Pepper grinning at dinner our first night here and learned that he is elated to be among speakers of his native language again. However, we learned a thing or two about the differences between Irish English and American English at a…

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Pepper Lebeck-Jobe in Gone Nomad

Feb 14, 2016

Working from Wherever

February 1st, I started a new job. It was a really strange experience for so many different reasons. First of all, I have been working at Google for almost 9 years. There I had really learned the ropes and contributed to the software tools and libraries in big ways. I knew people and…

Pepper Lebeck-Jobe in Gone Nomad

Feb 17, 2016

Is this food a little dark?

To celebrate the ninth anniversary of meeting my curious, intelligent, sophisticated, beautiful, hilarious, and inventive wife, we decided to have dinner at Dans Le Noir, Barcelona. It was certainly a unique experience.

Sarah LJ in Gone Nomad

Feb 6, 2016

an UMAzing meal

Pepper and I just had lunch at UMA, a restaurant across the road from our apartment in Barcelona. TripAdvisor rated UMA as the #1 restaurant in the city — how could it be so close to our home? We decided we must try it.

Pepper Lebeck-Jobe in Gone Nomad

Feb 14, 2016

Diagonal Mar Commercial Center

Okay, I know I’ll be made fun of for this, but that’s okay. I really liked my visit to the mall in Barcelona. It is at the north eastern end of a major road in Barcelona called Diagonal. In many ways it is very much like malls in the USA. There are shops and candy stores, a…

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Pepper Lebeck-Jobe in Gone Nomad

Feb 14, 2016

Casino Barcelona

I got to play poker in Spanish. It was a strange experience for several reasons. First, they don’t use the same words for the ranks of the cards. I didn’t learn them all, but they call “two-pair” “doubles.” It’s also interesting to notice some of the cultural differences for the dealers. It could…

Sarah LJ in Gone Nomad

Feb 29, 2016

Irish Leap Year Engagement Tradition

We’ve been in Ireland one week and have heard about “ladies’ privilege” several times. It turns out that this ladies’ choice is a tradition where women can propose marriage only in a leap year on February 29th. We met one man who was proposed to on a TV show by his…

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