Camp Champions Blog

[Note: I will be getting serious in this one.] Over the course of our careers as camp professionals and as parents, Susie and I have become somewhat obsessed with learning about youth development and helping every child realize his or her potential.  Because we have the pleasure of working with so many children and families, we have an opportunity to see a wide swath of educational and parenting strategies.

The good news is that we have learned a lot.  We have then taking what we learn and modified our camp program and philosophy to focus on growth opportunities for our campers.  The bad news is that we still have a lot to learn.

We spent a full day walking Madrid.

We visited two museums today: the Prado (considered by travel-guru Rick Steves and many others as the greatest museum for paintings in the world) and the Museo de Jamon.  OK, the second (the Museum of Ham) is actually a restaurant, but it was quite a good restaurant and after 5 hours in the Prado, it was much appreciated.

Yesterday, my posting initially failed and gave me a blank page rather than the blog.  I hope you like this offering more than the blank page!

I should be telling you about Seville.  The lovely people and the youthful energy.  The International Fair that we stumbled upon that amused us for an evening.

I have found that the challenge of this blog is a result of the majesty of the locations.  It is easy to blog on a boring day, but harder on a busy one.

If a city is truly spectacular, even the sleep-loving Susie loves staying out late.  Being night owls, however, is not great when you also want to write a full article that same night.

I can hardly believe that we were in Granada less than 2 full days.   They were an eventful couple of days where we pushed the driving envelope again, learned about Moorish beauty, and almost lost part of our family.

But I am getting ahead of myself.

We have arrived in Granada and I have much to report on this city, but not today.

After 4 days in Barcelona, I have come to the conclusion that it is a city that was suspended in time for a couple of centuries.  When we walked around, we either saw the extremely old or the strikingly modern.

This idea is not fully formed, but let me share it nonetheless.