This has been an ongoing saga to get ready but one of our biggest concerns has been reading material. So thanks to our great friend Walt, La Viajera was the recipient of a Nook reader and she has been loading up on things she wants to read. As for me, Deb got me a Nook for my birthday, so I'm also loading up on stuff to read. My reading list to date is as follows (don't laugh):

• A History of the Peninsular War by Charles Oman,
• A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan by Frank Edwards,
• Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain,
• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon,
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon,
• A Little Tour in France by Henry James,
• The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather,
• Castillian Days by John Hay,
• A Handbook for Travellers in Spain by Richard Ford
• The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.

 Now I understand that most of this stuff is (ahem) dated but it seemed to appeal and I'm really enjoying Oman. I've also gotten some electronic guides to Barcelona and Arles. I would like to start reading some Spanish language books too, like "Dick and Jane chase Spot" but I can get those on site. Also been watching the Telenovella, "Ma Vida Loca" created by the BBC.  I'll ask La Viajera for a list of her reading material, but she may demur.