Open Thread: Summer Plans

Coming, staying, going? Tell us what you're up to, and how you're handling childcare.

Today marks the first day of the summer holidays here in Spain. Barring the occasional day release to a casal (the Catalan equivalent of a daytime summer camp), we are now solely in charge of our two children for eleven entire weeks.

As with previous years—and in line with vast swathes of continental Europe—I’ll be shuttering the newsletter in August to…