Suzy:
Hello all! First, thanks for the good wishes for the tiny one as well as the babysitting offers. We went to the doctor yesterday and got to see him (or her) on screen, swimming around and happy. (S)he sucked the tiny thumb and wiggled the tiny legs like a good future soccer player should ;) . It was a nice birthday present. Doc says everything's, "bien. No, MUY bien." He repeated himself like four times, so everything in my body is growing and responding like it should. In one month we'll find out the baby's sex!
We had so much fun in Germany with Bastian and his family. His mom is an awesome cook! Hopefully I'll be able to cook a few German dishes when we come home, if we can get our hands on the proper ingredients. You all should look forward to several "international dinner" nights when we get a place of our own. Greg thoroughly enjoyed his (and my) share of delicious beer. We got to bring back to Spain some homemade jams from Bastian's mom, and some German honey. As always, new pics are on our Photobucket site.
Greg's happy because Jesús (the teacher that has been out of his school since like November because he fell and got a concussion and broken wrist) is coming back Monday. Not that he doesn't like the substitute, just she always springs stuff on Greg like, "Hey, could you do some kind of activity with the kids for around 25 minutes?"
It has been nice and sunny like always and I've found that Spring smells the same no matter what country you're in. We really miss everyone! The pics that a few of you have sent have been really sweet. Keep 'em coming! :) We can't wait to get home, hug everyone, and take Mojo for a walk. Don't get me wrong, we love it here, but we're counting down the last two months.
I was going to write more on here about all the political things I've found out about giving birth in the 'states, (And thus labeled this post as semi-giant) but I feel like taking a walk to the beach instead. Perhaps later.
Besos y abrazos.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Live from Germany
We are living it up in comfort and style in a little town between Ulm and Stuttgart in Germany with Bastian Bischoff and his family. They are treating us like kings and queens as we are touring the countryside.
We arrived a few days ago and, since then, have explored caves and castles and have Bastian´s game to attend to later on today. I just wanted to give you all a quick update on things but we´ll give you something worthwhile to read later on.
Bastian says ´´hi.´´
We arrived a few days ago and, since then, have explored caves and castles and have Bastian´s game to attend to later on today. I just wanted to give you all a quick update on things but we´ll give you something worthwhile to read later on.
Bastian says ´´hi.´´
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Germany
Suzy:
So we're totally going to Germany at the end of this week. We decided to rent a car and take a few days to drive there and back, seeing as how plane tickets were going to be outrageously expensive. We will visit Bastian and his family and hopefully just see a castle or two, drink some good German beer, and eat some schnitzle and sausages with mustard. We felt bad that the first time we came to Europe we didn't get a chance to spend any time with him or his family, so I'm pretty excited to go. As always, pictures will be posted.
Spoiler: Our next post is a video. I'm sure the anticipation is already killing you. :)
I'm sitting at school so I've gotta run to class. Un beso a todos.
So we're totally going to Germany at the end of this week. We decided to rent a car and take a few days to drive there and back, seeing as how plane tickets were going to be outrageously expensive. We will visit Bastian and his family and hopefully just see a castle or two, drink some good German beer, and eat some schnitzle and sausages with mustard. We felt bad that the first time we came to Europe we didn't get a chance to spend any time with him or his family, so I'm pretty excited to go. As always, pictures will be posted.
Spoiler: Our next post is a video. I'm sure the anticipation is already killing you. :)
I'm sitting at school so I've gotta run to class. Un beso a todos.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
I'm like a bad penny...
...I just keep turning up.
We got our hands on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and just finished it. And, yes, that is one of his classier lines from the three movies. Suzy had never seen them so we had a three day Indy fest after we heard that one of the scenes in The Last Crusade was shot in Cabo de Gata. Yes, the Cabo de Gata (that is a natural park protected under Spanish "no commercial-type building" laws in this area) that Suzy and I rave about. And we found it. Even more, we were there at that same spot only a couple of months ago.
For those that are curious, it is about 1 hour and 17 minutes in wherein Sean Connery flaps his umbrella open and closed to rouse up a gigantic flock of seagulls. The seagulls are startled and fly around in a large cloud of feathery whiteness that a pursuing Nazi fighter pilot runs into and ultimately gets destroyed due to the feathery congestion. (for those that may want to check it out, the following 5 or 10 minutes is in Andalucia and very typical of the old West scenery)
Great scene.
We got our hands on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and just finished it. And, yes, that is one of his classier lines from the three movies. Suzy had never seen them so we had a three day Indy fest after we heard that one of the scenes in The Last Crusade was shot in Cabo de Gata. Yes, the Cabo de Gata (that is a natural park protected under Spanish "no commercial-type building" laws in this area) that Suzy and I rave about. And we found it. Even more, we were there at that same spot only a couple of months ago.
For those that are curious, it is about 1 hour and 17 minutes in wherein Sean Connery flaps his umbrella open and closed to rouse up a gigantic flock of seagulls. The seagulls are startled and fly around in a large cloud of feathery whiteness that a pursuing Nazi fighter pilot runs into and ultimately gets destroyed due to the feathery congestion. (for those that may want to check it out, the following 5 or 10 minutes is in Andalucia and very typical of the old West scenery)
Great scene.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Strawberry fields forever
Greg:
Chan, I have a confession. I gave away the last little delicious bit of minty goodness to one of my coworkers. But! it was due to my thanks for a citrus-y goodness she had given to me! You see, two weeks ago tomorrow, we received a gigantic bag of fresh-from-the-front-porch-tree lemons. Baseball-sized little suns in my hands with a better than lemon Pine Sol fresh juice and aroma. I guess Lennon just didn't like the sound of "lemon fields forever."
However, as Lennon did learn himself, the strawberries are juicy and deep and, well, it turns out that they're in season, too! Have you ever had freshly squeezed lemonade with the sweet confections that are strawberries hand-mashed in?
Oh man! These are the things that little dreams are made of! We had a gigantic crate of the strawberries and a grocery bag full of lemons and snacked on the heavenly concoction for a week. But we had too many strawberries so we slathered them in yogurt and on pancakes.. it was almost like home.
So speaking of food, Suzy and I have been talking about our barbecue we are going to have when we get back. We've still gotta work out any kinks (ie, buy some more plane tickets to determine our actual arrival date) but we're hoping for May 31st or the Saturday after. Just make sure that everyone is free because if you are reading our blog (and actually know us; we've noticed there've been a few people that visit our blog from other countries...), then we want you there.
On a slightly different note, it's been over four months but I have made my triumphant return to the sea. It seems that our wind season (supposedly during February and March) has found it's end which leaves the days to be warmer, the sun to be brighter, and the waves to be smaller.
In celebration of the weather, I decided it was due time to go for another swim. I've been anxious since my last one ended short in November with the jellyfish infestation. So I pownced down the stairs, stubbed toes over rocks, and hurdled over a wave before the subtle ripples and waves dizzied my balance and I belly-flopped into the blue-green crystal sea... that was still ice cold but worth every one of the four minutes that I stayed in that frozen tundra.
Chan, I have a confession. I gave away the last little delicious bit of minty goodness to one of my coworkers. But! it was due to my thanks for a citrus-y goodness she had given to me! You see, two weeks ago tomorrow, we received a gigantic bag of fresh-from-the-front-porch-tree lemons. Baseball-sized little suns in my hands with a better than lemon Pine Sol fresh juice and aroma. I guess Lennon just didn't like the sound of "lemon fields forever."
However, as Lennon did learn himself, the strawberries are juicy and deep and, well, it turns out that they're in season, too! Have you ever had freshly squeezed lemonade with the sweet confections that are strawberries hand-mashed in?
Oh man! These are the things that little dreams are made of! We had a gigantic crate of the strawberries and a grocery bag full of lemons and snacked on the heavenly concoction for a week. But we had too many strawberries so we slathered them in yogurt and on pancakes.. it was almost like home.
So speaking of food, Suzy and I have been talking about our barbecue we are going to have when we get back. We've still gotta work out any kinks (ie, buy some more plane tickets to determine our actual arrival date) but we're hoping for May 31st or the Saturday after. Just make sure that everyone is free because if you are reading our blog (and actually know us; we've noticed there've been a few people that visit our blog from other countries...), then we want you there.
On a slightly different note, it's been over four months but I have made my triumphant return to the sea. It seems that our wind season (supposedly during February and March) has found it's end which leaves the days to be warmer, the sun to be brighter, and the waves to be smaller.
In celebration of the weather, I decided it was due time to go for another swim. I've been anxious since my last one ended short in November with the jellyfish infestation. So I pownced down the stairs, stubbed toes over rocks, and hurdled over a wave before the subtle ripples and waves dizzied my balance and I belly-flopped into the blue-green crystal sea... that was still ice cold but worth every one of the four minutes that I stayed in that frozen tundra.
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