Best Miranda Bailey line last night: "There is always going to be a fish in a man's penis Chief." And if you don't watch Grey's, never mind, but such a great metaphor for all the shenanigans going on. Oh Mark Sloan - how ever did you make me feel actual emotions for you?
And enough TV talk for this week.
Two weeks ago today we were enjoying our first full day in Spain, and I do so wish we were still there. I will find a clever way to relocate to Europe yet. Oh yes, I will. We had a wonderful, if exhausting, trip thanks to Cesar's family. Planned our visit to overlap with that of my sister-in-law's family so that Leila could enjoy the time with her cousins. And because she was having so much fun with her cousins, her MiMi and NoNo (grandparents), Ina and Ino (godparents - my sister and brother-in-law) and Tio Alex, Cesar and I actually got to enjoy a little mini-break alone to Barcelona for two nights. When we're at home, we get "I'm coming with you" from her even if we just excuse ourselves to the bathroom, so it was nice to have some alone time to drink sangria, eat tapas, hike to Gaudi landmarks and shop for the perfect pair of silver tennis shoes.
Ironically, we hardly spent any time in Madrid proper. My in-laws live in the suburb of Pozuelo in a pretty neighborhood with artistically named streets (calle architectura, calle pintura...) and the trip downtown by public transpo' included a bus to a commuter train to a metro, which was somewhat tedious with a toddler and stroller. We inadvertently spent over $100 on lunch in the Plaza Mayor near Puerto del Sol one day, and blitzed the Spanish painting collection at the Prado another. I think my scholarly explanation of Goya's 3rd of May 1808 may have been wasted on Leila, but it was cool to see his and Velazquez's works in person.
My father-in-law also arranged an overnight trip to Segovia and Salamanca with a stop at the World Heritage site El Escorial (http://www.patrimonionacional.es/escorial/escorial.htmonionacional.es/escorial/escorial.htm), and I give him huge props for getting 11 people out the door at 8:30a.m. Ok, 8:40...Segovia had been on my list to visit - the 1st century Roman Aqueduct was amazing - and I still remember a dialogue from Floyd's and my Spanish 1 book that included "yo soy estudiente en la Universidad de Salamanca", which made me enjoy seeing that as well. I sent around hundreds of pics in a Kodak album, but will post a few here as well.
And enough TV talk for this week.
Two weeks ago today we were enjoying our first full day in Spain, and I do so wish we were still there. I will find a clever way to relocate to Europe yet. Oh yes, I will. We had a wonderful, if exhausting, trip thanks to Cesar's family. Planned our visit to overlap with that of my sister-in-law's family so that Leila could enjoy the time with her cousins. And because she was having so much fun with her cousins, her MiMi and NoNo (grandparents), Ina and Ino (godparents - my sister and brother-in-law) and Tio Alex, Cesar and I actually got to enjoy a little mini-break alone to Barcelona for two nights. When we're at home, we get "I'm coming with you" from her even if we just excuse ourselves to the bathroom, so it was nice to have some alone time to drink sangria, eat tapas, hike to Gaudi landmarks and shop for the perfect pair of silver tennis shoes.
Ironically, we hardly spent any time in Madrid proper. My in-laws live in the suburb of Pozuelo in a pretty neighborhood with artistically named streets (calle architectura, calle pintura...) and the trip downtown by public transpo' included a bus to a commuter train to a metro, which was somewhat tedious with a toddler and stroller. We inadvertently spent over $100 on lunch in the Plaza Mayor near Puerto del Sol one day, and blitzed the Spanish painting collection at the Prado another. I think my scholarly explanation of Goya's 3rd of May 1808 may have been wasted on Leila, but it was cool to see his and Velazquez's works in person.
My father-in-law also arranged an overnight trip to Segovia and Salamanca with a stop at the World Heritage site El Escorial (http://www.patrimonionacional.es/escorial/escorial.htmonionacional.es/escorial/escorial.htm), and I give him huge props for getting 11 people out the door at 8:30a.m. Ok, 8:40...Segovia had been on my list to visit - the 1st century Roman Aqueduct was amazing - and I still remember a dialogue from Floyd's and my Spanish 1 book that included "yo soy estudiente en la Universidad de Salamanca", which made me enjoy seeing that as well. I sent around hundreds of pics in a Kodak album, but will post a few here as well.
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