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Europe » Spain » Galicia » La Coruña August 17th 2008

Very often, we expect something from certain people, only to get dissapointed; sometimes, people who you don't expect anything from, surprise you and do something you'd never have imagined... that's why I've learnt (although it doesn't always work) to expect nothing from people and you'll always get more than you expect!!... and that's exactly what happened this weekend: I went to a "cousins BBQ", to meet 2 of my cousins and their families and I arrived to a lunch-family-meeting with my whole familiy, some of which I haven't seen for years...the occasion?, to celebrate my wedding in advanced, as nobody can come with us to the Cook Islands... We had a really good time, we ate, drank and were merry and ended up with everybody in my grandparent's garden drinking (what else?) queimada!!... Other than "getting ... read more
Ferbenza
blackberries / moras
the family / la familia

Europe » Spain » Galicia » La Coruña August 10th 2008

Queimada is a very typical Galician drink in which a few litres of augardente (or fire water) are poured into a mud container with the portion of sugar that a single person will need in 2 years, lemon peeling and coffee beans; it is then burned to make it sweeter and weaker while a conxuro or spell is being said; I tried to translate it the best I could, but it will lose some of its power as it's not in Galician, its original language: Owls, tods and witches evil demons and devils, spirits of the snowed peaks crows, salamanders and witches, spells from the healers rotten hollow canes, home for worms and scavengers fire of the sad souls, evil eye, black spells, smell of dead, thunder and lightning bark of the dog, anouncement of dead, ... read more
mud cups / cuncas de barro
peeling / pelando
sugar / azucar

Europe » Spain » Galicia » La Coruña July 30th 2008

You've got to like summer... those lazy mornings getting up late, with or without hangover is a personal choice; those lunches in the countryside, grills, BBQ's in which, between lamb chops bites and mouthful of paella you eat 20 ants; those beach afternoons roasting like a lizard, "breaded" with cream and sand as if you were a croquette and jumping in Demi Moore's style in Charlie's Angels when you try to get in or out of the water to avoid burning your feet in the sand; those nights drinking beer in a terrace waving your arms like a nutter to scare the flies away, watching as the fashion changes to became minuscule outfits which teenagers wear showing their love handlers with pride as to say NO to anorexia... all that make summer the nation's favorite season ... read more
toxos e ondas
San Jorge
paso del muro

Europe » Spain » Galicia » La Coruña July 27th 2008

All of you who have been waiting for something to happen know how slowly the time goes...but, even slowly it DOES go...so we finally have left our jobs, our house and our routine to go and search for the unknown and explore the world...or almost... As a kind of a training, we start our trip on familiar lands, where we can understand the language and know people...because you have a house where you have friends... We were in Santander a couple of years ago, and the highlight was a "cave expedition" which we wanted to do again... But this time we weren't so lucky... our own private cave-guide was on holidays himself so we couldn't do it again... it was quite disappointing, really, as it is a fantastic experience, but we went river-rafting kind of thing ... read more
sunset
mortera
zzzzz

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Guildford July 10th 2008

That's it...I'm officially unemployed... and so happy about it!!! I had my last shift (from hell thanks to this new 2 for 1 vouchers!!) yesterday... and it "only" lasted 13.5 hours so you can imagine why I am so happy... I haven't yet understood completely that I am free, that I don't have to work any more for a long, long time and that, from now on, I can do what I want when I want (except for the little detail of Dax still working... germans, you know... they can't help it!!!). We'll be leaving England in 8 days and I have a mix of emotions: I feel relieved that I don't have to serve tables any more; exited about the coming weeks in Spain and the prospect of long sunny days and tasty home made ... read more
Boathouses / Casas barco
sea of flowers / rio de flores
chilling / descansando

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Guildford June 20th 2008

The worse nightmares of a waitress are the Surrey housewives and the teenagers... well, the restaurant were I work seems to have them both by the million... I've been working there, on and off, for about three years... and I have decided to put my little stories together to give a clearer idea of how a Spanish girl feels working in a restaurant in Surrey... Worse times: -"I want the foreign girl to be our servant, mummy!!", said by a 5 year old. The parents didn't say anything... -"Do you speak English?", said by...many people; and I wonder: would that person and I be having any kind of conversation if I wouldn't speak English?...I admit I have an accent (I'm Spanish and I can't and don't want to lose my accent) and I probably have many ... read more
squeeze / estruja

Europe » Austria » Salzburg » Piesendorf June 17th 2008

I've been twice in Austria before this time and, on both occasions, I only went to Piesendorf...don't take me wrong, it's a beautiful place, but Austria is big(ish) and there's more to do than waking up every day surrounded by mountains and beautiful landscapes...isn't it??...so this time I wanted to see a bit more but, with lack of time, we could only spend one day in Salzburg before we headed again to (guess where!!) Piesendorf to meet Martin's (aka Ozzy Osbourne) family and, eventually, Ozzy himself... We had to leave Guildford at 3 am to get to the airport on time...it was a long way and it was pouring like mad...but all was worth it in the end as Salzburg was beautiful: we entered through a parking carved in the mountain guts, very impressive. By the ... read more
Piesendorf
smile you're in Austria!! / sonreid, estais en Austria!!
Mozart cow / vaca Mozart

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Guildford May 30th 2008

When I see Surrey from the ground I see a place full of "Surrey-housewives", those evil creatures that go to restaurants to complain about how much dressing their salads have or how their Pinot Grigio is not cold enough, unleash their little terrifying monsters to let them run through the restaurant and spend hours talking about nappies, useless au-pairs o high heels... From the sky, Surrey opens to a new dimension... I've been waiting since September to do this, as Dax decided that, turning 30 was a perfect opportunity to give me something that, despite of having vertigo, I have always wanted to do...ride a hot air balloon!!...the craziness of the cows and sickness of the sheep kept us waiting for 8 long months...but the day was finally here... Our captain's name was Tony and his ... read more
Tony making the last check-ups / Tony haciendo los ultimos preparativos
Giagantic balloon / Globo gigante
Only half way through / a medio hichar

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Guildford April 19th 2008

One day less than yesterday, but one more than tomorrow to go and the clocks are against us, as each day seems to have an hour more than the previous one, they get longer and longer and it's very difficult to find something to do other than looking at maps and dreaming of roads that are waiting for us without them knowing. As you all know, because I've been saying it for months now, we're going for a bike ride...we don't know when we'll be back...that's assuming we won't stay in Aitutaki, paradise on Earth... This is the planned route so far, always keeping in mind that, just to let free will flow, we don't have any plans and, maybe, we'll feel like missing the plane from NZ to Australia and stay there seven months ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Guildford April 17th 2008

This is a spanish-only blog for those who don't speak english to try and explain them how to get around this site...you guys are not missing anything here, really... but we hope you enjoy the pics... Este es un blog para explicar a los que no hablais ingles como manejaros por esta pagina...y para anunciaros nuestras intenciones de recorrer un pedacito de este mundo para volver a Europa empezando en septiembre de este año, despues de la boda y terminando en...bueno, cuando sea que lleguemos a Europa o cuando se nos acabe el dinero...¡¡lo primero que pase!!; aqui podreis leer como nos va y dejarnos comentarios (de apoyo, a ser posible, ¡¡por favor!!) Cada vez que escriba una entrada en el diario, los que estais en mi lista, recibireis un email (en ingles, claro) diciendo ... read more
En la cima del mundo!!!
DEMONIOS!!!
en santander 06




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