My last couple of weeks have been spent relaxing in Spain with my folks and taking a quick trip to Belgium to catch up with my good friends Marij, David and Samuel. Having spent most of the time relaxing I have very little to report - highlights included:
- My folks picking me up at the airport and seeing the Jeep in its new home in Spain - it fits in pretty nicely - after completing its transatlantic crossing at the beginning of the Summer!
- Buying a great pair of jeans for 12euro - ~$15 - I know Amanda will not approve ;)
- Preparing and painting all of the garden walls at my folks' villa - including trying to put my spanish to use buying the paint, brushes, filler etc - all of which is not generally contained in the basic spanish class vocab!
- Having several 'menu del dia' lunches for 10euro or less - including 3 courses, drinks and coffee - what a bargain.
- Working out a running trail through the local rambla and learning all the 'interesting' words to the rap music on my ipod courtesy of Jenny - and then accidentally singing them in company!
- Creating my own 'tri-althon' - running, swimming and the hot-tub!
- England beating Australia in the Rugby Word Cup quarter finals - I wish I'd had a bet on that one!
- Meeting Samuel who is 3 now and was only a few weeks old when I last saw him. He is a great little guy. I was a little worried about how I would communicate with him since he speaks Dutch and French - but it was no problem - he quickly corrected me when I was making the wrong noise to imitate his toy frog - 'ribbitt, ribbitt"!
- A quick shopping trip to Antwerp and the next day just catching my flight in Brussels after getting a little caught up in all the new airport shops... (i think there's a pattern here)
Next it's on to Singapore for a few days ... I hear it's a shopper's paradise...I can hear my amex card squeaking already :)
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