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Lots of enjoyable moments with the cuteone

Playing cars, mini golf, colouring etc (It´s raining again and we are staying in). He is amusing and makes me laugh.

3pm luncheons

Today´s lunch is arroz negro con sepia prepared by E´s mum who incidentally is a great cook. It was delicious and I had a second helping feeling famished from my swimming lessons (more on that later) and after being told that it was the main and only dish (a rare occurence).

I´ve been eating very well since arriving here (yesterday we had lamb ribs). The luncheons are often a big affair, involve a number of dishes and last for hours. Dinners are a lot lighter and typically involve cheese, slices of meat, fruits and yoghurt. The style of having lunch is not very different to the ones I shared with the Meyer family in Bavaria. I.e. it is the main meal of the day where everyone comes together for a few hours etc (unlike dinner). I have however destilled 3 main differences from the luncheons here vs the one with the Meyers:

(1) Timing of lunch: it´s much later here - usually around 3pm (vs. noon at the Meyers);

(2) Quantity of red wine (everyone drinks here and loves the Spanish Ribera del Duero and Toro),

(3) The higher pitch of voice and the range of emotions used when conversing

Regarding the latter, I really thought everyone was arguing when I first joined the family´s get together last year. Now I know this is just the way they discuss and enjoy lunch.

Melocoton

 

E's parents brought a lot of tomatoes and melocoton from a farm near their home. They are riper and juicier than the ones typically found in the supermarket. The skin texture of the melocoton are soft and furry (like cotton?) while the flesh taste sweet and reminds me of succulent mangoes.

 

Pictures

It's raining again and we are homebound. I trawled through my pictures on ipad and found some pretty pictures from South Africa 2009.  I took them when T and I went out trail running.

 

 

 

Menorca on Tuesday

The skies which was sunny on Tuesday morning turned dark in the afternoon. We spent most of the afternoon playing indoors - strolling into town with the PIL and the cuteone only later when the skies cleared. On our way out and back to town we passed by fields of lettuce, cauliflower and melons and wild hedges offering blackberries.

 
 
Post script: MIL is a keen blackberry picker. We went out with her one night to pick them to mix in our evening drinks.  

Bakery in town

I find the little shops in town charming

 
Menorca, 2011 

Posting from iPhone

I've been posting from my iPhone using the email function for the first time since arriving in Spain. I'm still experimenting with this mode and have no idea how to include several pictures in 1 post nor turn the pictures around (maybe this is impossible?). Delete and reposting (choosing to send smaller size pictures) have ergo been my way. The good news is that the wifi connection is marginally better than at home - that is if I stay close to the router. The bad news is that my published post are often incomplete, disorganised and this drives me crazzzzzeeee. Argh.

Breakfast in Menorca

I.e. my breakfast. Biscuits from the bakery and vanilla soya milk with coffee

Es Castell

We found a juice bar we particularly liked

 

The mojito from the juice bar was exceptionally good -we went back for more a few times. There's something to be said about afternoon refreshments.

 

El Castell

Everyone horsing around