The video they can’t stop showing on the Spanish news cycle today, besides the one where Obama thanks a member of the Spanish royal family for being in attendance when she was not (what’s Spanish for faux pas?), is of a restaurant in Jávea, Alicante, where a tornado came by and took the roof off while customers were eating inside. Clearly Spain doesn’t have the kind of tornadoes that the US does, because no one was sucked out and thrown miles away, but it’s pretty darn scary enough as it is.
I wonder how many people claimed that the money for their meal was already on the table when the twister hit.
We had a very busy weekend, with most of the agenda being wedding-oriented. On Friday, Marga had an orthodontist appointment in Vitoria. Still no specific date on braces removal, but they have been informed several times of the October ultimatum, and they have set the next appointment for three weeks time, which is a pleasing [...]
What a weekend! My in-laws came to visit and we spent Saturday in Santander, and on Sunday morning we did something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. But let’s start with Saturday first. The store where my father-in-law and I bought our suits for our wedding is owned by a man who [...]
As you may recall, I have been tasked with showing around a two-dimensional guest from Kansas. Unfortunately, it turns out that taking photos of interesting scenes with a paper girl in the foreground is quite difficult, especially considering the extremely windy and rainy weather we’ve been having lately. So I’ve decided that it would be [...]
I’m dreading holding my daughter’s hand while she gets a dental filling tomorrow. She, in her blissful naivety, is actually looking forward to going to the dentist.