¡Adios España!

The end of our two-week summer vacation is near! It went by so fast we can hardly believe it, but I think we were able to establish the usual division between spending time on nature (e.g. the Ebro Delta and the volcanic park in the Pyrenees), culture (e.g. Barcelona and Valencía) and relaxation (e.g. Penedès wine country, the beach and family). We made a lot of pictures, as always, and I hope to share them with you soon. Here is a preview of the afternoon right before Robin and Jesse took the bus back home to Almelo and my grandparents made a gazpacho and bbq lunch that contained so much garlic that we smelled like it for days!





Tomorrow Jochem and I are heading home in Jordi´s suburban car (which has only a few scratches ;)) and we will arrive on Sunday. We will spend a few days in Almelo working on my parents´ house before heading back to Utrecht on Friday. And then on Monday school starts again. Time just flies by so fast! But at least we were able to get away for a short while, so I don´t complain. Anyone traveling to Spain should definitely pay a visit to the Freixenet cava winery in Sant Sadurní d´Anoia in Penedès, the Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa in the Pyrenees, and Valencía (but wear sensible shoes! Thanks to my being vain I now not only have an injured left foot, but also a nice pair of blisters on both feet because I decided to wear my mom´s ´pretty´ shoes in Valencía. What was I thinking putting on a pair of that tiny woman´s sandals?!). Those were definitely our favorite destinations.


As for now: ¡Hasta luego!