Holiday Party

Holaaaaa todosssss!

Today Allison and I got a wee surprise. We went to a holiday party!!

Here's the story:

Allison and I were just sitting on the couch watching TV when Rosa came in. She looks at us and says, "Are you ready for a snack?" And of course we just smile and say, "SURE!"

She leaves the room, comes back in, sees us still sitting, and says (loudly) "VENGA!!" which means something along the lines of, "come on hurry up!!"

We were so confused.

It ends up that Rosa wanted to take us to eat at her sister's house! So we run into our room to change out of our pajamas and throw some makeup on. We literally run out the door in like 5 minutes and walk over to Rosa's sister, Conchi's, house. 

We got to meet all the family and sit down and chat. We shared this delicious pound cake cream filled roll of golden goodness, coffee, tea, chocolates, and candies. Oh yum. So good!

We got to see the HUGE nativity scene that Conchi has set up. It's miniature, but it's three levels, complete with functioning built-in lighting. Wow. 

We got to play with their dog who is so cute. It made me miss my puppy!!

Lastly, we took our group picture of the three of us. Rosa has pictures of all her students and her that she puts on her mantle. And today we took ours! I doubt I'll get a copy, but it will be cool to know that all her future girls will get to see us.

So overall it was a surprisingly fun day!!

Rosa!

Here are the pictures from Friday!! Enjoy :)

I Love Rosa

Hey :)

No pictures today (sorry) but I just thought I'd fill you all in on my lovely Friday afternoon!

I woke up this morning....afternoon...in a hurry because Rosa wanted to go out for lunch! For anyone who knows me at all, you know this is my all time favorite activity. So I got dressed super fast and we went out.

We strolled until we got to the bar Rosa had selected. She took us to her favorite tapas bar where her family always goes when they go out. We asked her what was good to eat, and she recommended her favorites. The waiter took drink orders and Rosa ordered a beer! Which is super weird because she never drinks! She even says so all the time! But she qualified it that we were celebrating and enjoying our last week in Spain, so all three of us got beers. It was very cute because she got super excited.

We ate delicious food and then Rosa treated us again by ordering the specialty of the house for us. Little sandwiches with baby-sized eggs and ham! Allison and Rosa joked that I needed breakfast still, because I just woke up. Ha. 

We offered to pay when we were done, and Rosa would not have that. At all. She almost yelled "PUT YOUR HANDS AWAY" when we reached for money. It is just so sweet that she wants to "treat" us because I feel like she treats us every day.

So thennnn we went to have coffee! It's common here to have coffee after lunch, but I didn't expect another treat! We went to our favorite place, Las Palomas, and had wild berry cake and coffees. We ran into Seth and Elyse who were glad to meet our senora. I was so proud to show her off. :)

On our way home we stopped by the supermarket for groceries. I love that she took us with her because she usually doesn't. But we got to pick out what foods we wanted, including the JUMBO size jar off off brand Nutella. It's wayyy better than the real stuff, believe it or not. I also got some coffee to to take home, to remind me of the coffee we have every morning here in Rosa's house.

We walked home and unpacked groceries, and now here I am writing this! 

I can't really explain how happy Rosa makes me. I think it is the epitome of "blessed." She is like an angel sent to take care of me and make me feel at home. I literally love her. Nobody else (besides Allison) feels this way about their senoras, as far as I know. 

Allison told me that her mom prayed every day that when we got to Spain we would be blessed with a senora who is great. I know my Mama prayed too, and let me say that the power of prayer sure works. God blessed us all three so much. Rosa always tells us how she loves us like children and can't bear to think of us leaving. 

Saturday in Sevilla

Thought I'd update you guys on my weekend!

I spent Saturday in Sevilla and Allison and I visited El Museo de Bellas Artes, or the "fine art museum." I had never been and it was right around the corner from where we live, and cost a whopping 1.50 euros. Here is me in the gardens:

The museum was very pretty and had only Spanish art in there. From like the 1400's!

Me, always being a dork:

Sitting on the floor:

Then we went out to lunch. I wanted one thing, but they were out, so I somehow ended up getting this sandwich made of raw salmon and mozzarella. It was good!

Then Allison and I met up with Carolotta and we climbed the Giralda. La Giralda is the tallest tower in Sevilla, where the old monk man used to ring the bells of the Cathedral. It was 37 ramps up to the top, but we got this view:

Then we met up with more friends for coffee and dessert at our favorite cafe, Las Palomas. It was a super fun day!!