Our last home away from home... con familia!

SEVILLE! We’ve arrived and we are so excited! Uncle David met us at the airport and brought us back to his fantastic casa on the hill… Aunt Carmen has done such a great job decorating and painting and Uncle David built all of the porches and terraces around the house and the pool. They were really proud of their “American kitchen” which features an open floor plan and easy access to the dining room. It turns out that most Spanish kitchens are inconveniently located in the back of the house in their own separate room.

Aunt Carmen prepared us a delicious lunch (the biggest meal of the day here) which was baked chicken and a Spanish version of potato salad, however it is actually called Russian salad. LOL. I actually like it a lot more than our version back home. Maybe she will share the recipe! Aunt Carmen had to go back to Seville to see some patients for the remainder of the evening, so we stayed with Uncle David, Ana and Victor at the casita. Oh yeah… and they just got the most ADORABLE beagle puppy named Ruffo. He of course followed us around and bit at our ankles. CUTE.

We spent the remainder of the afternoon doing laundry and lounging by the pool. How wonderful after a busy week of traveling! The weather is quite warm and there is definitely a nice breeze constantly to fight the heat. I finished my Dick Francis book and took a siesta under the tree by the pool until Ruffo licked my face for my wake-up call and proceeded to steal my shoes… Then we ventured inside to watch Spanish game shows and hear all about typical Spanish culture through the eyes of an assimilated American.

The evening ended with a tapas run at around 10:30pm to a local bar in town. We ate grilled squid, javelina, snails and pork loin… FANTASTIC! We had quite the cultural experience and I’m so glad we are here! It’s really neat to see what life is like in Spain J Tomorrow we head to Seville with Aunt Carmen and her friend to sight see!