Sylvia's Scenario

We spent most of our month of May traveling again to see the grandkids in Spain and it was one of our best trips yet.  I can't even say which part was the best because we did so many fun activities.  We like to visit other places on our way to and from Spain so this time we went to Venice, Italy; Nice, France; and then our favorite of all - Paris. All stops were truly wonderful.  But I would have to say that spending time with family is always the best and Nick & Sachiyo do a great job hosting us.  One of the highlights of this visit was attending the Féria  (festival) in the town of Jerez where the beautiful Andalusian horses reside.  Nick and Sachiyo live in El Puerto (they are having their Féria this weekend) which is right next to Jerez so it was an easy drive.  When we arrived, we immediately got on one of the many horse and carriages to take a tour of the grounds of the Féria which is the size of a typical state fair in the States.  The ...

Yes, they take selfies in Spain, too.  These are Nick's next door neighbors in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain.  We met them while we were visiting last month when Imma and Luis invited us over for coffee. Our little coffee hour turned into about a three hour BFF event.  And we don't speak Spanish and they don't speak English so go figure that one out...Nick was the middle man.   Nick had been practicing his Spanish for about three months and visits a tutor twice a week since he moved to Spain so he is getting pretty good.  "What did he say, Nick?"  "What did she say, Nick?"  Nick, tell her that.....".  Nick, Nick, Nick....Poor Nick but it was really good practice for him and we all actually seemed to understand each other.  We all had translators on our smart phones so we would try that but honestly, it was just easier to communicate via Nick and that's what we mainly did.   Imma served us some pudding cake that was quite yummy with our...