Three Thanksgivings and a Fiesta!

One weekend ago I celebrated 3 Thanksgivings and a friend's birthday....4 days of celebration. It was a little tiring, but worth it and a whole lot of fun! Here are the pictures from that weekend....enjoy!

Thanksgiving #3: At James' house on Sunday Nov 28th
Lots and lots of vino...
Yes, this is a little close. Lovely Laura on the left (from Scotland), Kyle (a very good friend) and me.
James ready to attack the turkey.
The dinner table
The dinner guests....a great bunch of people.

La Fiesta: Celebrating Javi's birthday!
Diego, Javi, Agata (Polish), Martina (Italian) and me.
With the birthday boy.
Agata and I enjoying the party.

Thanksgiving Dinner #2: Alicia's house with the Bilingual Project teachers, Fri. Nov. 26th


Dinner guests....good food and great conversationMiryam (teaches history and geography) and her boyfriend Andy....wonderful couple!
Ana (teaches English) and me...together we attempt to conquer the 13-14 year olds we have!
Amy cutting our 7 kilo turkey
The other two assistants, Amy and Colm.
Here's the entire group....minus me.
Alicia making sure the turkey is done.

Thanksgiving #1: Three Americans and a Spaniard, Nov. 25th Thanksgiving Day.
Jeri and Emily preparing our "southern" Thanksgiving meal... I even tried some new dishes.
For dessert.....banana and zucchini bread.

All in all it was a busy weekend, but a whole lot of fun! As you can see from the pictures I enjoyed myself quite a lot. :) Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving too.

Hugs and Kisses,
Celeste

Fito, Fito, Fito!

This past Saturday I went with some friends to see a rock/alternative concert in Valladolid. I had so much fun that I just had to share the pictures with all of you. The band is called Fito y Fitipaldis and they have been playing for some time now, but I had never heard them before my friend Jackeline mentioned them to me. Now I just love this band. :) I'll put a track/video up of them so you can have an idea of what they sound like.
Fito (the one in center with a black cap) y Fitipaldis. We were extremely close to the stage.
Carlos (Jackeline's boyfriend), Kyle, me and Jackeline enjoying the concert.
Jackeline was a little distracted by this crazy group of guys....they were definitely on something.
Fito y Fitipaldis
The band...they have a saxophonist, accordionist/pianist, two guitarists (the singer and the long haired guy who is very talented), a bassist and a drummer who's American.

I've learned it is difficult to take pictures when the band is moving/playing and the crowd is waving their hands in the air....haha!
Fito on the big screen

Clearer picture of the band.
Kyle, me and Jackeline

One of the last numbers of the show.
The stage....

The concert started at 11pm and we left at 1.30am....the concert hadn't ended yet. Well at least the encore hadn't ended!

Antes de que cuente diez

Belgium...round 4:Brugge

Belgium's very own Venice....so many canals.Loved this view of the city.
T' Zuid Square....there was this huge monument with statues all around it. They were all extremely odd.
Odd statue....it had something to do with Zeus, I'm not sure what.

St. Salvator's Cathedral from the side.
St. Salvator's Cathedral
A working monastery.
Lover's statue...there are inscriptions on the bottom of the statue of famous couples in history.
Belgium makes beautiful lace products.
Halloween cupcakes!!!
Grote Markt.
Grote markt....it reminds me of a fairy tale. The building in the center that is white is the town hall.
Some government building.

God's house for the poor.

This alley doesn't look that small in the picture, but it surprised me how close the sides were.
Look at all the ducks and swans!!! Now you can see what people mean about Brugge being similar to Venice. Still, I think Venice is much prettier.



Love fall!!!!!
Basilica of the Holy BloodEntrance to a hospital that was built in 1100 and used until the mid 1800's. We didn't enter, but the outside was impressive.
Belfort the bell tower in Grote Markt.

In the square behind the bell tower.Minnewater.
Just beautiful...
Beginning of the park in Brugge...there were ducks, swans and other birds enjoying the water.
Emily and I on the bridge over Minnewater which is a crystalized lake.