I figure the day after a big fiesta is as good a day as any to update the blog. My hosts here are Kristian and Maja and yesterday was Kristian's birthday. We had a big fiesta here at "Cortico Medico" with lots of friends, it was quite a lot of fun.
I had quite a journey from Germany to London to Spain, quite a whirlwind of travel. From Germany to London it took about 13 hours from start to end, and London to Spain it was 25 hours. Many things happened in between Germany and Spain, including staying with a work friend of my Mom's and he took me to what is regarded as best restaurant in London (Scott's) for drinks and dinner. Turns out Leonardo DiCaprio and director Ridley Scott were sitting a few tables away discussing their new movie they are working on. Definitely a fun night, but the next day I was back to traveling and got to Spain on the 13th, the middle of August when every single day here is hot as hell between 95 and 100 degrees with total sunshine...
Spain is fantastic though! My hosts are Kristian and Maja, a Scandanavian couple who live here at "Cortico Medico". They have been here for 4 years and a lot of that time has been waiting for permits to get permission to build and also put electricity in. The Spainiards are extremely casual about everything and never in a rush to do anything, sometimes it can definitely get annoying if you aren't used to it. But Kristian and Maja purchased the 36 hectares here with over 4,500 almond trees and now they are ready to start building their house and everything else. The plan here is for a house and also a hotel based around mountain biking. This is a perfect place for it and plans for everything look really good!
So far here I've done quite a bit of cementing, built a new dog fence area for the puppies (there are two), helped out around the place in general, and also seen quite a bit of the Sierra Nevada Mountians here in southern Spain.
Not so much time here to really type because we always seem to be busy doing one thing or another, and when we are just relaxing the three of us are always sitting around the table outside with a beer having conversations. I'm having a wonderful time though and a week left until I set out to Portugal. Hasta luego!
For some reason I can't post any pictures while I'm here in Spain, so maybe in Portugal I can post them up...adios!
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Good to hear you're having fun, Matt. Can't wait for the pictures, too! You sure are learning a lot of skills!
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Mom