A SUNDAY LIKE THIS....

Haven't post for so so so long! feel very guilty, but some crazy things happened together in the same time:

- ipod broken

-laptop broken

-external memory broken (with all the pics from glasgow, spain, holidays etc)

This is maybe to warn me to stay away from technology for a little while, but I won't so now, that I have some time in the morning (actually the time of the day when I enjoy writing more) I decided to post some picture of the beautiful Sunday I spent yesterday.

wake up very late after went to bed at 3 in the morning thanks to my lovely dog

ehehehhe yeah this is my pijiama (quite ridicolous, I know)

I moved recently in a house pretty much in the country after been living for almoust 20 years in the city centre.

So I'm now kinda of adapting to a different lifestyle which I'm totally appreciating.

It's true: here u can litterally hear no bad noise, no cars, no people shouting, everything so peacefully relaxing.

Yesterday some people of the villages here around organized a day fest in the valley and since I really didn't want to spend the day at home, after seeing some motorcycles race rally from the window and hearing music I took my dog and went there.

Billi, Billy or Billie?

can someone give me the right name for a dog? (don't even think BILLI exists!)

as soon I reached the place I met my little cousins who were totally in love with my earphones:

and suddenly all these little children went around me

this day fest also consisted of some rugby matches between young teams,

I'm actually very interested in this sport since I consider it quite genuine and loyal.

And it's a pity that this one doesn't have the same importance that football have in my country.

just next to this there was a rally competition

, and I was shocked when, between these giants motorcycles, I saw this little child:

this place is in open country, and very close to the these dusty place there were horses, which were peacefully eating and drinking.....ahhahahahah quite weird!

before having a special dinner (you could buy roasted meat and pasta and eat there on the grass)

me and my little blond princesses went to see some paragliding

after the deserved dinner I decided to spend some time in the city centre with my friends but since there were actually not so many people around we thought to go to play bowling

good choice for a sunday night =)

I SCORED A STRIKE!! AHAHHA NO WAY!.....

....AFTER ALL THIS EFFORT SEE HOW IT ENDED.... : I LOST!!

song of the day:

Edinburgh

Andrea and I took about 285239 day trips while she was visiting from DC, but the best one had to be Edinburgh. No matter how many times I take the train in from Glasgow, it feels like a completely different city on every visit. This time it was probably because the sun was out. I spent the day wondering (like I did every day in the end of term) why I had to pack up and leave the UK just when the weather started to cooperate. I even got a sunburn. IN SCOTLAND.

First we walked the Royal Mile and then up to Calton Hill, to sit and smell the flowers for awhile before a vegetarian lunch at Henderson's.

Then we had to take a break from the sun and have a coffee outside at Hulu, one of my favorite cafés in Edinburgh. Highlight: speaking in Spanish to avoid being American tourists like the girls sitting next to us...

After walking around Old Town for awhile (and visiting the National Museum of Scotland where we saw Dolly the cloned stuffed sheep rotating in a glass box-hmm), we found this park where everyone and their mother was sitting around a barbeque playing guitar for the afternoon. Literally everyone- from the hippies swinging butt-length dreadlocks in time with their hula hoops to some Ralph Lauren-clad law students I could swear went to my boarding school. All just sitting in the grass together enjoying the sun. I wanted to move to Edinburgh right that second.

This band playing at the park's entrance was AMAZING - I wish I knew their name! They reminded me of Mumford & Sons. You can't really tell in this photo but the drunk guy behind them kept stealing their bags and running off, which kind of broke up the show, but still. They're great.

Then we headed back to Grassmarket and had a Pimm's outside at The Last Drop - necessary of course at 4pm on a hot day.

And after happy hour we wandered over to Jeffrey Street for dinner at Larioja - a tapas bar near North Bridge. We sat outside with a beautiful view as our table filled up with white sangria, queso manchego con membrillo, gambas, mejillones, pan con tomate and pisto. Andrea and I first became friends on an exchange program in Spain for a year when we were 16, so this was a reunion dinner that made us both homesick for Zaragoza! Although I have to say their tortilla might be even better than our host families'...and we actually had to order extra desserts because this chocolate mousse was that good. This is definitely the best restaurant I've been to in the UK. If you're ever in Edinburgh - GO!

THANK YOU ISA!

After a long dinner we walked back up Calton Hill, laid down in the grass and watched the sun set over the Firth of Forth. (can't get over that name...) There were some more people scattered around playing guitar and it was the perfect end to a long day trip. Neither of us wanted to get back on the train...

Happy weekend!

LOVE

-a