Rain Rain Go Away

As if I wasn't having a difficult enough time with the cold weather, it has been raining here for the last two days. Not the downpour-all-day kind of rain, but the unpredictable-I-tricked-you-into-not-bringing-an-umbrella kind of rain. But the English lessons are going well and Marta referred me to another family she knows, with little girls!! Hopefully I will be able to rearrange some of the times I currently have and fit them in! It is also the beginning of the trail of visitors!!! Starting this weekend I will have visitors until close to the middle of January, which will be the warm up for the spring when everyone really wants to come!

Blankets and a Sleeping Mat

Segovia...

To visit the castle that inspired Disney who made us all believe every little girl is a princess!

The Cathedral, with the birds flying as the clock strikes two!

More of the castle

The Aquaduct 

The only bit of snow we saw :(

After out fifth attempt at getting both the aqueduct and us in the photo!

Balonmano

This just in... Atletico Madrid is not just a soccer team, they are also a team handball team. Played in an indoor arean, which brought me back to my competition days, fans get just as rowdy as they do at the soccer matches. Also a side note, team handball - a professional sport we do not even have in the US, attracts more fans than the Chargers...

One of my favorite things about Madrid...

Is that the entire city is decorated for Christmas. While the city workers have been putting up lights for what seems like months, they finally have turned them on!!!!! In other news the twins have stopped terrorizing me and now tell me that each class is too short. Also classes with their cousin Tommy are going great and his mom said there is another little boy in the building who wants to attend as well! I hope you all are getting into the Christmas spirit!!

Happy Birthday

To the best Mom a girl could ask for!

Feels like Christmas...

Every time a package comes it feels like Christmas! Today I finally got my parents package and in it was my new watch!!!