Rickey Here

You could say that we are having fun here in spain. but theres no waffles or pancakes. Kind of makes you appreciate what you have in the land of stars and stripes. We are in Santiago right now. The cathedral here supposedly has Saint James's remains, and is the third holiest shrine in the catholic church. Everything costs a ton. The bus drives take forever. I start to go crazy after 5 hours of driving. But at least food exists. I don't know what i'd do without it. We also visited the beach. It was pretty cool. Have also been to Avila and Salamanca. Pretty much what we do is visit cathedrals i've been to like 9 allready.

At our house in Spain we have wireless internet. But if you have to many thing on at once it blows out the power. I guess that's not to cool. Mmhmm thats about it for our house, and i think thats it for this blog.

continued by Kathy

I lost the photos I posted, so I'll try again. We LOVE paella and we all love that Jeff has decided he enjoys making it every Sunday so it's a win/win situation. Everyone has their own way of making paella. Jeff doesn't follow all of the "rules" but it is still very tasty. We'll bring home some of the famous spice used in paella, "saffron," so we'll hopefully have you over to try it upon our return. Also, we LOVE Napolitanas--one of the best patries we've found in Spain. We often travel to the heart of Madrid, the Puerta del Sol, to get fresh ones. Here we are enjoying them fresh off the press. Jeff thinks they're overrated and prefers Italian gelato. You can imagine the looks we've received when he bought a gelatto to share with all 9 of us. I literally had to push us all behind a statue to hide ourselves from the stares of awe, shock and confusion.

That's all for now, since it's 12:30 am, but I hope Grandma Merrill checks the site soon. We love you all. Love, Kathy

Kathy finally gives in

Okay!! I guess I'm going to have to face the fact. People here aren't keeping up with composing the blog and Grandma Merrill's comment on lack of info has really got me going. I'm getting involved with this blog, at least for tonight.

We are here in Spain enjoying so many priceless adventures. This is absolutely a great experience and worth every ounce of work we've put into it. I'll post some photos and they'll tell a thousand words, and a couple videos that tell a lot more. The most popular saying here is, "I'm hungry." The word I've decided to use regarding their non-stop hunger is RELENTLESS! They don't let up and there's always one or two starving kids. One of the videos is reality and the next is the re-try, "polite" version. We LOVE drinkable yogurt, as you'll see. Jeff, by the way is VERY opposed to my putting these videos on, so it may only be on for a few hours. Enjoy, those of you who witness it. By the way, it's not always like this. We just happened to catch one of these moments on video.