Can you picture us in your minds eye? We sit on the terrace bare-foot. There are 6 empty bottles of alcohol for 8 good friends. Our bellies are full of Mendo´s delicious Fidua and Allioli. Our view is of the factory roof´s and in the distant like a shimmering mirage are the Pyrenees. A flock of seagulls fly in from the East like the spirit of the ocean coming to remind me of what I am craving. We have sat here for hours, over our heads in light and deep convers...

Can you picture us in your minds eye? We sit on the terrace bare-foot. There are 6 empty bottles of alcohol for 8 good friends. Our bellies are full of Mendo´s delicious Fidua and Allioli. Our view is of the factory roof´s and in the distant like a shimmering mirage are the Pyrenees. A flock of seagulls fly in from the East like the spirit of the ocean coming to remind me of what I am craving. We have sat here for hours, over our heads in light and deep convers...

Yes Mumsy, the journey continues... in another Continent entirely! When I'm walking to work sometimes I have a little chuckle at the realisation that I'm living in SPAIN! Wowsers! Amazing what life throws at us huh... with my kids our topic at the moment is The World so today we played a game which involved pointing out Countries on a World map... they were terrible! For example they thought Poland was in South America! And Peru is in Australasia! Obviously kids ...

It's amazing how time passes with barely a whisper of goodbye. We have now lived in Spain for nearly 2 months. We are starting to feel the faint recognition of a 'normal' life, including a routine - however in August this will stop again due to the country's mandatory holidays. I have been working as an English teacher at 3 schools, mostly to children aged 5 to 11 years. I enjoy some of this work but am finding that actually teaching English is easy - it's the cl...

We have now been here in Vic, over a month and it seems to me almost as foreign as India. India! Well that seems like years ago. I miss the freedom of India: the anonymity, the fact that we had no responsibilities and barely a timetable. India's passion, beauty and horribleness were there for the taking - available and cheap! I think it will take me a long time to discover Vic's true identity. Its outer beauty is evident - the buildings are ancient and beautiful ...