Mest regnfulle vinter på 110 år!

Ikke rart det har vært unntakstilstand her i vinter. Sjekk denne linken!
http://spaniaposten.no/regn/vinter/spania

Men nå skinner heldigvis sola, og både R. og jeg har fått litt deilige solstråler på kroppen, og nesten blitt litt solbrente til tross for faktor 30 og 50. Herlig med sol og sommer og FRI!!  Har vært på koselig barbeque hos noen nye naboer i kveld. Bra med litt nabofellesskap. Og i morgen skal vi til Málaga og se på de berømte prosesjonene!!

GOD PÅSKE

Dear friends and family, it's spring! It's almost like summer here now! My skin even smells like it does after a summer's day in the sun. (Not so surprisingly, actually...) I LOVE IT!! 

We ended the spring term at Aloha the best possible way today, with the Interhouse Sports Final. The students have played basketball, football etc. the whole day, and we've been outside in the sun the entire day supervising the different activities! I love it!! I've even got a nice tan:) Went to the gym afterwards and had coffee with a colleague in the sun after that. How great! 

Elaine had invited a few teachers over to her place last night. We had a great laugh, and enjoyed a soggy pizza and nice drinks:) I learned a lot about "false friends" in English and Spanish. Thanks to Jacquie for sharing her experiences!! Haha!

Now it's time to clean the flat and tidy up a bit. Boring, but necessary. Going to the airport tonight to pick up my friend. Looking forward to spending the first part of the holidays with her. Don't know what we'll do yet, but there are endless opportunities here in the area. And with Pedro back on track, we can even go on trips as well, if we feel like.

My sister and her family are coming over the second week. Can't wait to see them again, let alone have a great cuddle with Oda and Sivert!

There is really nothing here that reminds me of the traditional Norwegian Easter with påskekrim, skitur, kvikk lunsj, påskeegg, etc, but I'm looking forward to an Easter here in Spain. And the weather seems to be alright as well, check out this link.

One thing I know we'll do is watching at least one of the Semana Santa Proceciones. Check out the picture below, the Semana Santa/Holy Week link from Wikipedia, and the blog I found when I googled "Semana Santa".

 
There are lots of other pictures out there on the World Wide Web but I found that the participants reminded me a bit of the Ku Klux Klan so I didn't want to publish any of those pictures on my blog.

Anyway, I have to sort out the flat now. Wishing you all a great Easter break! Relax! Enjoy! Go skiing! Watch påskekrimmen! Eat Kvikk Lunsj!

Påskeklem fra Stine

Money

When you withdraw money from a cash machine in Norway, you get the money first, and then the receipt. In Spain, on the other hand, you get the receipt first, and then the money. This change in simple, simple, simple routines has already made me leave the cash machine twice withouth my money.

Like in the famous Aesop's fables I will now present the morale of this little story: Man takes time to adapt to new environments and routines. 

I have added these images of the 100 Euros I lost today and the 50 Euros I lost before Christmas as a lesson to all of you: Don't get too excited about the receipt! Make sure you always get your money before leaving the cash machine!  

Wishing you all a lovely weekend. Mine will be spent in the name of pasta and havregrøt! :)

"Una nota falsa"

Voy a leer un libro en español por primera vez. Oh oh oh. El libro se llama "Una nota falsa".

Posten

Da jeg var på Picassomuseet i Málaga i januar kjøpte jeg en kjøleskapmagnet til Oda og Sivert. Det tok seks uker for det spanske postvesenet å sende denne lille pakken til Hokksund!