FINALLY!!!

These are all backwards--you should look at them from top to bottom for the full effect! Next ones will be in order! I am learning!

And the marina and town again from another view!

The view looking out. This is an uninhabited island that if you look closely there is one building on top. It used to be a prison before WWII! It was pretty cool..

The view from the boat! That is the marina in the town we had come out of, looking behind us. It was beautiful.

Albert in the pizzeria making pizza! The nice men picked him up and let him play with the dough. It was so sweet.

This is for you, Bo. HA! Muy delicioso!

Chef Joan making his incredible paella!

Another pic off the baclony of the condo. Nice pool, huh?

Above is the view from the deck of the condo in Calella--you can't see really well, but that is ALL ocean. Gorgeous views!!!

Albert the crazed Rockstar!!

From left to right, Fine, Joan's cousin who is so funny, Maria my first friend, me, and Ursula, mi Espanol madre.

Okay--I literally was looking for the cord to my computer for about 20 minutes then couldn't figure out how to upload them for a good 2 hours--then read online that I needed a cd that was in the packaging..which OF COURSE I didn't bring to Spain. I was about to burst into tears when all of a sudden they started uploading!!!!! MUCHAS GRACIAS JESUS!!!

So, I am going to be better about putting them with the corresponding post obviously, but as for now, here ya go! It is getting late and I wanna watch The Bachelor on ABC.com--I know, I am so lame. But, my American "fix"!!!

And some special sidenotes that came to me while I was working today that I thought everyone would enjoy. SO FUNNY

• First off, just so you understand what I hear all day long and to add to lack of communication, picture this in your head: in the region where I am, everyone speaks Catalan. They also speak Spanish, but primarily, Catalan. (they will switch to Spanish for foreigners, you just have to be gracious.) SO, Joan and Ursula speak Spanish to each other in front of me so I can learn. Joan speaks Catalan to Albert, and Ursula, because she is Polish, only speaks Polish to Albert. Does your head hurt yet? Because mine sure as hell does.
• Albert screams at the top of his lungs all the time, like at the dinner table, walking around the house, etc. No one tells him to be quiet. SO WEIRD. And did I mention he bites? He can definitely be sweet, but WOW. He has some lungs.
• The other woman that works for Gourmand Breaks with me, is named Ellie. She only works a few days a week, and thankfully speaks some english. Today, was our first day that we worked together. She is very nice but has very masculine tendencies and looks like a lesbian...all of a sudden her cell phone rings in the office SO loud and guess what her ring tone is? HAHAHAHHAHA--"I kissed a girl and I liked it!" It took every ounce of my being to not burst into laughter. I just kept thinking CAROLINE if you had been there we would have died laughing. (AKA Montgomery/Waller's christening and the lord of the rings dancers in tights)
• Also, Joan used to own a restaurant in the nearby town of Vic, but he sold it. Ursula had a chocolate and coffee shop in downtown Girona that she sold. So, when they closed they got some things from the restaurants. They have the biggest juicer I have ever seen in my life. I am going to take a pic of it. It is so phenomenal and makes the best OJ ever. Dad, maybe one day I will get you one. Also, they have one of those slicers that slices big hunks of meat and huge things of salami or cheese--just out on the kitchen counter!!! And they have a huge thing of cheese--like at Jersey Mike's-- (don't you love my comparison)--in the fridge that you just pull out and slice however much you want! YUM
• Gloria the cook/housekeeper and I had lunch together today. Ursula went to the gym and then met her friends for lunch downtown and so Gloria made lunch for me. It was rice, salad, and these huge sausages, and lamb. They eat the craziest shit. But it was delicious! And before leaving, Ursula asked if I had a pocket dictionary of some kind so that Gloria and I could try and communicate. I said yes so I ran upstairs and got it. And we ACTUALLY communicated a bit! She was hysterical. She asked me if I had cried anymore and asked me about the weekend and I could NOT for the life of me remember ocean or boat--but finally after many hand gestures she got it. I wish ya'll could see me at times. WOW.
  

This is such an experience and I just love Gloria. It is almost easier for me to talk to her instead of Ursula, for one because I know Ursula knows English, and because I don't feel as dumb. She doesn't know a lick of English, ya know? We need a Gloria pic for sure...stay tuned..

Also, Maria and I are going out either tomorrow night or Wednesday night! YAY!!! She is going to pick me up from the house so I am very excited! We are going to go to some bar downtown. Oh, and she is the on across from me in the pictures of the four of us at dinner and Ursula is the blonde next to me.

I am thinking Maria and I will do tomorrow night because Ursula just told me tonight at dinner that on Thursday Joan has a meeting in Barcelona and a lunch that he wants her to go with him to. So, they thought that if it works out Ursula and I could drop Albert off to school and then drive to Barcelona and she could drop me off and I could walk around exploring Barcelona while they did their thing!!! I am SO excited. I hope it works out. Would be so fun to be able to get out!!! And very nice that they even thought about me! She did say though, maybe you could work longer Wednesday and Friday and we will just make up for it?? haha--still worth it though.


That uploading just took forever--it is late and I gotta get some shut eye!!! Off to read my book and I can't wait to read everyone's emails in the morning!!! YAY!!!

love