Gerald & Elisabeth und Kinder

Com li he dit a l'Anna, hem anat els papes i jo a veure uns creients alemanys que coneixem a Cansolà, a casa del Manolo i la Charo. Hem anat a veure el Gerald i l'Elisabeth, i els seus dos fills, el David (es pronuncia dafid), de 6 anys, i el Kevin, de 3. I m'he emportat la càmara, es clar. Demà al matí hi torno sol a veure'ls, ja que els nens i jo ens ho hem passat molt bé "yugant". El David m'ha preguntat (en alemany, es clar) si em quedava a dormir, i ha deixat anar un trist "leider!" quan li han dit que no. Aviam si esmorzem plegats demà! Llàstima que treballi per la tarda...
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These are photos of a German family we know. My parents and I went to visit them today, we had supper with them (Gerald & Elisabeth, and the children, 6 year-old David and 3 year-old Kevin), and the grandparents, Manolo and Charo.
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L'Elisabeth i el Gerald

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Aquest peixet mullat s'està assecant / this wee little wet fish has to dry himself

El Kevin (3) i el David (6), vestits de pirates / as pirates

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El David, a l'hora de sopar / David at the supper-table

El lloc preferit d'un nen: al terra! (Kevin) / A kid's favourite spot: the floor! (Kevin)

El Kevin assegut amb el papa: està timidet o només cansat d'haver estat jugant tot el dia?

Kevin sitting on daddy's lap: is he shy or just tired after playing all day?

Bon dia, princesa! ;-) Good leave, my princess!

As you can see, I'm a wee bit addicted to my blog... But don't worry, it may be the novelty, and maybe it shall wear off as time goes byyyyy... This is the photo of a frog and ten cents (as you can see, duh...) that I took while mowing the lawn at the garden. I first caught it in a jar, and since I'm not that monster my sister thinks I am (just kidding, Eli) :P, I let it go after observing its awesome design. I was surprised afterwards when I put a coin right beside it and it didn't move. As you would say, mama, a "frogcito".

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Heu-nos aquí, Andalusia! / Andalusia, here we come!

Hello family and friends! I'm glad and honoured to share these photos with you. It's the trip Marc, Roger and I made to the south of Spain, during Setmana Santa. I hope you enjoy them! It's taken me long to do this, but I've enjoyed it to the full. A hug for everybody, and don't forget to leave a message! A special hi to Marc, Roger, Marta and Albert!

El Roger i jo a Terol / Roger and me in Teruel

Prenent un refresc a Alcorisa / Having a drink in Alcorisa

Las casas colgadas, Conca / The "hung houses", Cuenca

Molí de Castella / Mill in Castilla

L'arbre solitari / The lonesome tree

Els tres miners / The three miners

Dedicat a l'Oriol / Dedicated to Oriol

Castell a Badajoz / Castle in Badajoz

Vida rural a Extremadura / Rural life in Extremadura

A punt de portar el bebè? / About to deliver the baby?

La parella feliç / The happy couple

Tariro tariro... / Madly in love

La promesa de Déu / God's promise

Quina passada! Però que no us aixequin la camisa... no és un Ferrari de debò de debò /

Wow-wee... take a look at that! Not a real Ferrari, though

El torero es vol fotografiar amb mi... què hi farem /

The torero wants a shot next to me... ok, just this once

The little helper

Who doubts I'm helpful?? Why, I've been helpful all my life! If you don't believe it, just look at the picture above... LOL Mommy had gone in the house for a moment, and when she came back she found me hanging up the clothes in this peculiar manner. She thought it deserved a shot. I'm so grateful for this photo! And don't you think it has anything to do with child labour! As I said before, the deed came from my own little heart... As mama would say... "What a scream!!"

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CATALÀ

Qui en dubta, que sigui treballador?? Ho he estat tota la vida! I si no ho creieu, mireu la foto de dalt... hehe La mama se n'havia anat un momentet a casa, i quan va tornar al jardí em va trobar penjant la roba d'aquesta manera tan estrambòtica. Devia merèixer una foto, aquesta escena. N'estic super-content, de la foto! I no us penseu pas que es tractava de treball de menors, que ho feia de bon grat!

Vakkert Norge -- Beautiful Norway

You may ask me what my favourite country in Europe is. My immediate answer is NORWAY, of course! The first time I went there, I fell in love with the beautiful land. It was a breath-taking experience, a love story between the creature and the land. One becomes thankful for so-called "life-hazardous", but alas, low-cost flights with Ryanair, for I am absolutely craving to go back. It is the land calling me back, it feels like a vaccum suctioning me back. “And what's so special about this land?”, you may ask again. It's basically three things: the scenery, the language and the people, everything mingling together into a beautiful, vakkert combination. “Vakkert” is norwegian for beautiful; every time I want to say the word in Catalan, this scandinavic stranger invades my mind.
I suppose most of you have seen pictures from Norway, so you may have noticed the artist touch of the Creator. The car stops, you climb out to gaze in awe. Or you may have a walk with somebody who knows every secret path along the seaside (are you reading, Kristoffer?), and enjoy the magic of everything. Since a picture is known to be worth a thousand words, you have seen a few above.
Norwegian is one of the languages I've enjoyed learning the most (actually, I'm not even halfways there yet). You can go to http://www.mikesradioworld.com/, click on Europe, then Norway, and just listen to its tonality, just hear them sing, go up a note every time they finish a sentence. Not at all like Danish, mind you.
And the family I know is the best of it. Ok, you can enjoy a couple of trees and bushes by yourself, but what's better than some warm company, some good friends? Plus the scenery, of course (just can't keep my mind off it)! A few pics of Norway and... the Nordmennene as well (I got their permission :p ).
My good friends in vakkert Norge... see you soon!! Thank you for reading this, everybody!

Robbers on the Porch

Gospel For Asia (GFA) is a Gospel ministry that ministers a lot in India. Most missionaries there are native, people who were unbelievers once, and now swim against the current for the Lord. I periodically receive their SEND! magazine, and I read this heart-touching report:

West Bengal

Three teenagers worked silently on the dark porch of a house right next to a GFA Bible college. As some of the Bible college students watched, they realized the three teenagers were trying to break into the neighboring house.

Quickly, several students surrounded the house and caught the three boys. Only about 15 years old, they admitted they were trying to rob the house.

Instead of reacting the way the boys expected, the students and Bible college staff politely talked with the boys and counseled them, then invited them to come anytime to the Bible college and visit. The three boys left in tears, overcome by the love shown to them. The students didn’t think they would see the boys again.

The next evening, however, the boys showed up to join the students for their evening prayer meeting. As they heard the Gospel more clearly, they gave their lives to the Lord in sincere repentance.

"Buenos días, chavalines!"

Tinc bones notícies! Bé, ja sabeu alguns que me'n vaig a Noruega el 19 de setembre, oi? Bé, la qüestió és que en Cristòfol (nom de pila), el meu bon amic noruec, que ara fa el nostre paral·lel de 2on d'ESO, ha estat parlant amb el/la profe de castellà (ha començat castellà aquest any), i li ha comentat sobre aquest amic "espanyol" que està aprenent noruec, que vindrà de visita. No sé qui ho ha acabat proposant, però sembla que tinc tots els colors de visitar una escola noruega (més ben dit un institut)!! Em fa molta il·lusió, pressento que serà una experiència molt excepcional! "¡Buenos días, chavales!" (Bé, això de "chavales"... Ja se m'ocorrirà una altra cosa).
Bé, me'n vaig a dormir, que demà començo a treballar a les 9, i m'haig d'aixecar at the crack of dawn, a les 7.45, que el papa m'ha de portar a Palamós.

Arrivederci, buona notte!

Welcome to Ricky's ranch!

Benvinguts al meu ranxo! Hi podeu passar una estoneta per respirar, per relaxar els músculs atrofiats que pugueu tenir. No demano que passeu cada dia, però una visita de tant en tant és d'agraïr. Un ranxo sempre és més bonic si hi ha companyia. Bé, aquest primer anunci era de benvinguda. BENVINGUTS! WELCOME! BIENVENIDOS! BIENVENUE! WILKOMMEN! VELKOMMEN! VÍTAM VÁS!