Moorish Adventure #1

Moorish Adventure #1
September 11-13
Granada, Spain

Part roadtrip, part Spanish cramming session.

Caro came to visit and won a Supreme Visitor Award for redecorating our house while we were working and schooling. I highly suggest hosting friends who are designers during your first weeks in a new home, and particularly one in a new country. First, she rearranged the major furniture. Then, she demanded we buy more bookshelves and all sorts of other things. Next she put it all together and reorganized our closets and kitchen. She said she likes doing this.

She did drag Byron around Barcelona shopping at boutiques for a day to settle the score.

In between, we also took a little road trip to Andalusia. Since I was in the midst of intensive Spanish classes, I sat in the back the whole way and tried to open my mouth very wide while practicing my pronunciation. Caro was once again the ultimate visitor by deciding that she, too, should learn lots of Spanish on the ride down.

What sort of things does one learn on a road trip from Barcelona to Malaga?

¡Qué ruinas!
¿Hay alguna habitación?...

Dacian Homecoming

Dacian Homecoming

7 September 2009

Bucureşti, Romania

Romania is my new fave Eastern European country! We went to visit Oana and her family this weekend and had the best time. It was my first trip to Eastern Europe, and I am happy to report that they exhibit Southern Hospitality like no other! Oana's fam served us a 4-hour dinner --- 4 hours of eating no doubt --- and not only that: we also drank palinka, which is in essence Romanian moonshine.

We also saw the second biggest building in the world, met Oana's cute puppies, and took a time machine back to when clubbing was cool. Last but not least, Oana and company gave us a tour of their start-up company, Adulmec.