"rain, rain.. go away, come back another day"

Past week was a rainy, wet, miserable, hard working week!!! Normally I always love the rain, because than you can sit inside with the family, a fire or heater and drink hot chocolate. This week however was terrible. We did not have a heater yet, the whole family was not complete and there was not really a break so we always rained wet going to the library in the mornings or going for grocery shopping. Another umbrella broke in the wind and the sport was cancelled. So we did a lot of school and watched Obama's Victory Speech on You Tube. Even the internet did not work well due to the bad weather, so I really hope next week will be a sunny, happy week!!!

- Babysitting -
When mom went out with Rocio and Miguel (friends we met here in Antequera) Steven and I babysat from 20:30 till  2:30 O'clock the next day!!! The children who we babysat were 1 year and 5 years old. They were not used to be without their parents and so when they left the oldest child started to cry. When the oldest child was crying the youngest child also started to cry. I first laughed, because it was very funny how they went on together. Steven and I had held them and sang "twinkle twinkle little star" about thousand times till they slept. That part was the most difficult 20 minutes we had of the 8 hours we were there. Those 8 hours we were so quiet we had to mime to each other, so that we didn't make noise. I phoned the parents of the children and the mom picked up and was scared that something was wrong (that would every mother do). Anyway I had just told her that everything was under control and that she didn't have to worry. It was the first time she had a babysitter and that she went out with her husband without children. At 2:30 the next morning they had come home and Steven and I thanked them and ran to our bed, 2 streets away and had the best nap ever!!!

- Museum -
In Greece and Italy we went to many museums and learned a lot about the history of the Roman empire and of the Greek history. We asked mom to have a break the past month, but now we were ready again to read stories and see things. So last week we went to the Antequera museum. It was a beautiful Spanish building with a patio in the centre and 4 levels about the history of this town. Although it was an educational  museum, we were the only visitors. Maybe because of the weather.

- A day in Malaga -
We looked at the internet weather forecast and saw that Saterday would be a little sunny in Malaga, so we woke up early and took the bus to the coast. It was actually quite close, one hour driving from Antequera and then 10 minutes walk into the old city center. We visited the Picasso museum. Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881, but later lived in France. He visited Malaga when he was 19 years old and never came back. Family donated paintings and artwork that he made for his personal collection. All the popular art and painting are in a museum in Madrid, the capital of Spain.  I thought Picasso's work was interesting.... or more...different..... or I think it was also very creative... and... I think his work is also a bit..... WEIRD. How he paints a body so fast and up side down; with the head bigger than the body and with different kinds of colours.  I was very excited to see his work in real. I think it's beautiful to see different artists that paint with different styles. After going to Picasso museum we walked around in the center. I felt that it was the same as Brussel's center where Manneken Pis stands, with the old buildings and going though different little streets. They even sold the same hot waffles with chocolate just like we had in Brussel. In the center of Malaga there was a pedestrial street where every 5 metres there was a different performer singing, acting, person in silver not moving and when you toss a coin in he will suddenly move like a robot etc. It was a intimate place to visit. I would not mind going back again for a visit, because there are still many more little streets to see.


- The fashion show - 
OMG = Ooh My Goodness.

delayed confetti!

OMG there was a fashion show in Antequera. That is so amazing to have a fashion show in our little village! The designed was originally from Antequera but is not working near Cordoba. First the models were not PROFESSIOANL and seemed to all come from the town here since everyone shouted "guapa-guapa" (beautiful). ....... Their faces looked strange and weird. They did not smile or look sad, but had no expression. Also they were no in a very good shape. The second group were real models from Andalusia that were professionals. They were all wearing black dresses. I thought it was already for Christmas, but at the end of the show we met with Marga (another friend we met here in Antequera) and she explained that the designed was inspired by Insects. That was also why the models had no expression on their faces and had all kind of shapes. At the end of the fashion show when the last models came up there was supposed to be a confetti explosion. All of a sudden the camera-light man stood at the confetti canon, but was too late. He then asked to do it again and then the confetti gun went off. My favorite part was at the end when there was a lottery with your entrance ticket. (by the way the fashion show was organised to raise funds for illnesses). When they called out the winning numbers, the crowd was all sighed out loud that they 'just' missed the winning number. Mom and I felt that the people only came for the lottery!!

Dolmenes de Antequera.
Via Thamy, a friend who we met in the library, we met her mother Etna. They are from Brasil and living here near Antequera a few years now. Etna took us out to see the famous Dolmenes just outside of the town. In between the rain showers we had a look how the first people used to build their graves with huge boulders. In many places in Andalucia (southern province of Spain) they have discovered these Dolmen and there are also 2 in Antequera.
Interesting to see how they moved these heavy blocks into place around 6000 years ago.


Gracias amigos/ amigas , hasta proxima (who's birthday......?)
Louisa