Spain has a lottery system that is a little different than the one we’re used to. There are lotteries every week, with the biggest one being the Christmas lottery, drawn every year a few days before Christmas day. Some are for charity, others are just for the fun of winning (or as is likely, [...]
Christmas Eve is known as “La noche buena” (the good night) here and like in the US it is traditional to have a nice dinner with your family and perhaps go to midnight mass afterwards if you are catholic.
This year Shannon and I were invited to have dinner with our friend Adela and her family. [...]
We’ve been here a little over a year now and I think the jury is in – we love it here in Granada. The other day I picked up some friends at the airport who were returning from a 5 week trip and I was really reminded of what a great community there is here.
Granada [...]
Looks like I’m not the only one who’s noticed the dip in quality lately over at One Infinite Loop, this was the headline yestarday morning over at CNet. http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9829091-37.html. I don’t mean to poke fun at the competition, but this year has been a string of bad iTunes updates (I’ve lost count of the 7.x.1 [...]
Last weekend Shannon and I did some baking for the holidays, getting food ready for our Christmas party at our house. We made some tasty cheese pastries and other goodies, but when it came time to make the peppermint bark we had a bit of a surprise.
Candy canes are not popular here, as best I [...]