Never a dull moment

As Luca, Ana and myself roared with laughter while watching the elimination portion of 'a shot at love with Tila Tequila (episode 5) we could barely resist peeing our pants at the site of 'Amanda' almost instantaneously vomit when Tila called her name. I tell you the footage is priceless. Look it up on YouTube... just make sure you're prepared to spit whatever you may be drinking out through your nose when you burst into a fit of laughter...

We started watching a clip of it after discussing my mother's apprehension at us naming the baby Teala. She said we simply could not name our daughter after a 'bisexual' who had a disgraceful reality TV show. Well you see to us over here on this side of the Atlantic, we have no idea who she is... or didn't until we saw the clip last night. Now we're all hooked. I think it would be way more fun to tell her we named her after a bisexual glamour model and American reality show participant rather than after a 'relaxing tea' (the name's meaning in Spanish). Much more exciting than naming her after a distant auntie or something like that! The verdict is still out!

After escaping the giggle-fest at the office Alfredo came to collect me to walk me home. He was then gripped by the urge to indulge in a traditional Spanish winter treat: 'chocolate con churros'


Churros! Which are dipped into a steaming hot mug of hot chocolate with the same consistency as custard.

We made it to the little run down cafe that serves them (there aren't so many here in Barcelona as they are more native to Madrid). We skipped out of the shop only to be met by the most horrific accident. It's too upsetting to write about and I really don't want to re-live it. But it involved a dog, a car a collision and at least a couple blocks. I don't think I'll ever get the sound out of my head. I was absolutely hysterical to say the least. I stood there clutching Fredu with my head in his jacket sobbing out of the sheer shock of the whole thing. And to think that just an hour before hand I was in a fit of giggle in the office. One extreme to the other. I think I will forever correlate churros with this incident... perhaps it's a good thing as they are indeed devilishly good. I did manage to sleep last night which was a concern as I was really effected by the incident... which coincidently happened within 500m from where that guy groped me the other day.... I swear I'm beginning to think that there is some sort of curse with me and that area. The strange thing is that there should be nothing extraordinary about it... bad karma? who knows... I'll be walking home the long way around from now on. I don't know if I can take much more!


Santa Caterina Market... the scene of much of my recent traumas... shame really as it's so beautiful.

Doing the impossible...

This weekend I agreed and not even reluctantly to go hiking in the great outdoors with Mele, Nico, Fredu and Ollie (who was here for a visit). One of the many great things about this sea-side city is that beyond the beaches the mountains are right on our doorsteps as well. Okay well maybe foot hills as the mountains are about an hour or so away, but still... terrain exists that does not yet have concrete and SUV's.

A quick 15 min train ride and we were right in the thick of nature. Miss Lilli (aka mountain dog) joined us and miraculously managed to hike the 6k or so that we managed to cover (up hill and down valley). She did more than any of us as she kept running from the front of the group to the back to assure that we were all sticking together.

We made it back to the city lights just before we lost day light which was a bit of a worry for a while as the map we had was not as helpful as it should have been... however we made it even if we did have to scale down a rocky mountain side to get us where we needed to be... I had lots of help of course to make sure ze bump was not compromised. Not bad for 30 weeks pregnant! Don't get me wrong, the star of the day was Lilli. Who would have thought she would have had such stamina???? Oh and kudos of course to Nico, Mele and Ollie for being in charge of the navigation.


Ollie and Fredu enjoying the sunshine and a spot of lunch before we set out onto the trail.


Someone was ready for action... or was the the cava they had with lunch that was fueling it?


Fashion was put aside for warmpth... but hey a gal has to be practical sometimes!


Mele on the other hand looked fab and very glam as usual!


The valley that we hiked through

The valley that we hiked up! Lilli agreed to be picked up so that she could be in this shot... Light was slipping away quickly at this point....


We reached the top of a clearing and found this most lovely view of Barcelona down below. we were south east so you can't quite see the sea in this shot... but you could see it when you were there in person. From here we scaled down so we could make it out before the sun set... talk about high up!!!!!!!!!!


The tired troops retired to a local cafe to celebrate with a drink... and for some exhausted dogs a nap and for some people in 'estado' we had suisso (KJ it's your favorite thick hot chocolate treat)

Needless to say some parts of my we leggies are still feeling the aftermath... It was kind of funny today when the nurse at my monthly check up was asking if I was exercising... I was like... hmmm, yup!

With this said I'm now up another 3kilos which is the most I've gained so far... so in total I am at 7 kilos... best start being careful as I hear this is when the weight really piles on...

There is nothing in the world

Like the feeling of finding 20Euros or dollars or quid or whatever your local currency may be, in your coat pocket... you can't quite figure out how on earth you would have left it there.

Well today was like that but better... way better. Today I found out that my second invoice here at porn towers was not yet paid... meaning, I've not been so careless as I thought I had been with my mission to save to support things when ze bubby arrives and I'm not working! Happy days indeed.

Note to self: this does not mean that you can go mad buying fancy pressies for yourself... Save Sarah save!