February

We have had a very cold month so far but we have tried to get outside and not be big wimps. This week one of Juan Carlos' friends from Spain is here visiting so we have been out and about. Yesterday we went to the outlet malls and his friend went crazy because he couldn't believe how much cheaper things were here:

He got lots of stuff, and we got a few things, too. (Come on, you can't go to the outlet malls and come away empty handed!) That afternoon we went for a walk in Slater Park. Do we look cold enough? In this picture, JC and Pedro are both wearing the exact same jacket that they got at the Nautica outlet, but they are reversible so it can be either blue or red. Both of them thought this was the most amazing thing ever.

Yesterday we went to Newport. There are only four of the Newport mansions open in the wintertime, so we went and saw the Breakers. I have been pestering JC since we moved here to go see the mansions and he never would, but once he saw it he said he didn't realize how amazing they were, he thought they were some nice bigger houses and that was it. We had a good laugh about that!


From the Breakers we got Luna out of the car and took the Cliff Walk back to Easton Beach on Memorial Boulevard. Luna ran around like crazy and had a moment of confusion when she couldn't drink the water. (It doesn't matter how many times we go to the ocean, she still tries to drink the water!)
We headed back to the car on the Cliff Walk and look what we saw:

Some people from Portsmouth were walking their Berners so we said hello. You can't tell from the picture but these two boys were gigantic and very muscular. Luna looked like a puppy next to them. They were gorgeous. People walking by us were laughing and stopping to pet the dogs and one lady said she didn't expect to see such a sideshow. One Berner is a conversation starter anytime, but three is a circus!

Today I am having some work friends over and Juan Carlos and Pedro are making a paella. The flan is already in the refrigerator, mmmmmm, can't wait! It has been fun to listen to the boys talk about when they were in college together and I am learning all sorts of things about which alcoholic drinks make you the most drunk! Apparently college back then was not appreciably different than college now. I guess you never know when that information might come in handy!

15 days of February down, 13 to go!