I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday 6/28. Carolina, Mimi and Papa decided to come the day before so they could enjoy an extra day in Lisbon. Mimi picked a really cool hotel near the airport and near the Aquarium to tour around the day before I arrived. They looked around the Aquarium and Expo…
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Euro 2012 Quarter-finals: Spain vs France
Yesterday was an exciting day, not only because Spain was playing in the Quarter-finals in the Eurocopa (#Euro2012), but because we were playing against France. A rival that somehow seemed that we needed to beat, revenge from 2000 eurocup 😉
Anyway, our dear friend Monica hosted us in her house for the game, they all supported my team, wore red, the food and the decor was Spanish and Mediterranean fitting, what more could I ask for!
What more could I ask for? An awesome goal from Xabi Alonso that’s what! At first I thought the intent of goal was lost, but no, a super pass and a headshot from Xabi right pass the goalie that made us all jump out of the seats to say GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!! Beyond exciting! this gave Spain the sense of we got this win in our back pocket, and now we just need to score some more.
Xabi to the rescue a second time! Great Penalty shot putting us at 2-0 that was maintained having France back their bags and head on home! I changed my cover photo in Facebook to the one below. A photo that my dad sent me the night before in mental preparation for the game the following day! I was going to post it to my wall immediately, but I wanted to wait for the win, because I thought it would be that much more meaningful, or at least to me!
Next step of the afternoon was to finish up the Sangria, before we started with the mojitos. Have to put those bar-tending skills to good use ya know 😉
And the grand finale grilling some meat and veggies – mmmmm what a great end to an awesome day! 
Thank you friends! You are truly the Best!
A visit to Mount Bonnell
Mount Bonnell is just one of those unique places that just reinforce the “Why Austin” points of view. There are 2 ways to go up: All the way up the flight of stairs, or the back way trail. I highly recommend you go up the trail because there are several stopping places to take great…
Memorial day – USS Lexington
We drove from Padre Island over to Corpus Christy to visit the USS Lexington. Below at the entrance of museum we took some pictures The USS Lexington is a 910-foot, 16-deck, 33,000-ton aircraft carrier that sits right on Corpus Christy beach since 1991. You always see them in movies, learn about them in history class, but it’s…
A day in Salado, TX
Continuing the weekend of celebrating Mommyhood, Mimi and Carolina made us pancakes! Then we all got ready for our short roadtrip to Salado, TX. Which is about 45mins away from Austin going North on I-35. The day was really nice, not too hot, beautiful clouds, a little breeze, everything is beautifully green thanks to all…
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