Wednesday July 31st

Today we fought a fire.  No joke, Nikki and I worked together to put out a diesel fire we came across in the parking lot.  Thankfully, we had three fire extinguisher and a fire marshal who just so happened to be there; what a coincidence! 

In truth, we were attending a fire safety orientation.  We learned about different kinds of fires, fire prevention, fire safety, and how to put out/contain various fires.  At the end of the workshop, we went out to the parking lot to practice using the fire extinguishers on live flames.  Don't worry, the fire was far from any combustible material.  We make excellent bomberos if I do say so myself!

 

Tuesday July 30th

Today was our stuff day.  House stuff, cat stuff, plant stuff, shopping stuff, and making sure we got plenty of water.  The water here is chemically treated and technically safe to drink, though we have yet to meet anyone who actually takes that risk.  As such, we buy our water in 8 liter jugs.  We also got some stuff for our Friday night date night, but you'll read about that in a few days!

Monday July 29th

We have perfected our own recipe for arroz con leche.  Here it is:

1/2 cup of sugar
1 cup of long grain rice
2 cups of milk
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
A dash of vanilla

Boil and stir on high in a saucepan until reaching a sticky consistency.  Add more milk after it is finished cooking to reach your consistency of preference.  (Nikki likes it extra gooey, and Kelley David likes it kind of runny). 

Let us know how it goes! 

It is also delicious frozen into little popsicles, but they fall apart rather quickly. 

Sunday July 28th

The Parc de Cervantes is the real "Rose Park", it is just one giant rose garden!  It has 245 different types of roses, with over 10,000 bushes and walkways scattered throughout.  Each year the park has an international rose show during May when all the bushes are blooming, during which time new roses are added to the collection.  Although we went at the end of July, there were still a good number of roses still on the bushes; because of Barcelona's climate to bushes bloom continually from April to November.  The following are some of our favorite pictures.