Monday, May 25

While it was Memorial Day in the states, it was just a regular day here in Sevilla.  One thing that is very rare here are barbecues.  Scott loves to grill, and this holiday had Scott reminiscing and missing his grill back home.

We'd seen a family in our courtyard, and on Monday morning we confirmed that their 5th grade daughter does indeed attend the same school as our kids.  And, the family is originally from Vancouver, Canada, so they're English-speakers.  We look forward to seeing more of them.

Another small world story is that the kids and I ran into one of my pilates instructors on the way to school.

A couple of weeks earlier, all of the students were asked to bring in plastic bottlecaps.  With them, this art installation was made in the main school courtyard.

A couple of weeks earlier, all of the students were asked to bring in plastic bottlecap (tapones). 

 With them, this art installation was made in the main school courtyard.  

These pictures were positioned around the corners.

It was Rosa's turn to decide where to go for lunch, and she chose the Indian restaurant again.  We learned that the owner and the other workers are actually Pakistani.  They've been working in many Indian restaurants and now own this one.

Happy Devon at lunch.

Silly Rosa at lunch.

Hiding Cody at lunch.

This is one of the buildings in the nearby "Mushrooms" plaza.  I love all of the plants and colors.

And another pretty building in the same plaza (Plaza de la Encarnacion).

The kids had fun playing for a few minutes upstairs at the "mushroom" playground before returning to school for afternoon classes.

I had pilates that afternoon and really enjoyed all of the leg work we did.

After school we headed straight home to snack up before Spanish class.  Unfortunately Scott was delayed at a meeting that took longer than expected and he missed most of class.  But, the kids had a blast and we all learned a ton.  They played a game where the teacher (Antonio) would say touch something in a certain color and the first person to do so would win a prize.  They did it over and over again in Spanish and they weren't allowed to repeat items.

Then, Scott went over to Mail Boxes Etc. to pick up the package that Tracy had mailed (thank you Tracy!).  We're hoping that this is the last package we receive while here.  We're starting to think about the amount of stuff we need to eventually get back to Denver, and the load is daunting.

In it were the ballots for Jolon's run-off election.  We've voted and fingers crossed our ballots will arrive in time to be counted.  Wishing Jolon success!