Good Eats

Tacos de solomillo al roquefort, translated to English is: steak bits and potatoes in a blue cheese cream sauce. This is probably one of the most delicious meals we've had in Spain.

El entierro del Señor de Orgaz

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz is a painting by El Greco, a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. Widely considered among his finest works, it illustrates a popular local legend of his time that claims that two Saints descended from heaven to bury the Count by their own hands. It was impressive to see this in person in the town of Toledo where we spent the day.

Browsing

Browsing the open air market at Mercado San Miguel for some very fresh appetizers!

Mercado de San Miguel

Tonight our friend David took us the open air market where there was a myriad of delicious tapas y bebidas (appetizers and drinks).

Parking in Madrid

This photo isn't about the car, but the spaces between the cars. Madrileños are champion parallel parkers. It may take a couple of bumps, but this white car will manage to squeeze out.

Puerta del Sol

A very familiar and favorite place in Madrid. Last time we were here, it was very crowded with Holiday shoppers (Dec 2008).

Spain - High speed train (Ave) from Barcelona to Madrid

Ave

On the fast train (Ave) to Madrid.

Train to Madrid

We took the high speed train from Barcelona to Madrid. Top speed was 186 mph.

Flat mate

Not in our apartment, but these little fellows seemed to be all over the white walls of Sitges. This one greeted us in the hallway outside our apartment in Sitges.

Maricel Palace

These intricate sculptures abound on this palace constructed in 1910 by a North-American Millionaire, Charles Deering. The building is now used for congresses, meetings, international conventions, official acts, civil weddings, and other events.

Catalunya Day!

Turns out that today is Catalunya Day. There are many flags adorning the buildings and people celebrating the holiday in the streets. Another beautiful day of sun and 80 degrees.

Current Location

We are having some appetizers and a drink outside at a small street side cafe before heading down the street for something more substantial.

Roger - Beach

Roger heading out for a swim early in the morning. Later in the day you could hardly see the sand for bodies laying on the beach.

Kirt - Beach

Spent a good part of the day today at the beach (in the shade of course)... Beautiful day!!

View from our roof

This is the view from the roof-top terrance that is part of the apartment that we are renting in Sitges.

Our Evening Walk - Kirt

Beautiful evening for a walk along the beach!

Our Evening Walk - Roger

Beautiful evening for a walk along the beach!

Sitges with beaches

During the last part of our walk this morning, we ended up at this excellent lookout to show you the town of Sitges along with a couple of it's beaches. We really love this town!

Sitges Church

A close up of the entrance to the big church in Sitges. A beautiful bride had just walked into the church with her hubby to get married. Very cool to see this today!

Typical Street

Roger by a typical Spanish street here in Sitges, Spain.

Breakfast

Breakfast out this morning at a local place called Granja Elsa. This was the place we stopped at the first night. Turns out we picked a good one because it is becoming one of our favorite local hang outs. If we owned a local watering hole someday, it would be very similar to this one! Maybe I'll ask her if she wants to sell it?? :)

Great day at the beach!

We had a great day at the beach (Playa de Rodona) today. While we weren't swimming, we spent alot of time under an umbrella, but the weather was perfect!

From the balcony

An interesting tree that is just off the balcony of our apartment. There seems to be flowers and vines growing in the tree for built-in adornment. And as you can see, beautiful weather here is abundant. I think Sitges might be my our new favorite place in Spain.

Playing while we are away...

We have some great friends looking after Riley while we are away. He is no doubt being spoiled and very well cared for. They just sent us this picture of him happily eating his breakfast.

One of the Beaches in Sitges

Went exploring the different beaches here in Sitges today. There are about 5 along the edge of this small town. The winter population of the town is about 5000, but the summer population is 50,000.

In search of tapas

Tonight we are looking for a good local restaurant, attempting to avoid the tourist spots.

Ah, a great Spanish dinner!

...and at the appropriate Spanish dinner hour (11:00pm). We were happy to arrive in Sitges after a very long travel day. After dropping our stuff in the apartment that we rented, a dinner of authentic Spanish tapas was the FIRST thing on the agenda!

Made it to Spain!

After a very long journey that included aprox 24 hours of flights & airports, we have arrived in Sitges, Spain. We are resolving a few technical difficulties today and then should be able to start posting photos. --K&R

Lake Hood

What a world we live in when a video can be shot and edited in your phone. This was shot on my iPhone 4 and edited with the iMovie app.

No Rain

After 31 straight days of rain, the view from our deck is especially beautiful this evening.

I'm Being A Good Boy

Anchorge Gardens

Only in Alaska

Hey, let's go fishin'

Family Photo

Family photo with Mom, Dad, Kelly & her family.

Lamb Day - parade

Lamb Day parade in Fountain Green, Utah. Beck's Auto Service & Sales parade entry.

Idyllic Utah

The Beck's backyard finished landscaping results.

HOT

We Alaskan boys aren't used to this!

Ute Stampede - half-time show

Half-time show at the Ute Stampede rodeo in Utah. These guys were crazy, but an excellent show!

Ute Stampede - steer wrestling

Steer wrestling at the Ute Stampede Rodeo in Utah.

Ute Stampede - barrel racing

We had a great time with friends and family at the Ute Stampede rodeo in Utah.

Earthquake: M 5.0 - Southern Alaska

Magnitude: 5.0
Location: Southern Alaska (48 miles NNW of Anchorage)

Time: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 7:15:49 PM Alaska Daylight Time
GMT: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 03:15:49 GMT

Latitude: 61° 51' 1" N (61.85049820°)
Longitude: 150° 28' 22" W (-150.47300720°)
Depth: 12.9 mi (20.8 km)

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=M%205.0%20-%20Southern%20Alaska@61.850498,-150.473007&z=6

More Information: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ak10059234.php

Data provided by the US Geological Survey.

Happy Independence Day!

Road our bikes in the 4th of July parade this morning in Anchorage!

Ride the Salmon!

Summer View

Another glorious evening in paradise. I took this photo with my new iPhone.

Lunchtime Stroll

Nice day for a walk along the Coastal Trail.

Happy Birthday

Riley turns 7 today and requested waffles for his "hatch" day breakfast.

Bike ride to Kincaid Park

We had a beautiful bike ride yesterday to Kincaid Park and back to end a glorious Memorial Day weekend!  --K&R

 

Fresh halibut...

Fresh halibut from this weekend's fishing trip to Homer.

View from our window

Homer sunset.

After the catch...

The catch...

Chason, Krista & James came for a visit!

Sunset 10:20pm

Prettiest photo of a cell tower you'll ever see. (taken from our back
window)

Quick Evening Bike Ride

Beautiful evening for a quick bike ride yesterday.  Finally felt like a Spring day.  Awesome!  --K&R

 

Beautiful morning...

Spring Snow...

Pushups for Charity