guggenheim bilbao

on wednesday sam and i took a trip to the famous guggenheim in Bilbao. now.. the both of us aren't very big on museums.. but we were excited to see what it was all about. we took the bus from Leioa to Bilbao, it was a very cloudy and rainy wet day outside....and of course we both wore our toms (shoes). needless to say our feet were wet and cold pretty much the whole day! 

these are steps to enter

the view from behind the gugg

the building is giant! we couldn't believe how much space there is inside. the building is known for the curvy and twisted lines, made of titanium and glass... the building is truly amazing! we had such a good time! some of the art was a little different but it was a great experience.

sunday funday!

it has been nice to spend time with Enrique's family. last sunday he invited sam and i to have dinner with his family again.. at a polleria. this restaurant is famous having amazing chicken! and it was so good! we had such a good time visiting while eating great food!

Enrique's little family!

all 3 brothers!

the children!

after we had a great lunch with the family... we went to look at another wonderful beach. the water is so pretty here. and we almost ran out of gas on our way back... we coasted into to get gasolina! Enrique is still getting use to the lights on the dash in his new FORD car... don't see many of those around here.

we played in Madrid last thursday... and we lost. it was close and then after halftime the just slipped right out of our hands. the team we were playing was one of the most physical teams we have played here. it was kind of nice...reminded me of college ball. so because of the holiday all last week.. we had friday, saturday and sunday OFF from basketball, crazy considering we are right in the middle of season. but oh well... 

so sam and i booked a rental car for the long weekend. and there are a lot of manual cars here, so we made sure to ask for an automatic. after walking around downtown Bilbao for about 45 min we finally found the car rental place and did all the paper work... then we double checked to make sure that its not a stick and well it was. so no rental car for us.... we had to adjust our weekend plans a little but we still enjoyed ourselves. 

we did some holiday shopping in Bilbao and really enjoyed ourselves. i have been planning on buying Louis Vuitton purse for a while now.. so i gave myself an Christmas gift early! i am so excited :)

3 months have gone by...

aug 28th when i arrived in spain seems so long ago...but on the other hand i can't believe i get to be home for Christmas in just 17 days! i have missed my family so much. and i am so thankful that they have been there for me every step of the way. 

on the basketball side, we won the last 2 games that we played. a couple weeks ago we played home and last week we played in barcelona. i wish we stayed there so i could see the city more but... we left bilbao at 7:30am and drove a wonderful 8 hours on a bus. then we played and got right back on the bus for another 8 hours back. and i thought that travel days we long at suu :). sam didn't travel to barcelona because she hurt her ankle at the beginning of the week. it was pretty bad the first 2 days she couldn't walk on it. but she has recovered and is now practicing. without her on the bus was awful... i love basketball but the basketball here is so different, i just try to play and not think about how the rotation on our 2-3 zone isn't correct lol! off the court the girls on the team really are a joy to be around.

thanksgiving was just about a week ago... it was hard to not be around my family. but sam and i put together our own little thanksgiving. we didn't eat until like 10 because we had practice at 6:30. but it turned out very nice, as nice as it could be in spain & away from family. we had chicken... turkey is hard to find plus it would be too big for just the 2 of us!.. i will let the pictures tell the rest...

we are both very excited to see our families and to get some wins in the next 3 games before the Christmas breaks begins! :)