Back and in effect!

Here I am, back in Spain. Last time, I was a wide-eyed, bushy-tailed vagabond, here to absorb, learn, see, do, taste! This time, I'm pretty much the same. The worry is stronger, as I don't have a job wrangled yet, but I know this will be a great experience. Iñaki and I have talked about this at length and our goals are to make enough money to fix up the apartment and then use the rest to travel until we drop. We're 10 days into our new lives and it's been a party the whole time. San Fermin 2012 just wrapped up and we'll be settling into real life now, but the fiestas were a wonderful welcome and I'm gonna miss them!

I've got tons of San Fermin stories, but I thought my first post should be on our new home. I want to show you the before pics now, so you'll be so surprised when we make updates. Our apartment is in Mutilva, a neighborhood outside of Pamplona. I guess it's technically a suburb, but it's basically like living in NoPo in reference to downtown Portland. We've got 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and can't wait to have visitors! Here are the pics...

Kitchen

 Living Room

 Guest Bath

 Our Room

 Our Bathroom

 Our Bathroom again (Iñaki really wanted a pic in the bath)

 One of the guest rooms (the other one is just like it)

 View from the bedroom side of the apartment

 View from the kitchen/living side of the apartment

 (cont'd)

 Utility porch

It's got all kinds of potential and we're pumped to paint and get some real furniture in it. There's about 10 feet of nice brick tile that extends on a roof outside the bedroom side of the apartment. We may be able to put up fences out there and have a patio that's like 10x40 feet. I'm not sure if I explained that very well, so you'll just have to come and visit so you can visualize.

Well, it's taken me forever to get back in the swing of this blog and I'm tired. I don't want to waste a second of possible humor and this post is as dry as the wine I'm drinking, so I'll sign off. But, San Fermin stories are to come so check back! Here's a little treat the whet your appetite! This is from the balcony of our friend's apartment for the Chupinazo, opening day of the fiesta... thanks Gallo and Pilar!

Love and hugs!

Darb