Things have been hectic and I haven't had the time to post anything, and as 1 image says more than 1,000 words here are the latest pictures from my little Daughter Daniela. Some taken at home, some taken in our friend's Meralcy's wedding in Paris. Enjoy!
He estado muy ocupado últimamente y no he colocado nada nuevo en el blog, y como una imagen dice más que 1.000 palabras, aquí tienen unas fotos actualizadas de mi pequeña hija Daniela. Algunas tomadas en la casa y otras en la boda de nuestra amiga Meralcy en Paris. Disfrútenlas
I know this post is a bit belated, but still it's never too late to wish you all had some nice Christmas and New Year's holidays, together with your family and friends. And that 2008 (even if we are almost 2 weeks into it already) brings you all a lot of challenges, achievements, health, wealth, joy and love.
Se que esto viene un poco tarde, ahora que las fiestas ya terminaron, sin embargo nunca es tarde para desear que todos hayan tenido unas excelentes navidades y un año nuevo increíble, con sus amigos y familia. Y que este 2008 (a pesar de que ya hayamos usado casi 2 semanas) les traiga muchos retos, logros, salud, abundancia, alegría y Amor.
Bueno para aquellos lectores hispanohablantes (amigos y familia en Latino América especialmente) aquí están unas fotos actualizadas de Daniela que fueron tomadas en el Parque cerca de nuestra casa. Que las disfruten.
Starting the update on places visited in the last 2 months I'll start with Namur (Or Namen in Dutch). Namur it's a town in the southern part of Belgium (you can check it's location in Google Maps), it started as a celtic trading settlement, then was an important Roman post, then it developed as it's own county. It was cut in half as the northern part of the River Meuse belonged to the Counts of Namur and the other side belonged to the Bishops of Liege. It felt to the hands of the Count of Flanders in 1262 and was purchased by Burgundy in 1421. It was part of the Spanish-Netherlands in the 1640s, and was invaded by the French in 1692. After that it was owned by the Dutch, Austrians, France once again and finally what is now Belgium. Each of these changes left its marks on the city and it's definitely worth a while to go and pay a visit to it if you are in town. Here are some pictures of the citadel and city.
Although a bit belated, this is a congratulations to my little "angel" for her 2nd Birthday, which was back in April 21st. In order to be able to see how much she has changed (grew) I made this small contact sheets with pictures of her, one per each month since birth. It's truly amazing how much they change in a such a short time. Ana: I owed you a picture update on Daniela, so although a bit late, here it is
Este fue un pequeño arreglo que hice para celebrar el 2do cumpleaños de Daniela, en él se puede ver una foto por cada mes de vida que tiene, comenzando con Abril 2005. De derecha a Izquierda y de arriba a abajo. Es increible que tan rapido cambian (crecen) ¿no?
So I know I am one of he first persons that complains about how much my paycheck is diminished each month with taxes and social security, but I must agree that the system works and works quite well. Perla (my wife) got injured when walking from French Classes to school; we went to our normal doctor who checked her for € 27, then she recommended to get an X Ray in a clinique and get that checked. So we went, got the X Ray, reviewed by the Doctors, they called our Family Doctor and agreed to get her to Emergency and get a Cast (Plaster or POP) on her leg.
For that initial visit to the Clinique we paid € 0 NOTHING!! Yesterday we went back to check on her leg, they took the Cast out, checked her ankle, agreed not to put a 2nd one but gave her a special ankle support and instructions to go to Kynestherapy, in total € 54 and they will pay back to us 75% of it, so I must say:
The Health system WORKS!! I am not complaining about it anymore
Y bueno la semana pasada en un pequeño descuido Perla Metió la pata (no como algunos pensaron, sino que se torció el tobillo), así que después de unos Rayos X, revisión por aquí y por allá ZAS, un bello YESO está portando la señora de la casa!! Por un par de semanas lo cargará, así que ya hemos arreglado cosas en la casa para que sea más facil para ella para moverse y hacer lo necesario en la casa, especialmente porque yo andaré de viaje en estos días. El Doctor dijo que era una pequeña fisura y el 27 la ven de nuevo para revisar si le pueden quitar el yeso o no; por supuesto ya con el apoyo de nuestros amigos aquí todo está cuadrado para ir al Doctor y ayudarla con lo necesario; pero los abuelos se han preocupado tanto que hasta han tratado de buscar pasajes para venirse a cuidarlas, lo agradecemos pero esperemos que no sea necesario. Aquí están un par de fotos del yeso y de Daniela imitando a la mamá en el sillón
Well it is hard to get all the holidays into the blog, specially when it requires reviewing over 3,000 pictures; but I will do so in the next postings.
It all started here in Brussels so I decided to post some pictures of us enjoying the light show in the center, my sister investing her first Euros in Godiva's Hot Chocolate in the Grand Place, a toast in our place and us opening the Christmas presents.
Now the tradition is that you do so in Christmas Eve, but as we were starting to travel on the 18th, we had to move everything forward, and of course Daniela started enjoying hers as soon as it was "ON", now we are having concerts at home every now and then ;-D
Finally things are starting to settle down and now I can start blogging about the last amazing holidays which ended one week ago.
It all started on December 9th when both my parents arrived for a 1 month and a week stay in Europe, I had to work for one more week and then both my sisters arrived on the 16th and 17th. On the 18th we rented a "Mini-Bus" and started the 2 weeks long trip that took us through: Nuremberg, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Geneve, Lyon, Dijon, Auxerre, Paris and back to Brussels just in time for New Year's eve.
I will be blogging about it in the next weeks with pics, stories and much more from each location, but for the time being I will leave you here with a map of the little over 3.000 Km trip and a special thanks to each of the travelers for making it as special as it was.
Crazy hour is a new invention in Venezuela were at a certain moment of the Party the Groom and Bride will distribute hats, masks and different things so that the attendees could disguise themselves and then just enjoy some great fun.
In our case to the hats and masks we added mustaches and tequila, it was a very good combination. Enjoy the Pics
