Thanksgiving in Spain

Mom and dad invited our friends here in Alicante over for a traditional American Thanksgiving feast! Dad stayed up late the night before to brine a one-legged turkey from the Central Mercado, and to make some fantastic stuffing with chestnuts and mushrooms. We had 11 people total in our tiny apartment!
Here I am eating some green beans. Mom said I wasn't quite ready for turkey. My favorite thing was the butternut squash soup. The gravy was pretty awesome also.





Here is a picture of almost the whole gang! We are only missing Tio Paco, who is taking the picture.



Here I am with Tio Rohit and Tia Carol. Rohit is from India (by way of Germany) and Carol is from Brazil.




I love my Tia Carol!





Here I am having some tasty leche. My BFF Malik is sleeping on his momma, Lejla. They are from Slovenia.

Saturday in La Nucia and Altea

We went to La Nucia and Altea today. First we went shopping at an international grocery store. Mom and dad bought a bunch of Thai and Indian curries. Can't wait to try them! But then we had lunch at an Argentinian restaurant called Las Gauchas. Here mommy is trying to feed me a big piece of steak! I couldn't quite manage it, though I did try the empanadas. Yummmy!

Our friends Lejla, Has, and Malik from Slovenia went with us. Also our friend Carol from Brazil!
Malik was feeling kind of crabby because he just got over a case of pneumonia, but we are such good friends that he was nice to me and gave me some pets.

STAND UP and GROWL

I love to STAND UP and GROWL!! I am the monster!!!

STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP

I learned how to stand up about a month ago but now I am so good at it that ALL I WANT TO DO ALL THE TIME IS STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP!! I cry and whine unless mommy and daddy let me STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP!!!

New rug!

One big reason we went to Murcia was to go shopping at IKEA. Check it out, mom and dad bought a plushy rug for me to play on! Now I can finally learn to crawl without bonking my head on the stone floor. There is no stopping me now...

Exploring Murcia

We spent the day in Murcia! Mostly just wandering around looking at old stuff, which mom and dad say is just what you're supposed to do in Europe! Here is the cathedral.

This is the river in Murcia. Their city theme is "Agua para todas" which means "Water for all". Check out the big fishie below!

Eh, What's up, doc?

Mom says I gotta eat some carrots so I'll have good eyesight! Although, technically speaking, I'm merely sucking on the carrot.
Now who would like a carrot?

Modernista in Novelda

Papa and I went on a day trip to Novelda to see some of the "Art Nouveau" (Modernista) sites. The Santuario de Santa Maria Magdalena looks like that cathedral in Barcelona, on a smaller scale. Speaking of scale, I look gigantic in the picture, but it's just perspective.
Or is it just perspective??? The monster baby will destroy the Santuario!!
Next stop, the Casa-Museo Modernista, a beautiful 1903 mansion decked out in Art Nouveau woodwork, tiles, furniture and murals. I practiced my crawling in the courtyard.

our new car

Here I am sitting on our new Family Truckster: Europe Edition! It's kind of dirty in this picture, but it's in good shape. It's a 2001 Volvo V70. It's gigantic by European standards, but we need something big enough to hold all my toys when we drive to Sweden!!