Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Orcieres

This past weekend we were invited up to the mountains with our good friends. The snow was not good, but the company was great! We had such a wonderful time!

one of her favorites...EATING SNOW!



trying to make a snow angel

sledding

yeah!

the only pic with dad...he was enjoying what little time he had skiing.

views from the gondola

at the top of the gondola lived a pack of huskies. they were there to give sleigh rides. i felt bad for them because they were all chained up.

yes, more snow...with her little buddy julia.


they had about four or five igloos near the pack of huskies. they looked like they were lived in.

seneca saying "hello" to les chiens

in the igloo




That's it! It was a fun day! Thanks again friends!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Vacances de Noël sans Chevy Chase

Matt had two weeks off from work so we decided to take advantage of this time and do some exploring again. Here is a map of what we did over a week. Please enjoy the following posts:

Le Lavandou and Barcelona, Spain

On Christmas day we started our adventure in La Lavandou where my grandparents live. We stayed the night with them and had a wonderful traditional French Christmas dinner. I hate to say that we didn't take many pictures....I need to do better with this next time.
Seni watching a movie while Matt and I visited with my grandparents
After our stay here we headed to Barcelona. What a beautiful place!

Sagrada Familia



The Passion

The Nativity

View from one of the spires





La Pedrera (Gaudi)

This one and the following are pictures from the Mercat de la Bocqueria






Barri Gothic

Arc de Triomf




Beautiful sandy beach


View from the hills

Madrid, Spain

From Barcelona, Spain we headed to Madrid. We wanted visit our good friends who just recently relocated here. This was a great stop! Thank you to Bev and Mike!!
Our first stop was the LDS MTC in Madrid. We have a French missionary currently training here before he heads to Malaga, Spain.


Madrid, Spain LDS Temple


In the streets of downtown Madrid

Awesome street performer



Plaza Mayor


La Almudena

La Almudena

Bev and I with the kids


This was a fun little maze the kids ran through.

Seneca's most favorite part of the trip; the metro!

We had to grab some TBell...haven't had any in 8 months....


El Retiro

Crystal Palace

Fountain of the Falling Angel

Thanks again to Mike and Bev! We had a wonderful time here...never long enough!