Almost a month...

It's hard to believe we have already been here almost a month. At first it wasn't easy, but it is slowly getting much better. Barcelona is a big, great city. There are tons of things to see and people to meet. Chris and I are settled in to our apartment, and we have lots of decorations and things from home. The apartment is really big, and ready for visitors! His team manager said he has never seen someone bring so much stuff with them!


Chris's basketball is going well. It took some time for him to get used to the new players, a new language, and a new coach of course. He has been playing okay, and the team is improving a lot. We have a young team with a lot of guys that are only 18 or 19. Pre season two-a-day practices and scrimmages are almost over, so we are excited for the real thing to start. I will post his schedule on here somehow for you to see it, and I will try to keep it updated with how it's going. the team website is www.cbhospitalet.com but it isn't much help when they don't update it much and it's in spanish! Chris's number is 13, and his team colors are blue and white.


I have had four job interviews, and am waiting back to hear from my latest one. I haven't found a lot of jobs that are right for me, and when I do, they are worried that I do not know enough spanish. So hopefully that will change soon!


We became friends with a guy on the team and his wife who was also from the US. She and I were the only wives, so we were happy to have each other! Unfortunately, we found out this week that they are leaving. He was released from the team, because we can only have two foreign players and they chose not to keep him. I met another girlfriend of a player name Ainara this weekend and she loves to travel to the games and stuff. She is the same age as me and very nice. We are hoping to be able to go together to some of the games. She knows some english, but wants to learn more so we decided we would teach each other.

Here are a few pics. of our apartment.





Our living/dining room which we decorated in teal and fuschia.

Our bathroom, small but nice. The other bathroom below is pretty much the same but done with white tiles instead of tan.





Here is the view down our street. Tons of apartments!