Good News

So we finally got all of the contracts worked out and are moving to a new team in Barcelona. We think that everything will be much better there and are very happy to move on. The new team is much more organized, respectful, and professional. The Coach is nice, and the team has some more mature players. Chris had only one practice with them last night and he is already on the road with them in Mallorca for their game tonight. We are moving to a new apartment on Sunday when he returns. The apartment is almost as nice as the one we are in now, and Chris can walk to the gym since we will be so close to it. The team is called CB Prat Joventut and their website is www.cbprat.net. Good luck understanding it though, it´s all written in Catalan! He is number 17 and the colors are still blue and white!

On another good note, I just finished my first full week at my new job. I am working for ACS, Inc. of Spain. http://www.acs-inc.com/index.html It is an American company and they do IT and Business Process outsourcing for companies, but our office is doing only HR and finance outsourcing. I am working as an ISP Database Administrator for a project called GM Europe. We are basically doing all of the HR work for General Motors. They have factories and offices all over Europe, so it is our job to stay in contact with those branches and do all of the HR work for the employees in Europe. My team is responsible for the work involving expatriates and all Executives of GM. Our office has over 300 people and they are from all over the world. My team right now has a girl from Belgium, one from France, Sweden, and a few from Germany. It is really interesting and fun to meet all of these people and make new friends. The only downside is that the office is outside of the city and it takes me 1-2 hours travel time depending on traffic. I am happy to finally have a job, and I think that I can learn a lot from it.

Nights out with Friends

Chris recently met up with his friend Jan Jagla from Germany who he played with on the German National Team. He is actually playing in Barcelona too for an ACB team called DKV Joventut. Jan introduced me to his friend Ivana when I told him that I didnt know a lot of people here. Ivana is really nice and just a year older than me. She and I have actually been hanging out a lot now just going out to dinner or for coffee together. Chris and I have fun going to Jan´s games here with Ivana. The games are pretty fun as their games usually draw at least 2,000 fans and the team is really good this year. We are glad to have two more friends here!

A Visit from the McNaughtons

Park Güell Pictures

We finally got our first visitors in our new apartment! David and Christa flew down to visit us for four days and we got to see a few more cool sites in Barcelona that we hadn´t been to. We went to Montjuic, a big mountain that you take a train and then a ride to the top where you can see an amazing view of the city and the sea. We also went to Parc Güell which is the park by Gaudi that has tons of mosaic work and neat things to see. Along with going to the tourist sites, we were also able to go to one of Chris´s games together. The team lost by one point to one of the best teams in the league. Unfortunately Chris fouled out, and at least two of the fouls were non-existant so we were all pretty angry after that! We had a busy four day visit and were all tired after tons of walking and late nights in the city, but it was definitely fun!

Montjuic Pictures