Fun with friends at Sutton

After the game this weekend we went out with some of the teammates and my friend Szilvia who I used to work with. She and I still keep in touch even though we do not work together anymore, and she was finally able to come to a game with me. She is from Hungary, but moved to Barcelona to get some work experience. We have learned a lot from each other about our different cultures, and I have also learned I speak way too fast for non-native english speakers!!! We always have fun together though!

A close game!

This weekend we had a home game against a pretty good team. The score was close the whole game! We went in to overtime and were still close, but just seemed to lose the edge we had. Overall, the team played a lot better than some games in the past. They did a much better job of getting the ball in to Chris. He had one of his best games since we have been here with 18 points, 7 rebounds, and two dunks! Unfortunately we just couldn't win it though. It was a great game to watch though, and the atmosphere in the gym is crazy when it gets close!




My new job is going well so far. My boss is really nice and fun. We hired three people in my first two weeks, so that's a good start anyway! Unfortunately this week was a little slow though. We are hoping to hire ten people together in my first month, so 7 more to go. I get to see Chris a lot more, because I now usually work evenings when he is at practice as that is a better time to call candidates when they are home from work and available to interview. We are now hiring people for companies in Valencia, Barcelona, and in Costa Rica, so we have a little more to do.

A day at the park

We had a day without work or practice and wanted to find something new to do in the city. We decided to test out a new park we read about in our Barcelona books. It is called the Industrial park, because it used to be a big industrial site and they changed it in to a big park. They made a lake and added lots of other things to make it nice. The best part is a huge steel sculpture that has two big slides coming out of it. So of course we tested the slides out, and they are actually really fast! It was a nice place to relax in the middle of the city.

A Weekend Away

This weekend Chris had a vacation so we decided to take a little trip together. We heard about this spa called Caldea that everyone said is really great. It is in the little country of Andorra in the Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France. So we spent the weekend in a big ski town. We had a lot of fun at the spa and on the way home, we decided to take the long way home over the mountains so that we could really see them. Our car barely made it, but we drove all the way to the top - 7,890 feet high! We finally got to see lots of snow and big ski slopes, much different than Barcelona! It was really pretty and nice to finally get out of the city and see some more places.

Chris taking a shot!

The home game last weekend against a team from nearby Barcelona was an exciting close one, but we won 68-55! Chris had a decent game with 9 points, 6 rebounds, and a nice block. He got the ball more and was able to take some more shots, but he just wasn't making as many as he hoped he would. Now that the team is finally getting the ball in to him, things will get better for sure.