Los Reyes Magos

We celebrated three kings day today. We woke up and had the traditional hot chocolate and roscón for breakfast that they have every year. We then went to the tree and the shoes we put under the night before were filled with gifts! The mom simmulated what it's like for the little kids that don't know any better and had put dog food and a bowl of water near the tree for the camels along with some Christmas candy and three shot glasses filled with wine for the three kings. When we woke up, the wine had been drinken and the camel food somewhat eaten too.

Nochevieja

This past week we were in Borau, a small town on the border of France, snowboarding/skiing. On New Years Eve we had a family dinner followed by everyone sitting at the TV waiting with his or her twelve grapes. Each time the bell sounded at midnight, you had to eat a grape. The bell sounded a total of twelve times so after the chimes finished, we were left with a mouthful of grapes. The tradition is that if you can eat them all you supposedly have good luck for the rest of the year. After we went outside and launched a mini hot air balloon and made a wish when that floated up. Then everyone got all dressed up and we left the house around 1:30 AM to go to a city called Jaca for the remainder of the night. In Jaca we went from club to club until about 6 AM. We came back home, drank hot chocolate, and then finally went to bed!


Oh, and, on a side note, I finally had a dream in Spanish!