Spain 2019

Summer 2019 in Spain is HERE!  Alexi and Mateo are ready for sun, surf and SOCCER!	We spend our summer vacation every summer in San Feliu de Guixols, which this year is the Sardana Capital.
For the first time this year, Alexi and Mateo attended SOCCER CAMP in Spain.  They spent mornings at the Girona Futbol camp for two weeks.	One of the BEST part of the soccer camp was meeting Girona football club pro-players, getting a picture taken with them and having your jersey autographed by a futbol superstar.
This was the first year Mateo went most weekdays with David to the San Feliu Music School to practice piano.	Mateo, like David, has taken up the recorder as his second instrument.
We still found the time to spend some mornings at San Pol beach, playing in the sand and swimming in the Mediterranean.	Mateo and Alexi really enjoy making moats together at San Pol.
Alexi is a total water rat...he enjoyed using snorkeling goggles to find treasures underwater.	Mateo tries out the snorkeling goggles at San Pol.
Can you tell that David simply loves being at Cap Ducal in Spain???!!!	Pasta and salad is the boyz FAVORITE comida in Spain!
Afternoon pool time with Mami is SO MUCH FUN!	And playing in the pool with Papi is THE BEST!!!
Mateo launches a cannonball...this is the first year Mateo was allowed in the big pool with Alexi and no parent in the pool.	Alexi and Mateo truly are best friends, who LOVE playing together in the pool.
Alexi and Mateo leave their mark by autographing the cork board in the rec room at Cap Ducal.	Mateo and Alexi continued to enjoy playing futbolin in the rec room after afternoons swimming in the pools.
Evenings were of course spent playing soccer...Mateo playing forward and Alexi playing goalie.	Dani is Alexi's age, and they LOVE playing soccer together during summer evenings at Cap Ducal.
Over the past year Sharon has become a HUGE Don Diablo and EDM (electronic dance music fan), so she was PSYCHED to learn Don Diablo would be performing at the Barcelona Beach Festival while we were in Spain.	The Barcelona Beach Festival began in the late afternoon and went all the way until sunrise the next morning.
Sharon and David LOVE going to concerts together to hear LIVE MUSIC!	Yup...we were the oldest people at the Barcelona Beach Festival fo sho.
The Barcelona Beach Festival had an incredible line-up, though Sharon was here for one and only DJ: DON DIABLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	The man, the myth, the legend (and Sharon's music bf): DON DIABLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharon is totally young at heart and ready to PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	ALL LOVE for EDM, Barcelona Beach Festival attendees and people across the globe.
Our annual tradition each summer in Spain is to walk La Ronda together as a family (Alexi is almost as tall as Sharon)!	Any answer at the door to nowhere???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David every year gives Sharon the best present of all....a summer vacation in Spain!!!!!	Mateo and Alexi pose for a picture on the picturesque Ronda.
A brief pause at the fountain during our walk around La Ronda to cool off.	Our annual family photo at the gazebo on La Ronda.
Every Sunday we go into town early in the morning.  First stop: La Rambla.	Alexi is old enough and speaks such beautiful Spanish that he now does the shopping for fruits and veggies in the Sunday market.
Sunday morning breakfast on La Rambla ROCKS!!!!!	Chocolate milk with breakfast is THE BEST!
Every year our kids set up a lemonade stand poolside at Cap Ducal.  Alexi started the tradition when Mateo was a baby, and now Mateo helps out.  Here he is squeezing the lemons to make the homemade lemonade.	Alexi works on the homemade lemonade by dissolving the sugar in the water on the stove.
Alexi created this homemade sign advertising homemade lemonade for sale poolside.	Delicious homemade lemonade for sale!!!!!
Alexi gets his FIRST customer at his lemonade stand!	The word has gotten out....delicious lemonade here...lots more customers at Alexi and Mateo's lemonade stand.
Every year Alexi and Mateo look forward to going out into the Mediterranean in a PADDLE BOAT!	Our family LOVES riding the paddleboats in SPAIN!
David, our fearless captain, powers the starboard side.	Alexi loves pedaling the paddle boat - he is once again on the port side.
Alexi is ready to slide down the slide on the paddle boat into the Mediterranean.	Mateo is a little scared to go down the twisty slide...Sharon stands at the ready.
For the first time this year our family discovered the vegetarian restaurant Celler de Triton.	Celler de Triton is a vegetarian restaurant located right in the heart of San Feliu de Guixols.
The owner of this restaurant gave these cool hats to Mateo and Alexi.	Patatas bravas are Alexi and Mateo's FAVORITE FOOD in Spain, so of course we ordered some as apps.
Quinoa has never looked so beautiful or delicious...	An absolutely stunning salad presented at Celler de Triton.
Postre in town means one thing to Alexi and Mateo...CHURROS.	It was REALLY cool to watch the churros being made at Jofre.
Alexi and Mateo are very excited to eat these chocolate dipped churros.	Yes, these chocolate covered churros are as delicious to eat as they look(!)
"Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lay down." - sage advice for travelers	David dabbing while waiting for the San Feliu de Guixols trolley.
Ever since they were infants, Alexi and Mateo have taken a ride each summer on the Ramonet trolley.	Here's looking at you Papi...
This summer we went to the other end of Playa San Pol one morning for the kids to explore.	Alexi and Mateo love playing together in the Mediterranean.
Alexi is ready to get BURIED in the SAND(!)	Alexi is TOTALLY BURIED...except for his head sticking out(!)
Mateo is ready to get in on this get-buried-in-the-sand action.	Alexi COMPLETELY buried Mateo in the sand...except for his cute head sticking out wearing Mami's sunglasses.
Alexi and Mateo cool off at the beach with lemon granizados.	Mateo and Alexi board the trolley and are ready for the scenic ride of the Mediterranean.
One of Sharon's FAVORITE places in Spain is Las Rocas...	Sharon also likes spending time in town, posed here at La Rambla.
Alexi and Mateo are incredibly close as brothers and love each other so much.	Mateo LOVES being in Spain, especially with his most favorite possession, his blankie.
Alexi and Mateo dressed up as twins...LaCosta Brava....get it??????!!!!!!!!!	Unfortunately our friends Ferreras closed up their bakery, so our Sunday morning breakfast came from another bakery this year.
David and Sharon happily pose on La Rambla with their matching t-shirts from the Barcelona Beach Festival.	Check out that amazing line-up of EDM DJs Sharon and David got to experience at the Barcelona Beach Festival.
While Mateo and Alexi were at soccer camp, Sharon and David had time to go on hikes together.	Check out this incredible arial view.
David and Sharon hiked to La Roca Pedralta.	Pedralta is truly a spiritual wonder to behold.
San Pol held their watermelon eating contest again this year...with a NEW CONTESTANT!!!	Mateo is SUPER competitive...and he is totally ready to WIN!!!
Mateo and Sharon tremendously enjoyed the San Pol Foam Festival...Sharon remembered her bikini this time(!)	Sharon LOVES chai lattes, so she was very happy that David discovered a cafe in town that has her favorite beverage.
Every year our family loves taking a day trip into Girona to go to our FAV vegan restaurant - B*12.	David enjoys his annual fritz-kola at B*12.
Mateo and Alexi have been vegetarian their entire lives; they love eating out at vegan restaurants.	David and Sharon show off their delicious vegan entrees at B*12.
Family pool time is the absolute GREATEST!!!	Los hermanos have so much fun in la piscina.
Mateo loved being in the big pool, wearing goggles and swimming laps (just like Mami!)	Mateo and Alexi had LOTS of fun in the big pool together this summer.
Sharon loves art, so every summer she goes to CarmenThyssen to see their current exhibits.	This beautiful painting, part of the "De Sorolla a Picasso i Valdes" exhibit, caught Sharon's eye.
Ever since Mateo was born, we spend at least one day on a beautiful beach called La Conca.	Ice cream at the beach may be the reason why Mateo and Alexi LOVE going there!
This family LOVES spending our summer vacation at the Mediterranean.	Mateo really enjoys boat rides and cannot WAIT to be able to pedal the paddle boat one day.
During one of our last nights in San Feliu, we always go dressed up into town for a family dinner.	These incredible cuties are such amazing human beings...we are so very blessed.
David and Alexi cannot WAIT to dig into this Cibu pizza - since pizza is their FAVORITE FOOD!	Mateo and Sharon pose in front of this pizza and pasta - Mateo and Alexi's favorite foods.
Mateo and Alexi pose in front of the King of Spain from Gigantes and Cabezudos.	All hail the queen...Mateo and Alexi pose in front of the Queen of Spain.
Ice cream cones with smurf ice cream are the perfect end to this night on the town.	Mateo was able to continue playing piano throughout this summer despite lack of air conditioning.
Mateo woke up in Spain on his half birthday...he was super excited.	Surprise half birthday present for Mateo and gift for Alexi...a visit to Camp Nou and tickets to the "Be Messi for a Day" Soccer Experience.
Messi is Mateo and Alexi's FAVORITE soccer player...they were so excited to "be like Messi".	In these tents Mateo and Alexi got to engage in different fun soccer challenges.
Our family was SOOOO EXCITED to be actually at field level in Camp Nou where FC Barcelona plays.	Being on the field at Camp Nou is a DREAM COME TRUE for these FC Barcelona fans!
These FC Barcelona fans had a PHENOMENAL summer vacation in Spain.	Alexi and Mateo cannot WAIT to return to Spain next summer for more soccer, surf, sun and FUN!