A Day in "el Campo"

These pics are from back in January when I spent a day in el campo (the country) with Olga, Francisco, Maria and Alberto. I teach English to Maria(didn't get a pic of her) and Alberto once a week. They are both great students and will end up fluent English-speakers when they are adults. The family is going to Australia to live for six months starting in June which will really take the kids to the next level with their English.

Anyways, so our day in the country was sunny and super-relaxing. The house you see here was designed by Francisco and is their country house, whereas; they also have a really beautiful house in town and a house on the beach in Malaga. This particular house has no electricity so Olga doesn't like to spend a lot of time there because she gets cold. Spaniards are so used to their wonderful climate that they get cold pretty easily.

The day we spent in the country consisted of tinto de verano (a mixture of red wine, soda and lemon), olives, potato chips and a super-thick Spanish tortilla. I think Olga's tortilla is the best one I've tried so far. That day we also tried to catch their new mare that was still scared of her new owners and home. We failed to calm her down that day even with some prompting with food. She was just too skittish. We also shot a bow and arrow, took a little walk down to the lake and ate acorns that had fallen from the trees. It was a nice, relaxing day. Muy tranquilo!!!