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Thursday, 28 Jun 2012

A few more pictures

Of Laia, this is the first weekend, she was still only about a week old. I will try to put up a few more over the weekend, she is now a month old and is bigger!

Laia's first weekend home

Spain makes it thru to the final

Wow, that was close today, tied at the end of the game, penalty kicks decided the winner, and Spain finished on top! The final will be played this weekend. Spain will face the winner of tomorrow's game featuring Germany vs. Italy.

From ESPN:
"A bruising semifinal encounter was won by Spain on penalties, 4-2, after a scoreless tie and, amazingly, a shootout that didn’t feature Cristiano Ronaldo, who was waiting his turn before Cesc Fabregas won the match for La Roja. The game saw more yellow cards (nine) than shots on goal (seven) and was not always easy on the eye, but Portugal will draw satisfaction that, even in defeat, it made Spain look mortal, for one evening at least."

Sunday, 24 Jun 2012

Sant Joan

This past night was the Night of St John in Barcelona and Catalunya.

Sant Joan is the midsummer celebration also called the Festival of Saint John. It is most often called the "Nit de Sant Joan" which means St John's night, but also often called "La revetlla de Sant Joan" in Catalan, or in Spanish called "Verbenas de Sant Joan." Or even just the "Nit de Foc" - night of fire. All the names refer to the same event - the festival feast of Saint John the Baptist to celebrate the solstice during the evening and night of 23rd June every year.

The Nit de Sant Joan is a very festive, fiery and fun night. There is no central fireworks display or specific programme for the Sant Joan celebrations in Barcelona. Sant Joan events in Barcelona are organised locally by the districts and civic centres of Barcelona and people just celebrate the evening with dinners, parties, firecrackers (not so much fireworks) and bonfires all over Barcelona and Catalunya. The biggest central gathering on the Nit de Sant Joan is on the beaches of Barcelona, which attract crowds of around 100.000 people. The day after the Nit de Sant Joan is a public holiday, so the party goes on until sunrise and all the clubs and bars in the city organize Sant Joan parties.

Check out Wikipedia for more on the history of the Bonfires of St John

Saturday, 23 Jun 2012

Spain Beats France 2-0

klout 48!

hehe, my Klout score has jumped up to 48, cool. Close the important 50 milestone!

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