Blau gets Medieval

Today was the 8th anniversary of the designation of the Romanesque churches in the valley as a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO.
There were celebrations in the different towns and churches, but the highlight was a re-enactment of the painting of one of the frescoes in Sant Climent de Taüll. Blau played "Griselda," the lady-in-waiting of the "Lady of Erill", who commissioned the fresco.

Snow storm

We are having a very cold November, and snow has arrived earlier than usual. Tire chains are required to drive around the mountains today.

Happy Thanksgiving / San Guivin

This morning we went up to the Aigüestortes National Park, for a hike. It was very chilly but sunny. As we were arriving to the Park, we saw a herd of wild mountain goats very high on the mountain. They were jumping madly from rock to rock. Scary...

In the evening we celebrated the holiday, Catalan style.

We have visitors!

The Homa's are here to spend Thanksgiving with us. Julia, Claire, Blau and Duna are having lots of fun together. Yesterday we went on a hike up the mountains, to Sant Quirc de Durro. It was cold! Today, Julia and Claire were guests in our school for a while.

We don't go to the library...

The Library comes to us!

Communities with less than 3,000 people are served by library buses here. This one is pretty cool. Inside, they have the picture of a very old library bus from Minnesota back in 1918.

From Barruera to Durro

This weekend we took a hike to a nearby village: Durro. The weather was perfect, but it was a long hike uphill. Our friend Aleix came with us, and he was a great guide!

Don't we look tired?

Festa de la Castanyada

Halloween is still a new thing here. The traditional way of celebrating this time of the year revolves around roasting chestnuts the eve of All Saints Day. At school, my class (Blau's, 5th and 6th grade combined) dressed up and brought roasted chestnuts to the kindergarden kids. They were thrilled. Can you guess where am I? And yes, 5th and 6th grade combined is only 6 of us. It's a small school...

Watch a slideshow here.