After 13 months of intense study and work, we are proud to share with you all the crowning moment of the year: Fede's graduation on December 20th. In Spain, graduates do not wear a cap & gown, but instead are given a sash to wear in the form of a "V" over their shoulders (as you can see below).
It was a very happy and fulfilling moment, but also a bit sad as we said goodbye to friends from around the world, who would soon be scattered across the four corners of the earth. I suppose the advantage of this is that we know people everywhere now, but we also realize that this was a unique moment in time when we were all gathered together in Madrid.
After a delicious cocktail we went home and dropped off the kids with the babysitter to go have drinks and tapas one last time. We went to one of our favorite tapas bars "Tempranillo" on the Cava Baja street where we ordered setas (a type of mushroom and a red wine called Retamas -if you can get your hands on some, it is very good).
We made it an early night though because the babysitter had an exam in the morning (and also, we were exhausted from all of the packing and moving). It was terrific though to celebrate such an event and we are thankful that we had such a great experience!
I'm jumping around a bit, as I try to fill in the pieces of the last weeks, so now I'll tell you all a bit about the flight from Madrid to Spain. Fede prudently suggested that we move out on Saturday and spend the night in a hotel because our flight to London left at 7:30am. So, according to schedule, the owners of the apartment arrived at 4pm to pick up the keys and we signed the papers to close the deal. By 5pm we were on the bus on our way to Barajas, a little suburb of Madrid where the airport is located, and we went to Mass at a precious little church there at 7pm. Antonio and Fede were thrilled to see that Real Madrid had a soccer game that night as we had dinner and then made it early to bed.
By 4:45 am we were up and at the airport within an hour. Antonio wanted to share with his friends in Spain what the flight to London was like. So, below you can see Anto sitting in his seat mid-flight. We got to see an amazing sunrise, bursting with colors too. Antonio was sure to wear his school's gym uniform (the navy blue/blue jacket) in honor of his buddies at school and to be sure, he has thought of them often since we left...
Once we landed we snapped several pictures of the plane too! Ok, that's it for now.
cheers! And, as they say in England, "HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!"
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