Several times we have seen wine casks in stores and thought, “Man, that would look cool in our dining room!” But we’ve never bought one, because knew that Grandpa Ramón had one in his attic that he would give us. Well, last weekend, we finally got it from him.

We went this past weekend to visit Marga’s folks in Mondragon, because Marga had an orthodontist appointment. We can’t remember the last weekend we spent at home. On a walk this morning, I snapped some pretty average photographs.

On Saturday morning we drove five hours to Madrid, checked my folks into a reserved hotel (4 star!), and went out for lunch. We then met up with a friend of ours from England, Consuelo, and her friend, Paco.

On Friday, we went to the local weekly market in Colindres.

On Sunday, my parents and Marga’s parents went to Laredo to see the sights.

We’re having a big in-law-fest(-tation) here in Spain. Both Marga’s parents and my parents slept at our house last night. We spent Saturday in Bilbao and saw a bullfight.

Another batch of Flickr pics for you.

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We just saw some footage on the news from this year’s “Batalla de Vino” that takes place every June 29th in a town called Haro, in the Rioja region of Spain. It looks like the Tomatina, except much safer and much drunker. We’ve got to try it!

As I’ve mentioned before, this past weekend was a big San Juan festival in Colindres. There was a bonfire, an exhibition of dance from the local dance academy (where we go for ballroom dancing classes), a concert by a double of the nationally famous pop star, David Bisbal, and a celebration in the park [...]