from \porto portugal

\\\\\i have been having a hard time figuring out how to type on a portuguese keyboard and blog. but somehow it just switched to english. we have noticed that farrah fawcett and michael jackson have died, but that is all that we know about what is happening at home. \i haven't been able to get any pictures from my camera. now my camera is full...oh no, a crisis! hopefully one that will be solved soon. so you'll have to wait until we get home to see the amazing pictures we have taken so far. we do like portugal. Twice we have asked for directions, only to have the man jump into his car and lead us through the narrow, twisty streets up and down the back alleys, and front alleys, to deposit us exactly where we wanted to be. \just like on amazing race. when they are being lucky. tomorrow we leave the house and head north, up to spain which really isn't very far. \marc and scott are anxious to be in a place where they can communicate. we have gone wine tasting, port tasting and my personal favorite...pastry tasting. we have made pests of ourselves at the local pingo doce supermarket trying to figure out what the various meats, etc are...scott and marc are having a cafe now while sonrisa and i do our computer thing. i think that it is time to go...\\\i probably won't write here again until we get home...Wednesday\\-

Itinerary

People are having trouble opening our itinerary so in brief here it is. It is also posted on our refrigerator, with phone numbers.

June 12, 13 Pt Hueneme

June 14-16 Boston, Omni Parker Hotel

June 17-18 Lisbon, Residencial Florescente Hotel

June 19 Somewhere in Evora

June 20-27 Casa Dos Penedos, on the Douro River, northern Portugal

June 27, 28 ?

June 29 Oporto, Hotel Pedras Rubras

June 20 Hacienda Hotel, LAX

July 1 HOME

We will have Scott's phone with us, for emergency calls only. Don't call. We will also have his iTouch and can pick up email.

Still trial anxieties...

Last night's dream...a former student of mine was arrested for a serial murder.  I leaned over the railing and told him that I knew he was innocent.  The lawyers dragged me away.  I was in trouble with the lawyers...I remember telling them, "I don't have to respect you and I don't.  I didn't do anything wrong!"

Hmmmm, wonder where that dream came from...

It felt so good in the dream to tell the lawyers exactly what I thought.

Mountain Park, Sunday night

Poor Lacey, trying to take pictures of 6 squirrelly kids while 4 crazy adults "help" .  There was a lot of screaming "Look at Lacey!  There's a froggy on her head...smile...put down that stick...leave the ladybug alone...sit down...smile a princess smile...seriously, don't smile like that...sit down...put that stick DOWN..."  Poor kids, we rewarded them with ice cream.  Taking 6 kids to Frostee Freeze...that's another story.  I got them all ice cream cones.  Apparently Alex and Emma have never had a cone before, only bowls.  Their mothers were cautious about the mess that would happen, but really, they did great, Emma chomped her cone down like it was a chicken leg.  Alex managed to get every bit of ice cream out of the cone, but then didn't know what to do with it.  Not realizing that this was a bowl he could eat...