Leaving winter behind...Well, we are off to Zaragoza for the holidays. If we're lucky, we'll get one of those planes that has the personal movie screen and we can watch movies until our eyes boil over on the flight to Amsterdam. Then a quick hop to Madrid, with the hope that our bags make the flight with us. This time, instead of the metro-train-cab thing, we will be met by Blas and Loren who will drive us the 3 hours or so over the mountains, arriving just in time for Nochebuena and dinner for the family--Blas's parents, his brother Florencio and Angela, his sister Carmen and Quique and their children Alba and Ruben. I will be able to kick back while all the serious cooks in the family do their magic. Quique is the more adventerous chef, and he often handles the fancy composed salad and the seafood/shellfish. Florencio is great with meat, and Primi (Rosemary's yaya) always has some delicious caldo for Daniel's finicky stomach. There will be turrón, champagne, and probably some Christmas end-of-the-year special on TV. All this is just a warm-up for New Year's Eve, of course, and then there will be Reyes on Jan 6. I will smile, wash lots of dishes, and exclaim about how delicious everything is. My kind of holiday.
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