Tajahierro climbing course

Last week we spent the weekend in Potes, Cantabria. Pascual was taking a climbing course. Finally I grabbed my camera again and took pictures after long time it was untouched. The place was beautiful, the days were perfect; Saturday was sunny and Sunday was even sunnier, but most thing I liked was meeting new and nice people in the course.

Nos pasamos el fin de semana pasada en Potes, Cantabria. Pascual hizo un curso de escalada. Finalmente cogí mi cámara otra vez y tomé fotos después de hace mucho tiempo sin tocar la cámara. El sitio bonito muy bonito, los días erán perfectos; el sábado hacía sol y el domingo aun más soleado, pero lo que más me gustó fue conocer gente nueva y maja en el curso.

Climbing knows no age; look at this lady below...

Escalada no tiene edad; mira está señora de abajo...

or this little kid...    

o este niño...

even my dog Timi was trying to climb.

hasta mi perrito Timi estaba tratando de subir.

Enjoying siesta...

Disfrutando de la siesta...

Taking a break and playing with Kira & Timi.

Descansando y jugando con Kira y Timi.

The ¨Cares¨ route

I'm in love with this beautiful place called The Cares route (La ruta de Cares). We went there last week with friends, Yuri and Mariana. Too bad that we arrived very late so we could not finish the whole route. Definitely should come back soon.

The route is so easy to do. You just need to be careful and make sure that you walk close to the wall.

Okay, stay there Pascual and please do not see what's below!!!!

Mariana and the goats.

Welcome 2012!

This is my first post in 2012. I don't know why but it took me a while to start posting again. Okay, the little bear picture is this year's  ¨little present¨ inside the ¨El roscón de reyes¨. I love roscón cake very very much. To tell you the the truth, I ate almost three entire cakes. It's a pity that you can buy it only on the 6th of January (Magic King's day). Next time, I would learn how to make it.

We spent Christmas, as usual, in Elche at Paulita's house. She's so nice that she let me sleep in her cute bedroom with Mickey Mouse sheet and bed cover.

We celebrated Christmas at Javi's beautiful woodhouse in ¨La Romana¨ Alicante. 

This is ow so good; roasted chestnuts. Paulita, would you like some?

Having so much fun hiking...

...and the ¨paella¨ was being cooked while we were up in the mountains.

Pascual made this spectacular roasted chicken stuffed at the first day of the year. The chicken was great, the stuffed was even better and the gravy was the BEST. 

Second visit to Yosemite

We continued our adventure with Max & Mareike last week in Yosemite. We were staying in this lovely ¨yurt¨. It looks small on the outside but it is quite spacious on the inside. 

Seguimos nuestras aventuras con Max y Mareike la semana pasada en Yosemite. Nos quedamos en este hermoso ¨yurt¨. Se ve pequeño por fuera pero es muy espacioso en el interior.

This yurt is awesome! It is fully equipped with almost anything you need. We loved it! 

Este yurt es chulísimo! Está totalmente equipado con casi todo lo que necesitamos. Nos encantó!

A perfect breakfast at the yurt; the sunshine, the nature and good companions. 

Un desayuno perfecto en el ¨yurt¨; el sol, la naturaleza y buenos compañeros.

We did ¨Upper Yosemite fall¨ in the first day. An this is Half Dome at sunset. 

Hicimos ¨Upper Yosemite fall¨ en el primer día. Y esto es Half Dome al atardecer.

The view from ¨Hetch Hetchy reservoir¨ and ¨O'Shaughnessy dam¨.

La vista desde ¨Hetch Hetchy reservoir¨ y la presa O'Shaughnessy.

Hetch Hetchy trail. Ruta Hetch Hetchy.

Another trail we did was ¨Poopenaut valley trail¨. This trail is so much fun. First you go down and down until you get to the river. But the trail is so steep that you descend more or less 1300 feet (396 m). So, make sure you have enough energy to climb all the way up. 

Otro camino que hicimos fue Poopenaut senderismo. Primero, ir hacia abajo hasta llegar al río. Pero el camino es tan empinado que se desciende más o menos 1300 pies (396 m). Por eso, asegúrate de tener suficiente energía para subir todo el camino.

Everything tastes so good after hiking. Todo sabe bueno despues de la caminata.