Take me out to the Ball Game...!

Baseball! Alexandra has this tradition every year in which she invites Brittany (beautiful friend) for her birthday to AT-T field in San Francisco to see the San Francisco Giants. Which, incidentally, is the best team in the world. Fact, they won the world series last year. (Go, Cubs!)

This year, Alexandra will be in Europe for that happy day, so we she decided to go earlier, namely, May 22nd. And since Katie and I were going to be there, she bought tickets for us too (gee, thanks, madam!)

I have to say, that this is not my first time with baseball, despite Alexandra's efforts. I was organizing games in Fun and Learn and I had a visit to Target Field in Minneapolis to go see the Twins (wah yeah!). But this time was the funnest. I finally understand the rules of baseball. And I love some of the players (FEAR THE BEARD!) And the field was amazing this time, too! Right on the bay and with great views of the city! Yay!

It was absolutely perfect. The Giants were winning most of the time (they swept the Oakland Athletics), I got beer, a hot dog and lots of shouting! I guess one of the things I'll miss will be baseball, believe it or not. Damn yee, Alexandra and Katie! I was a Barça girl!

At night, just a quick shower and out to downtown Novato for a nightcap. Maybe it was a bit too much after all that excitement of the day. Maybe I was a bit too happy. What the heck, you can't never get too happy in California.

You are not number 3 on my list anymore.

Hike day! Yes! I don't know if you have noticed in previous entries, but in Northern California there is nothing but mountains. You can't help but notice them. They are LITERALLY everywhere. It was time to explore them. So, we put on some tennis shoes, some shorts and got some turkey sandwiches for a picnic up there. Yes, turkey from Thanksgiving. That bird was big.

In truth, it wasn't really hiking so much as it was a walk in rolling hills. Something in the fashion of The Sound of Music: The hills are aliiiiiiiiiiive.... with the sound of muuuuuusic.... uh oh uh oh! See what I mean?

It was actually really nice. We just went up, walked around, saw the Bay from up the mountains, pretended we were cows, took pictures as if we were Kate and Leo... and then we went back down.

Down there, we had some Fro-Yo. Fro-yo! Did I tell you that it is Cali's official sport? Well... we just went into fro-yo weight-lifting. Those chunks were big.

Back at the house, we chilled out hard. Katie decided to jump in the pool to cool off the perfect weather outside. She likes it cold. But she was the only brave one. As good as the temperature may be, it is still May. You won't find me in there quite yet.

And what did we do for Friday night? The most amazing thing ever. Bridesmaids!!! We went to the movies to watch the latest comedy.

If you haven't watched it yet, GO NOW. It is amazing. Sooooooooo funny and heart-warming and memorable. Those quotes will stick with you forever and ever. Really. Go.

That's the good thing of California. One minute you are in rolling hills surrounded by cows and lizards, the next you are in a movie theater watching Bridesmaids. It has it all.

The Spaniard is a Monopolizer. What a surprise.

The wine tasting was deferred to another day because a relax day was needed after fall in San Francisco. Result: hours of Skype (yay!) and Monopoly! Of course, the Spanish woman (a.k.a. me) was winning. I just had to win. All that money had to be put to a use, and of course, I like my hotels and my developments. Cacacachá. The game was left unfinished due to jealousy. But it was agreed that I was the master of the world.

After that, no walk or swimming pool (darn you, rain). Instead, Thanksgiving leftovers, wine, beer, crochet and Glee. Ah! relax days in California... you rock.

Novato Is not that Bad either.

We were sooooo tired after the day in the city... We couldn't just start doing touristy things right away. As you understand, you can't just keep up with your life that easily after being in San Francisco. Therefore, we just chilled it out in Novato, Alexandra's hometown. Of course, she has her own swimming pool and her hottub and her lounge chairs in her backyard. The sun was shining, the air was making the trees dance and we were all happy. As you can expect, our day , whole blessed day, looked more or less like this:

It was one of the best days of my life. I personally never got to get into the water, but nevertheless I sunbathed, read, wrote and got red as a lobster. It was totally worth it. I've never been so relaxed in my life.

To top it up, we couldn't just have some average food, but we had some real California burgers for dinner (at 18.30), which looked just like this:


Do you haight me hard enough now? It was a big chunky juicy burger with all sorts of vegetables, pickle and the most beautiful melon I've ever seen. I know, I know. However, I haven't finished yet.

We could have finished our relaxing moments there and go out to a wine bar for Friday night. But today it was Friday 13th, so we didn't want to risk it. What do you do if you don't want to risk it? YES!! FRO-YO!

It is California's national sport. You got to this place where you choose your fro-yo and all your toppings and then you get into heaven. It is like ice-cream but not as sweet or ice-creamy. It is like really cold fruit. And you can put some fruit as toppings, which I did, and which makes it abso-frigging-lutely perfect. If you don't believe me, look:


Sooo delicious. So fruity. And now, some Friday especial Sunday Funday. Pyjamas, Glee and Wine. Best Sunday Funday ever.

Absurda Goes to The City.

I woke up this morning in Cary, IL, had my shower, my milk with coffee, my bagel and went outside with Alexandra and Katie to go to Midway. What's that outside? Yes, it is. A LIMO! We went to the aerport by limo. Yuhu! Off to a good start.

From then onwards, everything went better than expected. We flew with Southwest, who proved that you can give free soft drinks, peanuts, crisps and more while having a smily brunette Claudia Schiffer taking care of you. And I saw the rockies. Take that.


In Oakland, when we landed, we couldn't go sightseeing, because the gangs have taken over the city and you have to duck down to avoid being killed by a shotgun. Shotgun! So, instead, we saw George Lucas' inspiration for AT-ATs.


In Novato (Alexandra's hometown), tour in the fantastic house with fireplaceS, swimming pools, trees, hot tub time machines and giantic tvs. Then, best Chinese dinner ever. Good job.