Christmas & New Year's Eve at Madrid

Hi there!!!

Last time I updated this site was what? October? with pics from July? Well, a lot of things have happened since, and definitively my life is 90% different from the one I wrote while I was in New Zealand. I'm still not sure if im better off now... its just another stage.

As most of you know, I (finally) finished my major last december and I've got my BA a month ago. I was suposed to start saving the world as soon as I did so, but time goes by faster that I expected and I still haven't been able to launch or even desing my 'save the world' plan. Opportunities appear even when you're not looking for them, and most of the times it's wiser to take them than to wonder and over analyze the situation for too long. So, I took my chances and now I have a great-real job. My days working at the theather as a hostess just for fun seem to be so far away!!!...

So, I feel older than I'd like, but it would be worse if I hadn't traveled with my sister during December, just after I got my current job. These are pics from Spain, and I'll upload some others from Lisbon. Something terrible happened to all the pics I had from my 2004 trip to Europe, so I tried to get as many as I could this time. It wasn't difficult since we arrived to Madrid on december 25 at 7 am when it as all closed and the streets were empty.

Ladies & gentlements, Christmas and New Year's eve @ Madrid:










Me, blending myself with the city's architecture:






My famous pics of the official buildings!:



Our plane back home took off form Lisbon with a delay, so we lost our connection at Madrid on december 31st. We had to wait till the next day at 1 am to come back to Mexico, which means, we spent New Year's eve at Barajas Airport.

The first picture shows the consecuences of a bomb that had been placed at the airport by ETA th day before. The second one, me and my sister exactly at 12.00 am (if i had got the clock you could have seen it). That was the beginning of my promising 2007.




I'll try to come and write more often, I'm sure most of you still haven't read all my kiwi and aussie adventures so, do it!

Saludos, los quiero!

Jan.

Puerto Vallarta

Just for you girls!

I think that now that I'm here in Mexico nobody will want to read my blog anymore, so I'm gonna write it in english just for you. I hope that every now and then you feel curious about me and visit this site.

These are some pics from Puerto Vallarta, lovely bay in the state of Guadalajara in the Pacific Coast. This happened a long time ago... actually I wonder why you haven't received your postcards, but anyway, I still haven't got from you our pics in our unforgettable last dinner together (I'm still waiting!!!).

While I was there I remembered our funny, weird, trip in midterm break and I really wanted to share with you some of the most beautiful places in Mexico. I thought you would love them... I thought aaaall japanese and korean girls would love them.... and then I thought that we should open a travel agency specialized in México-Japan-Korea!!!!! Wouldn't it be great? At least it would be funny... (Citing Lucy: "Anyway...someday....")

Ok, no further comments. This is Puerto Vallarta.



This is a very fancy dock. Most of the boats in there are from american people.



Puerto Vallarta's downtown is really really nice. It has a beatiful coast with 6 or 7 sculptures like these. Those things climbing the ladder are some sort of witches-dwarfs.



Me and my family (mom, dad, sister) looking for something to eat.



First, me in front of a huge cruise ship that arrives to PV every wednesday. It comes from California, stops at Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo in Mexico and goes back to US far away from my lovely beaches :)
Second, a funny pirat ship. Your ticket includes a tour across the bay and a pirat show! They say it's cool, but is kind of expensive so...
Third, the little boat WE took jijiji. We went to Yelapa, which is a beach "famous" because Liz Taylor made a film in there which, of course, nobody remembers but the locals.



Me!!!!! (My sister is not that good at taking pictures....)

Hope you liked it, come to México!!!!!!!!!!!

h&k

Jan.

Auckland, close out.

Familia, amigos, lectores:

Les escribo este post desde México. Llegué hace dos días y todavía no me acostumbro al cambio de horario así que desperté a las 5 am y no pude volver a dormir. Pensé que una buena forma de aprovechar el tiempo era con una notita que cerrara esta etapa de mi blog.

Auckland fue una experiencia muy importante para mi. En un par de ocasiones antes de salir de México, Kacho me deseó que encontrara en mi viaje lo que fuera que estuviera buscando, y honestamente me desconcertó no saber exactamente cuál era esa motivación que me llevaba tan lejos de casa. No están ustedes para conocer mis traumas, pero les puedo decir que este viaje me sirvió para quitarme muchas dudas que tenía sobre la forma en que he creado mis propias expectativas y planes futuros. En términos simples, este tiempo me sentí otra vez muy orgullosa de mi misma, de mi carácter y mis sueños. Con todos mis defectos y limitaciones, ser quien soy me hace muy feliz. Vivir en México, con lazos tan fuertes que me unen a todos ustedes, me hace muy feliz. Quiero seguir viajando y aprendiendo de gente y culturas diferentes, pero mi vida está en México; es más, después de un silencio electoral, regreso a la campaña, ¡vamos por la presidencia de 2030!

Les comparto estas fotos de Melbourne. Son de una playita que en realidad no tenía mucho chiste que digamos, pero mientras estábamos ahí se empezó a poner el sol y el espectáculo duró poco menos de una hora. Siempre que veo rayos de sol asomándose entre nubes creo que se trata de Dios hablando. En este atardecer las lineas eran muy nítidas sobre la imagen lejana y borrosa de la ciudad y creaban una escena única. Cuando dejamos el lugar le dije a Leslie que ya que la playa no tenía nada de especial, Dios tuvo que meter mano y hacernos un show para que cada instante del viaje fuera inolvidable y el día cerrara bien. Y así fue durante todo este tiempo. Auckland no es más que una ciudad como tantas otras, pero en Dios metió la mano para regalarme unos meses increíbles rodeada de gente maravillosa y momentos inolvidables.

Gracias por leerme (aunque sólo la mitad de ustedes me dejan notitas), los traje conmigo todo el tiempo. Espero que hayan disfrutado las escenas kiwis y aussies y mis laaaargos relatos.

Los quieeeeero!

Janet

Melbourne

Bueno, esto no es exactamente Melbourne sino lugarcitos a dos horas de distancia. Un poco de arte aborigen y mi vuelo en helicóptero para conocer los 12 apóstoles.

Besos!