Category Archives: Family & Friends

Anne Madison Prince

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Alexandra

Born December 4th, 2012. Meet my little granddaughter. Before anyone get confused – she’s the daughter of my stepdaughter. Isnt she sweet?

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New niece

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Alexandra

I got a new niece last thursday. Little Heloísa was born healthy and has the distinction of being the first baby in the family to be born with lots of hair

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2007 in pictures…

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Alexandra

It was fun doing this last year, so I thought I’d continue… January We watched the arrival of the Three Kings in Barcelona, walked along the beach in Barcelona, went to the calçots festival in Valls and happened upon the … Continue reading →

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The end of an era…

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Alexandra

My grandmother passed away this afternoon. She was the last of my grandparents still alive and quite a remarkable woman. I wrote about her not too long ago. Although we were never the kind to sit and have intimate conversations, … Continue reading →

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Kids

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Alexandra

Yesterday we went to a friend’s place for dinner and I couldn’t resist snapping some pictures of her twins playing outside. They were making pottery and I took advantage of their concentration to just rover around them with my camera. … Continue reading →

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Saying goodbye to amazing friends

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Alexandra

Our year in Barcelona was truly amazing. We traveled around, visited many places I have studied, I collected thousands of documents for my thesis, my cooking has greatly improved, my Spanish improved dramatically and I now understand Catalan well. Barcelona … Continue reading →

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My niece…

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Alexandra

She’s three now and she has been the most talkative person any of us have ever met since she began forming full sentences at the age of one… Can’t wait to see her in May.

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A talented cousin…

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Alexandra

My cousin Otavia started decorating cakes when still in her teens. She enjoyed doing really complicated designs that took days to finish and as she grew older she started decorating cakes for family and friends. That was her hobby. As … Continue reading →

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Our friends…

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Alexandra

Alan has written a little tribute to our friends. I just wanted to say that I agree with him 100% and would like to add these pictures to the ones he posted: With the exception of two of these, these … Continue reading →

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Meeting friends from the blogosphere

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Alexandra

Bruna is a Brazilian web designer who spent many years in France and now lives here in Barcelona. Cris is a Brazilian chemist, who lives in Paris where she does a master in chemistry and works for L’Oreal. We first … Continue reading →

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