Jamon!

Spain is famous for Jamon, the local ham. We have one sitting in a vice in Cory's apartment! Not for me, but Mr. Smith and Colin love it!

Ghent, Belgium

Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope you had a great day yesterday. We had a very long trip to get here in Belgium.

A word problem for you: Our flight from New York took 6 hours. We left the airport at 10:00 p.m. The time in Madrid is six hours later than in New York. What time did we arrive in Madrid?

Our daughter Cory met us at the airport and we took a bus and the metro to get to her apartment. We rested for a while, ate some lunch, and then headed back to the airport to catch our flight to Brussels, Belgium. Our son Colin met us at the airport at midnight, and drove us to the apartment where we are staying in Ghent. The apartment is great--small rooms and lots of floors--I'll send pictures later. We cooked a great meal last night and today we'll spend the day walking around sightseeing. Back to Madrid tomorrow!