Boricua en la Lima

This week deserves two blog posts just because of the fact that Jose and I took a whirlwind 24 hour trip to Nice to see Coldplay.  Every step of the way I told myself we were crazy for doing it (particularly since I hate flying!) but it was well worth it.  The stadium was packed with 45,000 fans and when they sang "Viva La Vida" you just couldn't help yourself but jump and down and act like a crazy 20 year old (which I'm soooo not!). And "Fix You" literally brought tears to my eyes the minute Chris Martin started singing.  What an amazing song to hear live! I had wanted to see Coldplay since forever, one more scratched off the bucket list!  We have tickets in Madonna in July (in Hyde Park, London) but we don't know if we'll be able to make that once because we don't know if we'll still be here in Geneva. I'm hoping! We missed the kids and can't wait to pick them up at school today, but it was definitely worth the get

Another weekend, another trip!  This weekend we took advantage of the fact that the kids were off Thursday and Friday (don't ask me which weird Swiss holiday it was) and drove about 6 hours from Geneva to Florence.   It took longer than planned because Mt. Blanc Tunnel is always hit or miss and on the way out it was definitely a miss (although the sight was a NOT MISS!).  Thankfully on the way back it was a hit. Once we were in Italy stopped for lunch at Recco based on a "reco" (pun intended) from Jose's friend from work.  We had yummy focaccia with their specialty cheese and then enjoyed seeing the ocean for the first time in a while! We stayed in a great apartment right next to Il Duomo (and lots of shopping!).  The day we left we actually found a place with "american breakfast" but it was closed that early so we ventured all the way to the top of Il Duomo.  The kids made us very proud by climbing up the stairs (though not without some complaints

We started the weekend with really wonderful summer-like weather and sunshine and we went down to the lake for some paddle boat time. Unfortunately Saturday and Sunday were not quite as nice so we did what you do when the weather is crappy...eat!  For breakfast we had Mother's Day "brunch" at one my favorite breakfast places in Geneva.  Then we barbecued while it was sort of warmish and watched the first Venezuelan to win a Formula 1 race.  I guess if someone's gonna beat Fernando Alonso he might as well be Latin.  And the fact that I'm talking about this means I've been totally brainwashed by the husband and son.  :) Anyway, here are the little cards that the kids gave me for Mother's Day which were both so sweet.  Sebas' definitely reminds me that while we sometimes roll our eyes at kids being kids because they can drive us a little bit crazy, this time goes by so fast and before we know it they are all grown up. And since it was Mothe