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I knew that my mother in law is afraid of deep water, but I didn't know that she's not a fan of altitude. Instead of making her happy I made her shivering.


In the end she overcame her weakness and bravely walked through - veni, vidi, vici. Congratulations!


If you want to make somebody happy you need to know this person. I like the adventure, but personally I prefer more "extrem" ones :P


In the gorge, there were many vultures waiting for death. They wanted to eat carrion, wild pig had fallen from top and smelled terribly, so were landing there but it was to narrow to take off.


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We went with Chris to see children having fun.


When I see all these facial expressions I just cannot resist staying and looking at them.


Black and white photos to show you that youth never changes.


More pictures  in the gallery.

I was climbing up with a very nice group when Chris reached us and for around 10 kilometres I had a private domestique, thanks a lot :)


This was the first race ever when we were going together, because normally during climbs Chris speeds up and the only thing I can do is to say good bye and climb slowly in my rhythm.


The second part of the race was the next day, it was only one climb, from Granada to Veleta, around 40 kilometres long. The best woman, Italian - Sabine Gandini - was so fast, that I even did not try to get on her wheel. After half of the climb an amazing welsh, Andrea Jennifer Smith caught me and we were going together, but at the last part she overtook me, but the time difference from the day before was so big that I still was the leader in oro (gold) category.


The organisers invited famous athletes: Luis Angel Maté and Lucas Eguibar Breton, that was a great surprise. In Poland I used to practise a lot of snowboarding, but here unfortunately I do not do it as much. It is incredible that in Spain there are people on such a high level. What is your favourite sport?


Por la tarde, cuando el tiempo cambió un poco, podíamos disfrutar las vistas. Más fotos puedes encontrarIn the afternoon, after a weather change, we went for a walk to enjoy the views. If you want to see more photos visit  the gallery.

The race started slowly, as almost all cyclotourist races. In about 2 hours we reached a pass el Boyar, where we met some cyclists waiting for us. There are people whose presence, nothing more, can motivate and encourage you, one of them is Belén. Thank you :)


The proper race started in Zahara de la Sierra where, as always, I was behind the others. Chris is laughing at me that I am like a steam locomotive, because I need a lot of time to catch my rhythm. I was climbing and catching people in front shouting:¨¡Venga! ¡Vamos!¨ -¨¡Come on!¨ :) At the very end with the wind blowing into my face a few of them overtook me. But my goal was to go strong without any excuses :)

Chris usually has problems with changes, because he thinks that everybody will collaborate, but ... life is life.


About one and a half year ago, when I was climbing up this las Palomas, I had an amazing domestique, Andrés. I will never forget him shouting and encouraging me :)


I am very happy with my results, because I managed to be 20 in general :) If you want to find more information, photos and an audition on the radio about the race visit radio Ubrique page, but it is only in Spanish.

At the very end of the semester, Fernando, my teacher had an accident and the classes were cancelled. Because of this, Chris had to do even more. He was correcting my handwriting, because I had to learn from the beginning how to write without a keyboard. He was also making a small talks about strange topics and listening to my terrible monologues. I really like talking with people, but when there is only me and no one else to chat, I just stop, because it is weird.


Besides, my friends: Pedro, Dani and Rafael had additional work - they were correcting my writing. Do you know any better people than Spaniards to correct those? Thank you. With your help I could improve my writing.


The cake is for all of you who helped me to prepare to the exam. You are amazing.


I still want to improve my Spanish. Living in Spain without mastering the language is like flying without wings.

The boy was walking together with his father in the procession, holding his hand all the time. He did not think about the crowd and suddenly his face changed. He was surprised or even shocked.


After a few minutes the child´s face changed again and I could see the smile and joy.


I will never forget this emotions that accompanied me at this time. I felt like a spectator that was watching an amazing movie.

Due to the health problems I have been struggling with, I could not sleep well so I felt a bit dizzy. The fall woke me up. With support from the other participants and spectators I continued the fight against myself. When I saw ¨no hay dolor¨, which means there is no pain, on the last climb I laughed at myself, because the only thing that slows you down or stops you is your brain.

At the finish line Chris was waiting for me. I wanted to stop strava, when I realised that I did not have my mobile in the pocket. I must have fallen out during the crash. I changed my clothes and with the organisers we went to Periana to look for it, but it was not there. We returned to alfarnate and ate ham and paella, which after 4 hours of sweet drinks and gels tasted even better. Many thanks for the organisers, Alfarnate Club Deportivo, and my husband, who normally tells: ¨If you only want, you can do it¨.

During the way back home, we gave another try and we found the cell phone, it was off the road, in a ditch. Now I just need to heel the burns. All is well that ends well :)

Little heart shaped cookies stuffed with custard cream with rum or coffee flavour with strawberries and mint on top, to make your day better.

During the gastronomy contest in EOI I was given brief information about the ingredients. I need to ask about a proper recipe because my humus tasted differently than the one made by a Syrian.


Do you think having a recipe is useful?


Do you like humus?

The nazarenos - fraternity members - were going through the narrow streets holding a paso that was almost filling them. The spectators almost had to stick to the walls to give it a way.


We kept on following until we reached the cathedral. Not only the visitors but also the citizens wanted to watch the procession.


If you are interested you will find pictures in  gallery.

Cycling is much more than competing, it is also encouraging and supporting the participants :)


If you are interested you will find pictures on gallery.

Teaching - what exactly does this word mean? In my opinion it is much more than explaining the rules, reading books, doing exercises, it is opening our brains to the world. Each person has his story and when you listen to it you can understand more about cultural differences and problems they usually cause.


Yesterday the Spanish Department of EOI Malaga organised a gastronomy contest. Participants from different countries brought typical dishes from their areas and briefly explained the recipes. Some told jokes or stories.


Do you know the history of sandwich? It is very interesting. The first written usage of the English word appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal, in longhand, referring to "bits of cold meat" as a "Sandwich". It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread, and others began to order "the same as Sandwich!"


There were participants who moved during their life several times, that's why some dishes contained ingredients from different countries. For example, a man born in Indonesia who lived in Germany for years made bami goreng - a pasta with German sausages (bratwurst) with Asian-flavoured sauce.


The Italians prepared two pies. One filled with cheese and ham decorated with hearts and another one with spinach. They also made arancini - stuffed fried balls and crepes.


At first I did not know what to prepare because many typical polish dishes are supposed to be hot or at least warm. I made kapuśniaczki - dumplings in two different flavors with cabbage and onion that are usually served during Christmas and with lentils. From the same dough I made rożki - sweet cookies with plum jam and marzipan. What you can see is a Belgian quiche  and Christmas strudel from Slovenia, both made by men :)


My Spanish teacher laughed at that name and called it "Kiss" - "Beso" in Spanish. It has a bit of alcohol and maybe because of this after eating a piece you would like to kiss the others ;)


Surprisingly the food was not the most important thing. Thanks to this contest we could talk about our lives, what we do and why we moved here. Did you know that in Spain there are many emigrants from Syria, who left their whole lives there and had to start all over again. Can you imagine it? The world needs to come together.


Beautiful and tasty sweets from England. There are more things there than fish and chips ;) If you are interested you will find pictures on gallery.