Last bits of 2012...

After a brief (ok...rather long) hiatus I return with some updates! Much has happened over the past few months including some travel, celebrations, work and a bunch of Ultimate.

Starting where I left off...the week after returning from CFC I was off to London to visit Herm for the first time.

Herm's new home in Finsbury Park! 

(Top floor)

Herm and I at Tower Bridge














I returned to Madrid on the Monday evening and Herm wasn't far behind as he arrived in Madrid only a day later for an upcoming tournament.

Thanks to a long weekend the Quijotes were able to organise a day tournament for local teams, Ultimate Frisbee in Madrid.

Post-game salutation

It's no high-5 in Spain...kisses are customary!

(Photo credits to fellow Dulcinea, Vanessa)

That weekend was Chiripones, a  beach hat tournament in Huelva organised by Fribillanas, the Andalusian team based in Sevilla.

Q+D at Chiripones
(Photo credit to Frisbillanas)











It was a great weekend spent on the beach. The tournament had a tribal theme and so my team was called the Zulus (pictured right).

(Photo cred to Zulu teammate, Alvaro)

I was honoured to be given the team's "talisman" for being a team player (pictured left).

(Photo cred to Ruthie)

Post-tournament, Herm returned to London and the following weekend the Quijotes celebrated the autumn finals of our in-house league.

Unfortunately my team lost both semis and finals...but was a great time and I was proud to win top offensive and defensive player!

(Liga photo credit to Vanessa)

In the evening I was host to the team's Christmas party.

I prepared for the party with some decorations (left), food was contributed by everyone (below),...

...and a good time (not pictured) was had by all! 

My apartment on the other hand took a bit of a hit and the neighbours weren't too happy. 

Max helping me clean and enjoying some leftover jamon...






The week after I finished work for the holiday season!