Dinner with Gonzalo's Family

We just had a great dinner with Gonzalo and his brother Jose, who was our very first foreign exchange student we ever had, and their parents at their home. It was so wonderful to see Jose all grown up. And may I say, those 2 boys are very cute. Jose is now 22 and in his last year at the University in Madrid. Gonzalo is a class ahead of Madi. Their English is very good although their parents don't speak any. I told Jose how fun it was to see him all grown up and he said how strange it was to see us living in Burgos. Neither of us ever thought we'd be able to see each other again. I continually feel how lucky we are to have this opportunity to be here and have these experiences. Their family was really friendly and gave us some more tips and ideas of what to see and do while we are in Spain. They even offered us their home in Santander to stay in.

Yesterday we also took a 90 km bike ride to the south. The wind was fierce at times, there were a few climbs, and it took us a long time. The scenery was beautiful, though. Have I metioned how many windmills there are around here? You'd think we were in the Netherlands. They have hundreds of the kind that they have at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon all around us. I think I read that 43% of their energy comes from wind. It was in Sapnish, but I think that's right.