CulterPaulus

There are special days. And there are days you can transform from simple to special doing simple things.
From last summer, we've been teaching our daughter to keep money, to store every coin she recives into a can. She did it with pasion to buy a bike. Her first bike.
Today I visited all the shops I could to know if there were bikes she could buy with her money (well, we helped with a very little amount).
Today, when I came from work, my wife and I told her we had a surprise: "let's buy the bike2, we said. She said Ok, and then she opened wide her eyes and shout "Vamos a comprar la bicicleta!!!" (Let's buy the bike), like she reacted late to the information
It was too pleasant to see her face, brighting, a briliant face, full of happiness.
She carried the money (every coin she collected) and paid the sales man. We all came back home very happy: we, like parents, for the marveling thing of look our daughter happy, and the goal of teach her to keep a bit of money to have things she wants. And of course, she was happy because her new bike.

Well, she has only 4, and I was remembering with my wife that we both got our bikes very after that age. That made us feel even happiest. It's something that can't be described with words when you do simple things to children, but they contribute to their happiness, and makes their face shine. Of course, this a material fact, but it's seen also in every act of showing our love to her. And material things, when possible are part of show we love them.

I've been thinking about this at the end of this day, and feels good.

Good night!

One of my aunts is visiting us with my cousin. Last night we went late to the beach, to San Francisco, and stayed there until midnight. We enjoyed it a lot!
We love the beach at any time. We never go when the sun is too strong (until 18pm), we prefer to care our skins . At night is really nice for us.
The city is full of people. I love it! This weekend we are waiting for the brother of my wife and in february their family will be here too. Last year we visited there at Durazno, at the centre of the country.

Following pics are from yesterday, while we were going to the beach.

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Una de mis tías nos está visitando con mi prima. Anoche nos fuimos tarde a la playa, a San Francisco, y nos quedamos hasta la medianoche. ¡Lo disfrutamos un montón!
Nos encanta la playa en todo momento. Nunca vamos cuando el sol es muy fuerte (hasta las 18pm), y preferimos cuidar nuestra piel De noche es muy lindo para nuestro gusto.
La ciudad está llena de gente. ¡Nos encanta! Esta semana esperamos al hermano de mi esposa, y en febrero su familia estará aquí también. El año pasado los visitamos en Durazno, donde viven, en el centro del país.

Las siguientes fotos son de ayer, mientras íbamos a la playa.

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I think I will make a new album with the rest of the pics...
Creo que haré un nuevo álbum con el resto de las fotos...

It's a nice thing to be with family and friends enjoying great times! We went to the beach, at sundown, cooking and eating on the rocks and the sand.

A new album:
http://my.opera.com/pbuydid/albums/show.dml?id=663671

Let the memories be a cause of joy
and not a heavy load for the soul.
(Culterpaulus)
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Que los recuerdos sean causa de gozo
y no una carga para el alma.
(Culterpaulus)

To rest...
To have fun...
To touch memories and meet family and friends...
To travel in time.

I experienced all of that in my vacations. I did one of my most delighted travels of last years!

The adventure.
We could travel in train for almost 3 hours. My wife, my daughter and a 9 y.old niece who never had the opportunity to travel in train and visit the places we visited. For me was a wonderful experience!

The weather was too heavy: news said the hottest places of the country were those which we visited! 40 to 42 degrees, but no breeze there, so it seemed more than that! It was difficult to sleep even at night, flies everywhere, but they were our vacations and we enjoyed a lot!

We did part of the travel in train and part in bus, and returned only in bus. I think buses were my prefered "cool" place to feel a better temperature

The family.
We stayed 2 complete days in Durazno. My wife has a brother and his family there, so we stayed in his house. I have part of my family there too, but just my cousin and his wife was there.
There's a river in Durazno, and we could enjoy the waters to refresh our bodies and have fun. Some friends of there went there too with us.

On tuesday, my cousin, his wife and us went to Paso de los Toros. I lived 5 years there when I was a boy, from 1983 to 1988. I have my most appreciated memories of my life from there! I show my family my school, the house where we lived there, the places I used to go, and a lot of things. Almost all my family (my father branch) was there: my grandmother, my uncles, aunts and cousins! Some of them went Paso de los Toros the same night we did, and some next day. 22 of my family were there. An uncle from Argentina arrived the same day we leave back Paso de los Toros, but we could share some moments. My heart was so pleased! We eat together, went to the river together, and gave life to our memories! My grandmother was so happy because she could be with most of her sons and daughters together at a same time, she confused names and situations, but her face was full of happiness. I love her a lot! We stayed in Paso de los Toros for 2 days.

Then we returned to Durazno for one day.

So, imagine my heart right now! I am so happy and find there are lot of feelings inside of me pushing me to smile, hold my memories and enjoy this life I live in every step of my journey.

My heart is happy!

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Descansar...
Divertirse...
Tocar recuerdos y encontrarse con la familia y con amigos...
Viajar en el tiempo.

He experimentado todo eso en mis vacaciones. He realizado uno de los viajes más deleitables de los últimos años!

La aventura.
Pudimos viajar en tren por casi 3 horas. Mi esposa, mi hija y una sobrina de 9 años que nunca había tenido la oportunidad de viajar en tren ni visitar los lugares a los que fuimos. Para mi fue una experiencia maravillosa!

El tiempo estuvo muy pesado: en las noticias comentaron que los lugares con más calor del país, fueron justamente esos a los que fuimos. 40 a 42 grados, pero sin ninguna brisa, por lo que parecía muchísimo más. Se hacía difícil dormir, incluso de noche, había moscas por todos lados, pero eran nuestras vacaciones y las disfrutamos muchísimo!

Hicimos parte del viaje en tren y parte en ómnibus, pero regresamos solo en ómnibus. Creo que los ómnibus fueron mi lugar preferido de frescura, en los que se sentía mejor temperatura

La Familia.
Permanecimos 2 días completos en Durazno. Mi esposa tiene un hermano con su familia allí, así que nos quedamos en su casa. Yo tengo parte de mi familia allí también, pero solo mi primo y su esposa estaban allá.
Hay un río en Durazno, y pudimos disfrutar las aguas para refrescar nuestros cuerpos y divertirnos. Algunos amigos de allá fueron con nosotros.

El martes, mi primo, su esposa y todos nosotros, nos fuimos a Paso de los Toros. Viví 5 años allí cuando eran niño, desde 1983 hasta 1988. Tengo mis recuerdos más preciados de mi vida guardaditos allí. Les enseñé a mi familia la escuela a la que fui, la casa en la que viví, los lugares a los que solía ir y un montón de cosas. Casi toda mi familia por parte de padre estaba allí: mi abuela, mis tíos y tías y mis primos! Algunos de ellos fueron a Paso de los Toros la misma noche que nosotros, algunos al día siguiente. 22 miembros de la familia estaban allí! Un tío de Argentina llegó el mismo día que dejabamos Paso de los Toros, pero pudimos compartir algunos momentos juntos. Mi corazón estaba tan a gusto! Comíamos juntos, íbamos juntos al río y le dimos vida a nuestros recuerdos! Mi abuela estaba muy feliz porque pudo estar con casi todos sus hijos al mismo tiempo; confundía los nombres y situaciones a veces, pero su rostro estaba lleno de felicidad. La quiero muchísimo! Permanecimos en Paso de los Toros por dos días.

Y luego volvimos a Durazno por un día más.

Así que imagínense mi corazón ahora mismo! Estoy muy feliz y encuentro que hay muchos sentimientos empujando dentro mío para sonreír, abrazar mis recuerdos y disfrutar esta vida que vivo a cada paso de mi viaje.

Mi corazón está feliz!