VIG in Madrid Part I

I am so delighted that my parents and aunt agreed to come to Europe for the first time. And also for the first time, I behave like one of the tourists. 

We covered the Royal Palace, Almudena Cathedral, Sol, Plaza Mayor, San Miguel Market, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, watch the Bullfights and of course enjoy the great Spanish food as well as the shopping.

Below are pictures of where we have visited. Next, I will blog about our road trip to Barcelona. My dad love the scenery of the Montserrat Mountain.

Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral

San Miguel Market

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

Watching my son from far

 I admit that I was a little emotional just now when I watched how my eldest son proved to me that he can be very independent. Since a baby, he was as sticky as the super glue to me as I am the only one taking care of him. Even now, he is sticky and sometimes a cry baby when he is with the family. 

After Enrique says bye to me, both his teacher and I watched him from far. He walked down the stairs and walked to his class, put down his backpack, took out his daily book and put his bag in place then walk into his class all by himself. I was so proud at that moment and I felt tears in my eyes. I am really proud of him, he has grown up to be independent.

Mummy and Daddy are proud of you Enrique! Keep it up.

Singapore Day in Madrid

If you have followed my blog, you know that I have been to London in March to attend the Singapore Day organised by the Overseas Singaporean unit. And I also shared that we did not get to enjoyed the food as the queue was terribly long and it turn us off from queuing. 

With the Singaporean group in Madrid, we decided to have our very own Singapore Day in Madrid. We were very lucky to hold this gathering at Cesar's parent house. Cesar is a Spanish who marry Shela, a Singaporean girl. Cesar claimed that he is 40% Singaporean, he can speaks Singlish better than the rest of the Singaporeans here. 

Both of them put in a lot of effort in decorating the place even the paper napkins and plates are all in red and white. We have Shervon who made us satays and stingy ray, Calvin got us taiwan sausages and prima taste satay sauce from Singapore. My mother-in-law was here and she made 'kong bak' (dark soya sauce meat) before she left to the airport, also Jessica prepared the Singapore style bee hoon. And of course some Spanish food too. It was a great catch up and the bond between us gets stronger too.

San Isidro 2014 Madrid

This year San Isidro festival is on 15 May, my spanish teacher dressed up to gave me lesson and shared with me about this special day in Madrid. Enrique was also told to dress up for his school. The story sounds interesting and apparently, this guy made a few miracles back then and became a Saint.

After fetching the boys from school, we decided to join in the fun at San Isidro fair. Read more about San Isidro here.