One Day Getaway from Barcelona: Banyoles + Besalú

The hubby had been asking me to go on a Sunday getaway for the whole winter, but being it so cold, who would want to go out anywhere for the whole day?? So when the weather got all spring-like we knew it was our chance! 

And so we on a 1-day getaway we went! It was the hubby who chose the location this time, and it was Banyoles, a town an hour and a half away from Barcelona. 

The most typical thing in Banyoles is its huge natural lake. Lots of water sports take place in it, and going on a stroll or riding around it is absolutely wonderful. 

We rented a couple bikes, one of which had a cute chair for Liam at the front. Honestly, I had never seen a baby chair like this one. All the ones I had ever seen were at the back, and we loved this one! Liam had a blast being able to see everything and getting a hold of the handlebar! 

During our ride around the lake, I accidentally saw a road sign to Besalú at just 7km away! Besalú is one of my favorite medieval towns ever, it's absolutely gorgeous. 

I didn't know we were that close, and of course after lunch off we went to Besalú! I did a video too and hopefully I can upload it on my YouTube channel soon :)

I would love it if you guys want to leave some 1-day or weekend getaway trip ideas (from Barcelona!) below in the comments! =)

London 2016

This was my third time in London, and undoubtedly the best. The hubby and I traveled by yourselves without Liam or other family members after not having done so since our honeymoon a couple years ago. It felt like a second honeymoon to me! It was also a magnificent break from all the frenzy we've been going through lately, as if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you will have seen we just opened our shoe stores in Barcelona, and this has had a great deal of work behind. 

I was extremely happy we got to meet up with my BFF Soraya and her boyfriend, who currently live in Cambridge and came all the way to London on Sunday to spend an afternoon with us. I can't wait to show you all about it in the YouTube video I'm editing.

One of the things I was most looking forward to for this trip was visiting Maitre Choux in South Kensington, an amazing eclairs shop {by a Spanish maitre actually!} that I couldn't wait to try! We tried two and all I can say is they're not only the prettiest I've ever seen, they're also the yummiest. Good job! I absolutely loved them.

The highlight of this trip, and the reason why Liam didn't come with us, was going to the theatre to watch Billy Elliot. It was unbeatable! I hadn't been to the theatre for a while {mommy's life!} and I had the best time!!! I highly recommend it.

I was impressed at the beauty of London's Chinatown. I had never been and I thought it was so cool! Not only the location itself, but the food, made our mouth {the hubby's specially} all watery!

For one of our dinners we went to Burger&Lobster, a restaurant in which they only serve 3 dishes, and so there is not even a menu. You can have a lobster (grilled or steamed), a lobster roll, or a burger. Each costs 20 pounds, which is pretty expensive but we did enjoy it a lot! I had the lobster roll and I must say it was way better than Luke's in Tokyo, way more expensive too, of course!

Our hotel was perfectly located in Piccadilly Circus (The Z hotel Piccadilly, highly recommended), and so Covent Garden was just 5 minutes walking distance, hence is where we had lunch the first day, in this really cosy place called Chez Antoinette, which is owned by a French girl and we were delighted to have stumbled upon.

We did some touristy stuff on our last day before heading back to Barcelona, it's always nice to see London's main attractions again.

And last but not least, we went to Sketch for afternoon tea! Sketch is an insane restaurant in the heart of the city, one of the most beautiful restaurants I've ever seen. Their Gallery Room, where we had our afternoon tea, is all pink and gorgeous and dreamy and and and I totally loved it!!!! The light was not the best at that time for pictures, but believe me, it's a girl's dream. The egg shaped toilets were another mind-blowing experience, whoever could have thought of that?! There's more of this in the video too, I can't wait to have the time to finish editing it!

We all know how London's weather is, so it did rain a bit indeed, but overall it was better than my expectations, and not too cold either. Such a lovely trip, I can't wait for another one :)

Merry Xmas 2015

Merry little Christmas, everyone! I know this comes a bit early but with these gorgeous pictures I got a couple days ago, I just couldn't wait any longer to show them all to you! I'm absolutely in love with how they came out, such a great memory for years to come of little Liam and his second Christmas. The pictures are by talented Nagira, to whom I'm so grateful for fitting us in even though I arrived when her Christmas schedule was already closed. Yay to these beautiful pictures, I couldn't like them any better!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 2015

New AMWF YouTube Channel

Some months ago, one of my friends mentioned a YouTube channel to me that, she said, I might be interested in. Knowing as she does that it is my dream to have four kids, she recommended channel Verdeliss, the life of a stay-at-home mom who has four kids and expecting twins #5 and #6, even though she's our age! If you speak Spanish and you're interested in seeing how to run a house with 4 kids, I strongly recommend her channel to you. I myself got addicted to it and have been watching sooo many videos these last few days. I loved the idea of recording the everyday life of our family, so I decided I'd give it a shot, too! That's why I've just opened a YouTube channel, where I plan to feature our life as a (currently) AMWF family of 3, and eventually (hopefully) a family of 6! 

I love going through my old blog posts and seeing what I was up to some years ago, and I think videos get even more personal, and I will enjoy watching them later on even more. I don't have many videos of Liam's first year of life, and it's something I regret deeply. Hopefully this new YouTube project will put an end to the lack of videos! I hope you like this first video I've prepared, in which we feature our 24-hour routine on a regular day. The video was recorded on Tuesday November 10th, and it shows how our family spends a normal school/workday. 

If you do like it, please give it thumbs up, and SUBSCRIBE! <3

My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy

No, this is not about the hubby and I. Jeff is from Hong Kong, which is not in Japan despite lots of people in Spain still thinking Hong Kong is a Japanese city.

This is about an awesome comic book by Grace, a girl from the US, on her daily life in Japan with her Japanese husband, Ryosuke. Truth be told, I think Jeff and Ryosuke look kinda alike! Anyway, Grace is this super talented girl who draws comics for fun, mostly on weird thinks about Japan or on her intercultural relationship. I LOVE to read them. They're so witty and well drawn it's amazing! Plus, being married to an Asian man myself, I can relate to a pretty good amount of them!

Grace has just published her first comic book, called "My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy", and I just had to share it with all of you. I've enjoyed reading it so much! The comics are hilarious and interesting, for they reveal many interesting stuff from Japan you may not necessarily know about: Japanese food, beauty, traditions, social etiquette... lots of interesting topics westerners may not be familiar with. You can read some of Grace's comics on her blog, or you can order a copy of her book and enjoy the whole lot! 

I totally forgot how I first found out about Grace and her blog several months ago, but I've been in love with her adorable comics ever since! I hope you guys enjoyed this review and you'll like her comics as much as I do.

Haters gonna hate

Guess what, I caused a stir on the net! Yes, you can now find a 9-page long and counting thread on forum site puahate.com about me and my relationship, featuring more than 30 pictures of myself and statements of opinion from all the members about my relationship, including bets on my divorce date and speculation about my romance with FC Barcelona's central defender Gerard Piqué. The threat is called Rate this Caucasian girl and her Asian fiance and you can read the whole thing by clicking here.

Everyone in the forum seems to agree J is a Hong Kong billionaire beta-providing for me for the rest of my life. Most of them even congratulated me on being such a clever girl for tying the knot with this rich Asian to secure a nice life ahead. Well, thank you, I also think J is a catch!

Now read carefully below!

Thank you for the praise on my pics. I try to have very high quality images on my blog, there's life after the mobile phone's camera! Something called DSLR... Wonder if you've ever heard of it. Oh, there's another software you may want to look into, it's called photoshop, for the lighting and stuff.

1. I never said my online store wasn't gonna be a job. There's more to work than doing it for someone else. I'm an entrepreneur happily devoting myself to my own project.

2. Could you read my sentence again? I said my store was launched a week ago, not that it took a week to launch it! There were several months of preparation for that to happen...

3. It's a casual book with lots of pics that will sell better than any boring academic stuff.

Oh, you again, hi there. Try 4. She will make four babies with him (yes, that's our plan) and live together happily ever after. We've even been stroller shopping!

Yes, it is :) J and I met in university five years ago. We were just friends in the beginning, although I had always secretly had a crush on him, and finally started going out together in senior year, three years ago. He's the most gorgeous guy I've ever seen (besides being the most caring and loving as well), one of my favorite parts from his body being zero chest hair. Eeeww to all those hairy caucasians out there! I would be more than happy if our babies were to look like J, wasn't he the most adorable thing? *o*

J is a billionaire! Woohoo! At least according to these guys below, who have known him for his whole life:

Now how awesome is my billionaire life?!