Well today was a day of many farewells and an emotional day for some, especially my mom. She is/more emotional than anyone else today which was quite funny. After our short jont in El Rastro this morning we headed out to the Vegas house, my other family.

My family(immediate) and I took the bus there because I had some left over bus passes. Now normally on my trip to Santo Domingo I almost always fall asleep, this time not the case, however some on my family members were nodding off or sleeping.

We arrived to the Vegas and greeted the dogs first. I didnt hear anyone outside, when I entered the house still didnt hear anything. I said hello and Miguel answered, my entire family was greeted with hugs from him.

He then went to find the rest of his family to tell them of my arrival. It was great to get a hug and to see all of them again. It has only been a week and it feels like something much longer.

After all the introductions were out of the way I went right to work. I was in charge of making the paella for this meal. I got to work preparing some things with Miguel while everyone else chatted. Oscar came in and started helping me along, his commment was "If this process goes any slower we wont eat until tomorrow." Im guessing that he was hungry but this was actually great. He ended up helping me out with the paella quite a bit.

The cooking actually went quite well, I received some great tips from Oscar(who makes some of the best paella) and well I cooked. Throughout the process the kids were popping in and out; checking on my progress and tasting the food, making sure that it was up to par with their fathers.

Dinner started with some of Oscar's home made gazpacho, which was excellent. Then we had a nice lunch. Although Oscar helped me a bunch, it didnt turn out as good as his, it was still great, just not the same as his.

We talked about various thing over the meal, from politics, to Oscars work, economy, mischief that finds me, activities with the kids, etc. We finished and moved onto dessert. As soon as that was all finished the playing began. A squirt gun found its way out, we played basketball, soccer, had piggy back races, and other activities.

Eventually we had to start winding down which was very sad. I gave the family/kids their last presents, mostly candy and some corpus cristi cookies. The kids then had to go, tenis and swimming after. So I said my last goodbye's to them and Irene. Oscar was very kind and gave us a ride to Madrid.

He was heading to the airport because he had to leave for Paris around seven. As I took my last looks around, gathered my things,(almost left without my main backpack) we headed towards Madrid. It's hard to believe that I have spent three months with this family. I was very lucky in coming across them. They are great and this was such a great experience.

It was a bit sad leaving the neighborhood, knowing that this is the last time that I will see most of it again. Oscar dropped us off at the metro and we said our last goodbye's. Like I mentioned before was my mom gets to emotional and almost started crying. Some brighter news is that Oscar would love to come visit in Montana, so we will be in touch and hopefully one day soon I will see them again