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This fall, after starting the school and work, it was time for a few new adventures. There were two particular events that left us with memories to last: excursion with our Belgian friends to valley of Anso and Hecho, which are valleys in the Pyrenees and are considered some of the most spectacular, with villages that only relatively recently were connected to the modern civilizations; and my trip to Alcañiz, which is a host town to Moto GP, featuring world famous track and event.
Our trip to Anso and Hecho was superb: we explored little villages, had typical Spanish comida (lunch) featuring migas (meal made of breadcrumbs, garlic and mushrooms) wine and local lamb, participated in local village fiesta, which included its street bull run and drank some really amazing Pyrenees beer, which is not typical to encounter in Spain (beer here has much to learn from Canada). We climbed a mountain on the Oza de Selva, hiking about 5km up with elevation change of about 670 meters and enjoyed a hidden lake at the top, as well as spectacular vistas of Spanish and French Pyrenees. It was an unforgettable track, the girls did super well and on the way back I even managed to pick some fresh juniper berries for gin tonics to be made the next day.
Then, at the end of September, I had VIP tickets to the Moto GP event due to our company being one of the main sponsors of Moto2 team, which is a 600cc category. Event was real fun: 3 full days of motorcycles, unbelievable noise, tire burning, crashes, winners, food and celebrity riders. As part of out VIP experience, we got to stay in the same area as the riders, eat there and talk to people that love the sport. Our team was made up of Pol Espargaro, Tito Rabat and Axel Pons, son of Sito Pons, 1992 moto2 world champion and owner of the team. We got to meet Sito, the three riders and got to watch them race both on the track and out of their team box on pit lane.
Aside from our team picking up 2nd and 3rd place in the event, we also met Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, who were competing in the MotoGP category, where Pedrosa crashed in the final due to his teammate clipping his back tire accidentally.
It was a great event, complete with great show, food and weather. It took me a few days to regain my hearing, but it was all worth the trouble. Hoping to go back next year.
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This fall, after starting the school and work, it was time for a few new adventures. There were two particular events that left us with memories to last: excursion with our Belgian friends to valley of Anso and Hecho, which are valleys in the Pyrenees and are considered some of the most spectacular, with villages that only relatively recently were connected to the modern civilizations; and my trip to Alcañiz, which is a host town to Moto GP, featuring world famous track and event.
Our trip to Anso and Hecho was superb: we explored little villages, had typical Spanish comida (lunch) featuring migas (meal made of breadcrumbs, garlic and mushrooms) wine and local lamb, participated in local village fiesta, which included its street bull run and drank some really amazing Pyrenees beer, which is not typical to encounter in Spain (beer here has much to learn from Canada). We climbed a mountain on the Oza de Selva, hiking about 5km up with elevation change of about 670 meters and enjoyed a hidden lake at the top, as well as spectacular vistas of Spanish and French Pyrenees. It was an unforgettable track, the girls did super well and on the way back I even managed to pick some fresh juniper berries for gin tonics to be made the next day.
Then, at the end of September, I had VIP tickets to the Moto GP event due to our company being one of the main sponsors of Moto2 team, which is a 600cc category. Event was real fun: 3 full days of motorcycles, unbelievable noise, tire burning, crashes, winners, food and celebrity riders. As part of out VIP experience, we got to stay in the same area as the riders, eat there and talk to people that love the sport. Our team was made up of Pol Espargaro, Tito Rabat and Axel Pons, son of Sito Pons, 1992 moto2 world champion and owner of the team. We got to meet Sito, the three riders and got to watch them race both on the track and out of their team box on pit lane.
Aside from our team picking up 2nd and 3rd place in the event, we also met Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, who were competing in the MotoGP category, where Pedrosa crashed in the final due to his teammate clipping his back tire accidentally.
It was a great event, complete with great show, food and weather. It took me a few days to regain my hearing, but it was all worth the trouble. Hoping to go back next year.
As the school year was starting,
we organized a “take your children to work” day at our offices. If was a very nice event where families and
children got to see where their parents work, bounce on bouncy castles, get
their faces painted and have a few snacks. We had over 600 people show up, and the event
was very welcomed by our staff. Since HP
provides technologies for many animated movies, this year’s theme was TURBO, a
new animated movie by Dreamworks. Kids
like these things and were able to take pictures looking like snails. Now they have no excuse when asked where their
daddy works (mind you, I still have not found a great way to explain exactly
what I do to themJ)…
