Nikki

I've been writing a lot more words in Spanish lately as I gear up for giving lessons in Spanish so I (well really, Greg) recently figured out how to use accents and punctuation elements in Spanish, which has made my life much easier!

Go to System Preferences, click International and then choose US-Extended. Once you're set up with that, the keyboard shortcuts are as follows:

option+e+vowel = accented vowel (lower case)
option+e+shift+vowel = accented vowel (upper case)
option+1 = upside down exclamation ¡
option+shift+? = upside down question ¿
option+n+letter = tilde over letter ñ

You can also experiment by holding down option and pressing random keys.

¡Allí está, suerte!

So...we're back in Denver. Of course, our house is rented out to some Democrats until September (they're throwing a party you may have heard about) so we're not 100% "back home" but it sure feels close to that.

Knaddison Spanish Tour

We were gone for a little while. 9 months. Where were we? See, we went to Spain and then Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Denver, California, Denver. We even wrote a ton about our trip if you like to read about those places. But, now we're back in Denver and are excited to be home. In fact, a large part of the trip was learning about the Spanish Language and Culture. We did really fun stuff like take this video of winemaking in Argentina and then cut it together into this movie:

Spanish School - Denver Spanish House

I always buy bananas and forget to eat them, so why not turn brown bananas into a tasty treat!

3 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 cups partly mashed bananas
1/4 cups creme fraiche or sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/3 cups walnuts

Prehead oven to 350. Butter 2 9X5 pans and dust with flour.

Mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into bowl.

Beat together eggs and sugar with electric mixer until thick and pale mixture forms a ribbon when beater is lifted. Mix in bananas, creme fraiche, and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture and walnuts.

Bake for 1 to 1.2 hours!