Elia

Last night, Kendrick and I met Mauro´s family for dinner, at a sea side restaurant in Barcelona. One year old Elia was shy for just two minutes before she quickly got used to the strange looking visitors. By the end of dinner (of mouth-watering seafood paella), she was happily playing with me and Kendrick, and energetically smothering us with kisses. For me, she represented two firsts: a baby with curly brown hair, and a baby who loves eating lemons - not even a pucker!

Mauro also taught me another first. Take toasted bread, peel a clove of garlic, and rub the garlic all over the toast. Then cut a tomato in half and squeeze/rub the pulp against the toast. Drizzle in olive oil and add some salt, and there you have it - a traditional Spanish appetizer.