After that we went back to the apartment to get ready for Emilio to come get us.
We picked up Pilar (Emilio's wife) and then arrived at Mari Angeles' house where Miguel (husband) was waiting and Sonia (Mari Angeles' daughter with her daughter Nora) quickly arrived. Enrique (my cousin) and his wife Louisita arrived first with their sons Ignacio and Juan Carlos. Then Armonia (my cousin) and her daughter Rosamari showed up, but Sergio couldn't make it because of work.
My cousin Adelita and her sons Cesar and Xavier didn't make it either. I think that covers everyone.
Lively conversation, lots of shouting (as it should be), some intransigence on the part if one JC with respect to the morality and threat to the human condition of homosexual relationships - apparently female partners are ok but not make partnerships (hmm, a little psycho-erotic thinking here.?)
Anyhow, a nice time. We went to Emilio's house afterwards to see his daughters that had just gotten off work - Ma. Pilar and Ma. Jose with their daughters Martina, Carolina (Pilar) and ?.?
After a short visit with Emilio's family, and a tour of his house, which still has his father's, my uncle Emilio's, carpentry shop with all the original tools and walls. I remember going there for lunch when I was seven - memory lane.
Then back to Valencia where he dropped us off and we went for a nice dinner to celebrate Sonia's birthday - finally found time and a day where we weren't stuffed from lunch! Lunch had dorado asado (grilled giltfish), I had solomio con foie (beef with chicken liver) and Sonia had some of the appetizers and un bocadillo de solomio.
It was a nice dinner, quiet after all the hubub of midday, and a nice way to end the day.
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