Wedding day

Not every couple can brag about having two weddings in two different continents ;) Our first wedding took place at the San Francisco City Hall. We were thrilled with the idea of getting married and had friends and family flying in for the occasion so we couldn't be happier.

Remember, it's always a good idea not to be late for your own wedding...

...but if you do, remember to ask the bridesmaid and best man to stall. Hey, we did manage to get married!

"Join us in the circle of love"

the ceremony in the Rotunda

the photoshoot

Afterwards, we decided to take the celebration elsewhere: a lounge on the top floor of a skyscraper with an amazing view of the city.

champagne at The View

the bouquet

And there's no party without food, right?

dinner at Bossa Nova

Last but not least, the wedding gifts :)

Can't wait for the next one!!

The bachelor party

sim, sim... muito subtil ;)

"olha mamas! eh eh!"

Inside another dome

San Francisco City Hall

The Rotunda

The fly dance

The lab has a new toy!! It's a camera with a magnifying glass :) Look at the video of the cool tephritid with its pretty wings.

Se puede cortar a la medida de sus cojones

it's good to know...

Muffin on the grass

oh no! is this Beatriz getting rabies?

feed me!!

Alameda Creek Trail

"gone with the wind"

ou em português "e a mokinha o vento levou"

Lake Tahoe

Californian side of the lake

Sierra Nevada and the sand on bottom of the lake

Nevada Stateline, home to 5 (yes, five!!!) casinos

who wants to play the roulette?

and the lake on Nevada's side

Poor Arnold

the first snow angel (notice the aureole)

the first snowball fight

sliding down the hill...

...it's so much fun!!

extremely cute raccoon that probably has rabies

the first snowman

and why should Arnold be happy if he's left outside in the cold?

Two Sierras Nevadas

And since I couldn't go to Sierra Nevada, Spain on the last weekend of March (poor me), Nuno took me to Sierra Nevada, California on the first weekend of April.

The weather was awesome, sunny, not cold at all, and we had to try skiing. Of course I had never skied before (plus I was jet lagged, which probably isn't an excuse for my poor skiing skills) and I forgot to put sunscreen on my face, so now I am all sore, bruised and I have a nasty sunburn, but all in all I had the time of my life :)

the gondola lifts

and its amazing view

took us directly into the heavenly mountain resort

first time skiers

I arrived to the conclusion that skiing is a lot more fun when you have a kamikaze in the group. Yep, that's me... bold + poor skiing skills = mokinha kamikaze! The only way I seemed to be able to stop was by going into things and our ski instructor must have had lots of fun taking photos of me crashing into the fence.

"look at me, i'm skiiiing!!!"

"oh-oh! how do i stop?"

into the fence

getting up

into the fence one more time

Now we're ready to climb to the top!

hmm... seems high

here we go!

the end result: two happy lobsters