after seeing this...

I have to start do something in python again :) Long time no code!

I started taking a look at GUIs, which I never did in python. Let's see what I can do!

and x-mas starts... in two days!

Last year, when I discovered this crazy day called J-dag I got a shock... how can christmas start the first friday of november? But this second year... I've been waiting for it! The crazy day is a biiiig party!

Are you doing something special? I'll be in Harrys Kælder... hope to see you there!

Oh... and merry christmas to all!!

ja és nadal a dinamarca!

Increïble... aquest divendres comença el nadal amb l'arribada de la cervesa de nadal! Tota la propaganda que m'arriba a casa està plena de tonteries nadalenques, i les botigues ja comencen a adornar els aparadors... són bojos aquests danesos!!!

Prometo fotos de la super festa de nadal d'aquest divendres! Hi haurà gorros de nadal, adornaments per tot arreu.. i cervesa de nadal en abundància.. i gratis!

danish language...

Watch and laugh ;)

these days at work...

... I have to do a lot of testing... booooring!!!

speaking danish

Dear Friends,

I really need to start speaking Danish now... I am going to class in the official language school, but I need a bit more.

I am looking for some private lessons, where I can talk more than in the school... does anyone know a place where I can do that near the centre of Aarhus, and in the evenings? Please leave a comment if you have any advice, or send me an email :)

sweet

Last week one of my friends said it was very nice I was staying in Denmark because my voice sounds so sweet when I speak danish.. :)

These kind of things make the effort of learning danish worthy!

busy... and enjoying it!

It has been one month since last post... quite a busy month! :)

I've had some visits. First my mum and then Ve.
My mum came to spend a weekend with me, see my new nice tiny apartment and do a bit of tourism around Denmark. We rented a car and drove to the northern point of Jylland, Skagen, where the two seas fight against each other! We had fun, good meals, nice talks and... incredibly good weather!!! Check out the pics to get jealous immediately!

Ve came just two days after my mum left... not in the exact same plan... we partied quite a lot! ;) We also had fun, good talks, good drinks and we can't complaint much about the weather... we went to Copenhagen for the weekend and we didn't get wet!

Well, this month hasn't been only about visits... I have great news: I got a permanent contract in Kamstrup, where I have been working the last months! That means I can stay in Denmark as long as I want, not worrying about contracts... I have a good job, a nice flat... now I only need to speak danish ;) And that is coming soon... next tuesday I have my first exam in the language school. That doesn't mean I'll be speaking danish from next week, but it does mean that I'm trying hard, and that I'm improving!

Oh, and I can't forget about these news... I will go all Christmas holidays home!!! I already have the tickets! From the 23rd of December to the 8th of January! I'm looking forward to these family and friends days!

I hope I can come with good news about my exam next week... vi ses snart!

Raviolis a la gracienca

[For the english speakers: I promise next recipe will be in english! But don't hesitate and ask for translations :) ]

Suposo que la primera pregunta serà: perquè "a la gracienca"? Doncs bé, aquesta recepta ens la vam inventar amb l'alba aquests dies que va està a casa meva, a Århus. Suposo que no et sap greu que publiqui la recepta aquí, oi? :) I l'alba i jo ens vam conèixer a gràcia, el nostre barri...

Va ser una recepta improvisada.. però ens va agradar tant que l'he repetit més d'una vegada i he decidit escriure-la perquè altra gent en pugui treure profit!

Ingredients:

• Raviolis frescos (nosaltres vam usar-ne uns d'espinacs i parmesà.. boníssims!)
• Ceba
• Pastanaga
• Xampinyons
• Sal, pebre
• Espècies variades una mica picantones (algunes que he usat són: harissa, chili, comí)
• Oli d'oliva

Com es fa:

Tallar la ceba en mitges llunes, la pastanaga a tires primes i els xampinyons a làmines.
A foc lent, sofregir la ceba amb oli d'oliva fins que estigui tova i daurada. Afegir la pastanaga i deixar-la una mica abans d'afegir els xampinyons. Un cop tots els ingredients són a la paella, tirar la sal, el pebre i les espècies al gust.
Mentre es fa el sofregit, bullir la pasta fresca.
Un cop està tot apunt, afegir la pasta cuita a la paella amb el sofregit i fer-li un parell de remenades i servir al moment.

Si es té formatge ratllat bonet segur que hi queda boníssim!

Bon profit!!!

(Em sap greu, però d'aquest plat no en tinc cap foto.. de moment ;) )

Gazpacho de síndria

El gazpacho de síndria és una variant del gazpacho típic. Té un toc dolcet, i va perfecte per fer quan et fan comprar una síndria sencera (a Århus no les venen tallades...) i vius sola ;)

Ingredients:

• síndria madura (mínim 1/2 quilo)
• tomàquests madurs (la mateixa quantitat de tomàquests que de síndria)
• pebrot verd (o vermell... queda diferent però bo)
• una mica d'all (jo no en poso.. que em destrossa l'estómac.. però segur que hi queda bo)
• molla de pa
• vinagre (millor del bo, tipus mòdena)
• oli d'oliva
• una mica d'aigua freda (no sempre cal)
• sal i pebre

Com es fa:

Deixar un got d'aigua a la nevera, per si ens fa falta.
Escaldar els tomàquets i pelar-los. Tallar els tomàquest, la síndria i el pebrot (i l'all) a trossos i posar-ho en un bol tapat amb papaer film a la nevera duarnt una hora, perquè els sabors es barregin.
Deixar el pa remullant-se amb una mica de vinagre durant uns minuts.
Passar tots els ingredients pel minipimer i salpebrar al gust. Afegir una mica d'aigua si està massa espès.

Deixar-lo a la nevera fins al moment de servir. Es pot guarnir amb trossets de síndria o tomàquet o pebrot.

Bon profit!

I love cooking...

Yes, I do! And I like cooking specially when I have friends to enjoy the meal with. And even more if we cook all together.
So I decided that from now on, I will post here all or some recipes of the dishes I cook. They will be under the label "cooking", and some of them will be in catalan, or spanish or english... maybe even in danish at some point ;) So, if you are interested in any of them and can't understand it just ask me for translation!

Bon profit!

I can do it!

With this new blog my new life is starting. It's true that I have been here in Denmark for a while, that I moved to my new place more than one month ago, that I already had some danish lessons... But now that I started my own blog, my own pictures gallery it feels more like I am living my own life.
I want to thank all the friends that helped me in the process, some of them helped even without knowing they were doing so.
So.. what now?
I am installed in my place in the centrum of Århus.. I love this apartment! I am still working in Kamstrup, and I'm really happy with that :) And I'm learning danish to be able to understand people around me. In my free time... I go to the marked on saturdays, I cook and enjoy my kitchen, I read, I meet my friends... just a normal and not stressed life! I was looking forward to that! hehe

Now there is a friend from Barcelona here with me. She leaves tomorrow :( I haven't been that happy and enjoying life for a long time! Laughing together, drinking together, talking about everything, and also being together in some bad moments we've been through... Merci per ser-hi!!!
She leaves tomorrow... but my cousin and aunt are coming on sunday for 5 days, and then I'll have my mum visiting on september and also two friends from manresa (spain)... so I won't be bored! It's so nice to have people visiting you!

hello world :)

Hello to everyone!
Hola a tothom!

Aquest és el meu nou blog! A partir d'ara rebreu notícies meves des d'aquí, escrivint des de la meva caseta de dinamarca!

This is my new blog! From now on you'll hear from me here, writing from my new tiny place in denmark!