Hello from Villa Parmina in Taormina!

In other news, Chamu is really entering his "imitating" stage. When he sees anybody sleeping he'll shush us without prompting. And now one more Spanish word to his vocab: "Más!" (said with a good Panamanian accent, MAH).

Chamu can swim!

Joaquin and Costanza's First Kiss

At the Valley of the Temples

Street Urchin in Monreale

Look how dirty my feet are.

Chamu in Uva Heaven

Joaquin as Gandalf the Orange

Joaquin at B&B in Palermo

Joaquin runs his own Il Palio in Siena

Joaquin et las belles filles françaises

At the Parc near the Musee Carnavalet, two new playmates, one Joaquin, a rendezvous inside the playhouse... (until Dadu interrupted with his camera).

Dinner Time!

Waiting patiently for his formule....

The French make the world's most unsafe playground slides

Polished steel surfaces, studs along the sides, 90 degree turns, no slowing down area, yikes! I have the scars on my arms to prove it!

Chamu Meets His Twin Brother

Chamu Enjoying the City of Light (or not)

Au Revoir Mon Panama

{DADU and CHAMU both fell asleep in the lounge during our 7-hour layover in Miami}

After spending more than 3 weeks in Panama, today Joaquin waved goodbye to his grandparents early morning and resumed his world tour. Joaquin had so much fun in the last three weeks, learned to speak more Spanish (he can now say AQUA, UVA, and count to 3!), developed his passion for swimming (and grapes), and, more importantly, got to spend valuable time with his abuelos who love Joaquin so much. You can see from their eyes how proud and happy they are when they are with Joaquin. Three weeks just went by so fast and we have to start our RTW tour before Mamu and Dadu get too comfy with delicious home-cooked meals (and free childcare)! Abuelos promise to join us in Spain in 3 months and hopefully Joaquin can keep up with his charm and continue to surprise them with his tricks! Joaquin also had so much fun hanging out with Tias Carmen, Suli, Lauri and Tios Jorge & Tim and we are all very excited about the new addition to our family in Jan 2010 (Joaquin's little cousin)! See you all soon.

The most sought-after bachelor

Joaquin is the envy of all bachelors at this beautiful wedding that we attended over the weekend since he was able to charm all single (and married) ladies without much effort...