Madrid Flick

Here is a flick from our time in Madrid... Don't get confused... we are in Istanbul right now but just lagging on our productions haha. Anyway... Here it is... Oh ya, did we mention we loved Spain??

Untitled from Austin Walk on Vimeo.

P.S. I'm going on an island and I'm gonna bring a Sailboat, pencil, alligator, igloo, and napkins... try to come, I dare you

Madrid!!

Let me just sum up Madrid in a few words....

Gonzo's amazing house, water-balloons, futbol (soccer), eating, the Island game, cookies, playing, and pretty much just chillaxing!

so once again Gonzo and his brother Borja made our stay in Madrid oh so special. First off we stayed in their most amazing home with the best terrace ever. And every day we would eat breakfast outside and and just chill. The post might be a little scattered but here are some stories in no particular order....

1st.... let me introduce you to TASTE OF AMERICA.
Yes that is exactly what it is..a taste of America. They have everything American...to name a few, brown sugar, peanut butter, skittles, measuring cups, vanilla extract, nerds, brownie mixes, bagels and much much more. This store pretty much has everything that doesn't exist or is extremely hard to find in Madrid. After Gonzo bought the supplies we were off to make some good ole American cookies. Which is pretty much what we ate every single day while in Madrid. (I guess you just start to miss the small stuff after awhile)

2nd... Laydown. Well Austin did a little video about this place but Gonzo took us out to dinner one night to this amazing restaurant where you lay in beds watch a show and eat. I mean what more could I ask for...lounging and eating. It is really cool and the music was awesome and the food... unbelievable!
(we even tried Carpaccio...it's thin slices of raw meat...yes a little scary but i guess really popular)

me and Austin on our bed :)our little table we eat off of...
3rd...Waterballoons.Well let me just start out by saying i didn't have anything to do with this debauchery but I did watch. (not true, Sara hucked a couple off the terrace without even looking!) So for Austin's birthday I bought him a pack of water-balloons..well he would throw one here or there but THEN we got to Gonzos and he lives in a huge apartment on the ninth floor, has a patio, and is right across from a street with about 20 taxis every day all day...so needless to say he was excited. lets just say they threw water-balloons at the taxis all the time and before we left Austin had turned Gonzo into a water balloon monster (he ended up being more addicted than Austin)

4th... Six Flags...well sort of.
So they have a mini six flags in Madrid and Borja and Gonzo took us. It was a lot of fun..here are some of my favorite pics.

ha ha right before we left they wanted to go on this weird spinney ride (which i opted not to ride). It ended up being really really lame and not fun at all...this was captured right after it was over...ha ha they were so disappointed and Austin was so uncomfortable!
5th..The Bernebeu!! (real Madrid soccer stadium)
Well Gonzo's family has season tickets to Real Madrid and so they get free tours when ever. So they brought us! (A few weeks later Austin went with Gonzo to a Game!)

the field

this is where the team sits during the game... a streaker ran across the field ha ha not really...but seriously...
the museum
our press conference...

Austin and the FAKE Casillas...


Austin and the REAL Casillas...yes he actually got to meat him weeks later. We were just lounging outside and he drove up in his car so Austin got an autograph and a little chat.

Gonzo chatting with him...
6th.... The Madrid Temple.
How amazing is this picture...i took this right after conference it looked so pretty at night
We had a chance to go to the temple and do Sealings...then we spent the next two days at a conference-athon. Cause of the time difference they show like 4 sessions in one day but it was so wonderful I loved every second!

7th...Just random pics of Madrid

relaxing on Gonzo's terace

the view from his terrace....so pretty


Gonzo and Nieto

look he really is a PRINCE!

Thanks Spain and especially to Gonzo and Borja for everything that they did for us. We are so blessed that we met them and can now call them friends. I hope one day we can do as much for them as they did for us!
We love you guys :)

TheLaydown

This is a flick from our favorite restaurant in Madrid. It's called the Laydown... you eat, while you laydown. Genius...

Laydown from Austin Walk on Vimeo.

Its a bird, Its a plane...

Gonzo the prince....and now THE HERO!!!

I mean literally Gonzo is a hero. So here is a crazy story for all of you, and let me just tell you i wish you were all there cause it was WAY better in person!

and so the story begins....

So on our first day in Madrid we decided to do a little sightseeing. We headed over to a place called Plaza Colon, where there are these huge rocks everywhere. Well we decided to take some pics.....

Gonzo was setting up the tripod and Austin was filming, and while all of this was happening I set down my purse and camera next to me. Well we took some pics, then I went to grab my camera to take some too and......my purse and camera are GONE!! Yes, that is right, GONE!! Instantly my heart jumps into my throat. I look up and both Austin and Gonzo are talking to a guy who is pointing up the street (and telling them in spanish that someone just took my camera and purse and left) Well I jump off the stoop and just start running...for who, I don't even know, I just am so upset I don't know what else to do.
While I'm running, two people intercept me and start talking to me in spanish (way too fast) and keep pointing to the left.... I'm frantic cause I don't know what they are saying to me.
Well I then look to my right and I see Gonzo beating this guy up, holding him in a head lock, giving him a few face punches, and then giving him a good kick. The guy struggles and starts to run away....and all I can think is... this guy isn't holding anything...who the heck is Gonzo beating up?? So I run back to get the stuff that we left over by the rock (that this guy was watching for us). Austin runs up and I tell him that these two people are pointing up the street, so he hands me a backpack and Gonzo's camera and takes off in that direction.

I'm still in a panic and Gonzo comes running up all bloody and hurt and he is like "do you have your purse??"
I'm like..."NO"
he says "look in the backpack is it all there? "
At this moment I realize I'm holding a backpack that doesn't belong to any of us...I set it down, zip it open....and there it all is!!! my purse and my camera!!!

Okay.....so now that you heard everything from my point of view...let me just tell you what REALLY happened (the part I didn't see).

After the guy pointed that someone took my stuff....Gonzo just ran around the rock looking for the guy. Apparently the thief took my stuff and shoved it in his backpack. Gonzo knew immediately and ran up behind the guy, tripped him, then took the backpack from him. He then told him he was taking him to the police and the guy started to get away. So Gonzo hands the back pack over to Austin and then goes running after the thief. That is where I saw him...beating up a guy that was empty handed.
Meanwhile (the thief's friends) were telling me to run in the opposite direction giving him time to get away.... which is where Austin started running..

Ha ha but little did we know was that Gonzo had already retrieved my stuff and was trying to take the thief to the police!!!

Honestly I don't know what we would have done if Gonzo wasn't there. First off I would have been looking for a guy holding a purse, and never would have looked for a guy with a backpack. Plus me and Austin were looking in the opposite direction!!!

So the story ends so happily!! I got my stuff back!! Gonzo honestly saved the day....I would be without my camera, wallet, i-touch, money, and left with a headache of problems to deal with!


here are some of Gonzo's battle wounds

ha ha this shirt used to be white....THANK YOU GONZO!!!!!!

San Sebastian PART 3

San Sebastian Part 3

Staring the prince of Spain Gonzo and his Brother Borja (two of our all time favorite people)

San Sebastian's last post

wow we seriously did so much, saw so much and played so much that I had to do 2 posts and now here is the third and final post. There is honestly so much to tell that I am going to be pretty short and sweet and just share a whole bunch of pics.

First... the sites of the beautiful place we lived for a month

The La Concha beach in San Sebastian

sun setting at the Zurriola beach


bridge into Old Town

this is one of my favorite sites....me holding my favorite helado yum yum yum!!El Buen Pastor...an amazing church in down town
us three just hanging out. We sat here in this spot playing cards and eating cookies till it got dark it was so fun!!


So one day at Ingrid and Javis house they had a surprise party for the Branch Presidents wife. It included food and musical chairs. ha ha it was so funny, if you lost you had to pick up a balloon and pop it and do what ever it said inside. Austin lost one round so he had to propose to this guy in a Cuban accent...everyone loved it!
Im really going to miss this family they were so wonderful to us!!! Ingrid taught me how to make home made taquitos...pretty much the best thing ever!

One day we all took a mini road trip up to Asturias to pick up Gonzos Girlfriend Eugenia ....while in the car the guys decided to have a cheese ball eating contest...Austin 35 Gonzo 34 (but Gonzo did run out of cheese balls so the score could have been different)

ha ha they look so uncomfortable in the pictures

all of us in Asturias such a pretty view
the view of Asturias



So one Saturday Borja and some of his friends came up from Madrid to do a surf day. It included all day beach, yummy kebabs, and dinner at Gonzos house it was an amazing day :)some new friends

back at Gonzo's house...the boys playing with the underwater camera
One night a few of us took a walk along the water....you end up at this area with these blow holes. You wait for the waves to crash under the stone walkway and then this big gush of air shoots up its so funny!!
cute pic of Gonzo and Eugenia


Last but not Least....Gonzos Summer house in Getaria


This summer house is like a dream it is so unbelievably gorgeous, green and so peaceful!! We felt so lucky we got to go hang out there. It is decorated so beautifully, and used to be a hotel how fun???

look at these studs cooking sausages!!!

here are some pics from one of the times we ate there...so yummy! And see those things in the top left corner? Well those tasty little guys are called torrijas (they are kind of like little french toasts) and they are oh so goodBosco

So Gonzos mom is the most amazing decorator ever!!! seriously!! Here is one of the cute bathrooms.Their dinning room (his mom designed the chandelier....it is so beautiful) and how cute is the stove in the kitchen??
well that is all there is to tell of San Sebastian!! It was so much fun honestly we had the best time in one of the most beautiful places ever!!! Now off to Madrid