This family has been at least as active in spreading around as has mine in Finland ;) There are relatives in Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia...
These are the three siblings on the side of Rocío's mother (from left to right, youngest to oldest): Antonio, Encarnacion and Maria Luisa. Antonio lives in Barcelona with his wife Mari and daughter Ana, whereas Maria Luisa with her family have remained closer - as the next-door neighbors to Rocío's family. In addition to Maria Luisa there are her husband Lorenzo and their son Luis Lorenzo. Their daughter Maria Monserrat lives in Villahermosa but works in the nearby village of Montiel, which is why her daughter Maria Lucia - the grandchild of Maria Luisa and Lorenzo - spends most of her days here. She appears to be a real favorite of all the village!
These are the three siblings on the side of Rocío's mother (from left to right, youngest to oldest): Antonio, Encarnacion and Maria Luisa. Antonio lives in Barcelona with his wife Mari and daughter Ana, whereas Maria Luisa with her family have remained closer - as the next-door neighbors to Rocío's family. In addition to Maria Luisa there are her husband Lorenzo and their son Luis Lorenzo. Their daughter Maria Monserrat lives in Villahermosa but works in the nearby village of Montiel, which is why her daughter Maria Lucia - the grandchild of Maria Luisa and Lorenzo - spends most of her days here. She appears to be a real favorite of all the village!
Here are the aforementioned siblings again, joined now by their mother Felipa, representing the oldest end of the family, and Maria Lucia as the youngest.
In this photo on the left Felipa, leaning on the car Maria Luisa and her son Luis Lorenzo who happens to be almost the same age as me. The man in the green shirt is Javi, the husband of the sister of Antonio's wife Mari. With his wife Mari Angeles they have two daughters, who are the two girls in white and gray clothes in the photo, Eva (the younger) and Marta. They also live in Barcelona, but like Antonio and his family, also come here to Villahermosa for the vacations during the summer. The last two remaining are again Maria Lucia with her back facing the camera and Ana, the daughter of Antonio and Mari, in the red shirt.
To make things just a little more complicated, I present to you another Antonio and his family :) Antonio is the husband of Eugenio's (Rocío's father, that is) sister Alberta. They are the two persons on the right. On the left are two of their five children: Paqui (white shirt) and Inmaculada - or Inma for short. In the middle is the boyfriend of Inma, Juan. In addition, Alberta and Antonio have three sons that are not in the picture: Antonio (one more!), Alberto and Jordi. The whole family lives in Barcelona also, and we have been invited to visit them when we go there in September. Invitation is gladly accepted :) Juan is a man of football (FC Barcelona) and wants to take me to the home stadium of the team...
Oh, and one more thing... There is the saying that every rule has an exception, right? Well, here we have one example of that. In Spanish, the equivalent of my name Ville is Guillermo and that is what Antonio (on the right) has been calling me ever since he learned that! Normally, I prefer my real name to be used, but with him we have an agreement to use the other, as there needs to be an exception. By the way, as simple as my real name is, to the Spanish people it is difficult to pronounce correctly, as they tend to say "V" as we say "B" and two "L"s become how we say "J" in Finland... "BIJJE" is what it sounds like without instructions on how to say it :)
Oh, and one more thing... There is the saying that every rule has an exception, right? Well, here we have one example of that. In Spanish, the equivalent of my name Ville is Guillermo and that is what Antonio (on the right) has been calling me ever since he learned that! Normally, I prefer my real name to be used, but with him we have an agreement to use the other, as there needs to be an exception. By the way, as simple as my real name is, to the Spanish people it is difficult to pronounce correctly, as they tend to say "V" as we say "B" and two "L"s become how we say "J" in Finland... "BIJJE" is what it sounds like without instructions on how to say it :)
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