Visiting Mattie’s family in their summer home in Montalivet is filled with a lot of good food, a lot of play time with the little ones (Mattie has three very little awesome siblings), a bit of surfing and a lot of handstand trials at the beach (my recent obsession is to do a handstand which I am completely bad at).

While I’m here, I’m detached from anything electronic and often forget to take photos. But I managed to grab these two photos from one dinner – a super tasty paella and a Mattie’s grandma’s homemade pear liquor with a whole pear inside the bottle.

And here are two questions for you:
1. How come paellas never have enough chorizo? (I don’t have the answer to this)
2. How did Mattie’s grandma put the whole pear in the bottle? (I have the answer to this)

Hope you also have some time away from electronics.