Growing up...

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll remember that when I first moved to Spain, I lived for several years with my Peruvian friends, Ada and Gabriela. Gabriela was only ten years old at the beginning, and I became sort of a surrogate grandmother (as her own grandma was in Peru.) In August 2010, one of my blog posts showed this photo of how Gabriela and Teddi were both growing up.

Nine more years have passed since then. Now Teddi is the ten year old, and Gabriela is already twenty. This week, she moves away from home, going to study at University. She's actually studying with Granada University, but will be based at the campus that's in Melilla, a Spanish city on the north coast of Africa.

Ada will fly down with her this week, to help her settle in to her new accommodation. While they're gone, I'll be "babysitting" - looking after their two little dogs and taking them for long walks in the forest with my usual gang. We'll be a six dog pack for a whole week.