Translation of courtyard in Spanish

By the way: I have now met a man who claims he is an expert in deep snow skiing... I find that very impressive for someone with only 3 years of snowboarding experience. It is probably just showing off.
Usually we write these messages twice a week. We also have a fanpage in Spanish where we need to write short messages. It is actually pretty boring but people respond to it. Don't ask me why they are doing it.
I was 10 days on vacation. We were in Portugal and Spain. It was very useful because I could improve my Portuguese, a little bit at least. Please send me pictures of your vacation too.