Malaga & Marbella '08
June 3, 2008
We did not know that May 15th was a
major holiday in Spain when we planned
the start of our European '08 Odyssey.
Many people think a medical or dental problem
abroad would be a
nightmare, but it does not have
to be that way. No one wants these
things to happen
We just love this life on the road! You would think we would get tired of our little movable home, but we were all
Getting Geeky, Alltop & Changes
April 14, 2008
Can you believe Guy Kawasaki at Alltop
picked Soultravelers3 as one of the
top travel sites in cyberspace?
Mozart’s first Flamenco recital in a 15th
century Andalusian village on
December
22nd, 2006 when she was six years old
Holiday Letter: Spain 2007
February 13, 2008
Dear family and friends,
As you can tell by our 2007 blog, it has been
another very exciting year of travel for us!
I was a little disappointed when I first saw
the city of Barcelona as I
had heard so many
raves about it and it just seemed huge,
Curves, colors, sculpture, mosaics and light
help shape the magic and
mystical genius
of Gaudi.
Finally, we have found the Spain that we
imagined! We ran into delays
when we
picked up our camper, mainly because we
We were excited to see the Prado on
this gorgeous spring day and the
Tintoretti
exhibition. With a child, one has to go
We thought we would spend lots of time
in Madrid this past winter since
we have
lots of friends through our church there
Despite our flying into Madrid, it was a
long day’s night leaving
Africa. We left
Essouria at one in the afternoon and did
It was really people that made this Easter
holiday special, but Mozart
was also thrilled
that the Easter Bunny found her as this is
It was sad to see our guests leave as the time flew by so quickly, but we were all enriched by the visit and it was nice also to go back to our quiet life
It is the most visited place in Spain,
a Unesco World Heritage Site and one
of the greatest treasures in Europe.
It was a shock to drive to our village, get
to our house and see our
front window wide
open to the air! We were a little confused
We headed east to see the Nerja prehistoric
caves and the Balcon de
Europa/Balcony of
Europe which is a spectacular viewing point.
Oops, poor baby, a little drama added
to the mix! Mozart bumped her eye
on the
jacuzzi wall while swimming with dad and
We had yet another fantastic lunch!
This one at the four star Palmera
Plaza
Grand Hotel and again we were the only
This great massive mosque, covering
several square acres, is simply
indescribable and astonishing.
We took the fast Ave train from Seville to
Cordoba right after our morning breakfast
on the terrace at the Amadeus.
“There is no better way to be part
of Sevilla’s life than thru the
tapas
experience.
After seeing the Cathedral and Alcazar
we were tired and famished as we
had
an early breakfast before hitting the
My favorite part of the Real Alcazar were
the gardens which are a combination
of Arab, French and Renaissance style.
We all just loved Spain’s oldest bullring in
Ronda! Plaza De Toros was
astonishingly
beautiful and a great introduction to the
The first night of our “Three Generations in Spain Tour”, we spent in Marbella at the Marriott Marbella Beach Resort.
There is nothing like fresh bread from
the bread man dipped into home made
soup to bring comfort on a winters day.
I thought I would put a few pages from Mozart’s math work
that she is
doing at home for our records, those who like to discuss home
It is a breathtakingly beautiful,
quintessential white village dating
back
to the 15th century with the obvious Moor
The drive from Almeria south towards
Andalusia on the coast is quite thrilling in an
older, heavy camper.... much more so than