Semana Fantastica!

"Semana Fantastica!" That was a slogan that we saw at a department store in Granada - they were promoting their back-to-school sale. We thought it was an appropriate way to sum up our vacation - "Fantastic Week!" ;)

We enjoyed our last days in Granada. Dick and I made it to the Cathedral in Granada, which was beautiful and interesting. We also took a long walk and admired the Moorish architecture. Our last evening was spent with Adrianne's Spanish mother and brother, and one of her friends from school. The 7 of us went out for a nice dinner, and enjoyed each other's company. Adrianne's "brother", David, is quite a character. We had a great time getting to know him with our broken Spanish, and his broken English. We went to bed around 1:00am, which is apparently early in the Spanish culture. Adrianne and David went out to a rock concert, which didn't even start until 1:00am, and then went out dancing afterwards. Adrianne said she didn't even get to bed until 5:00am, and woke up at 7:00 to meet us at 8:45. poor thing.

We woke up early on Friday morning, just in time to say goodbye to Richard, who had to leave for his 9:00am class. Adrianne came by around 8:45, and the three of us went out for Churro & Chocolate - possibly the best breakfast known to man. We had churros a few days earlier, but I made the mistake of not ordering the chocolate. I had assumed it was like a hot chocolate, but it turns out that it's more like a thick, chocolate sauce that you dip the churro in. DELICIOUS?!!

We got our luggage from the apartment, and caught a cab to the Avis rental car office Downtown. We got our car (I have no idea what kind of car it is!) and made our way out of Granada, and onto the freeway! This was Dick's first experience driving Internationally, and he did very well! we just kept following the signs to Malaga, and then Marbella, and managed to find our way to Rob & Andrew's vacation rental without getting lost! It took about 2 hours, 15 minutes.

Rob & Andrew's vacation property is absolutely gorgeous. It is truly luxurious. We've been completely pampered here. We spent the afternoon laying out by the pool, and walking along the Mediterranean. We'll be going out later this afternoon to look at their new house that they've been building for the last two years. I'm excited to see it.

We'll be driving back to Malaga tomorrow morning to catch our 10:30am flight to London. We should arrive in London around Noon, and will have the entire day to do some relaxing and quick sight-seeing.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention. We went to a grocery store today, and finally managed to find some "Trina" softdrinks! We bought a couple of cans to try - one orange, and one lemon. (they also had pina colada, and pineapple) As Dick says, "That's a lot of Trina" ;)