Spain, Rock of Gibraltar, and Morocco Adventures

This vacation was anticpated since November 2025 when our airline cancelled our flight. My folks are I really felt like it was just fine that we were going to go in February. I had a lot of time to be convinced that all would be well with my duties and responsiblities enough to travel to Europe for 12 days. I felt supported by my friends and family and I am so glad I went. We first went to L.A. and spent the night at Tanya's house then we were off to Madrid. I did not sleep on the plane, but it made it nice to adjust to the time change. There was an 8 hour difference. Tanya and I explored the area in Madrid, we saw so much city life and had a delicous fish dinner in a quiet place on a cobblestone street in the rain. It really was a great first imppression. All of the people looked happy and did not mind the rain and it was so clean and beautiful. We slept well at the JW marriot in Madrid and it was lovely. We had the fancy breakfast there and made it to the airport to fly to Malaga. The airports on our trip were so large and we really got the grandparents working hard on their steps. The flight to Malaga was short, but wow what a small plane. The car and resort were wonderful. I helped Tanya navigate using GPS and we made it around pretty well. There was quite a bit of weather at the time, but we changed our destinations and it made it so that we were not caught in the rain and enjoyed the excursions so much. We only had one rest day, but we loved seeing Sevile, Madrid, MarBella, Malaga, Granda, Rock of Gibralter and Tangeir. The highlight was a day long tour in Morroco. The guide picked us up from the ferry that crossed the Mediterrian Sea and asked if I would like to go see a botanical garden, have a morrocoan breakfast, and head to the beach to ride camels?! I say infatically yes! The food there and in Spain was good. They would eat a little bit of protein, tons of bread and lots of olives. We bought autenthic Morrococan rugs and visited a "pharmacy" there and loaded up on Morrocan oil. We saw the Rock the Kashba site and a cave and of course saw more monkeys. There were hicchups and crazy situations, but the experience was excellent and very worth it. The Alhambra was amazing and we loved our tour there, each of the activites and places we ate were great. Paella and lots of Tapas and everyone eating outside was fun to experience. We were treated like family every time we ate out. The horse drawn carriage at the Plaza de Espana and Gardens nearby was very nice. We even road on the top of a hop on hop off bus. I loved the fresh flowers they had on every dinner table. There are too many pictures and video to remember it all by, but I am grateful I took a leap of faith and experienced Europe in February.

Three weeks of fun family togetherness

I can't believe how well our three weeks with everyone here went. Even hazel was such a fun addition to the holidays and fun.Some Highlights were all the meals together at home and in resturants and such special christmas activities. I loved the Live nativity with my folks and Celia. Christmas Eve was pretty special with Jason and Robyn coming over. I loved that we plays Hot Seat{a game my friend gave me} and that we express what we were grateful for. Christmas and New Years were fun too. The grandparents came over and we danced to Just Dance to pass the time and it was so fun. So full of games and running aorund in so many different cars, like the cybertruck and Emmy's new red Lexus. There were hectic things to like Spencer's washer on the fritz again and Emmy having the stress of closing on a house, but we all did well. I'll never forget these times and how grateful I am for tese beautiful people and their visit.