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After days at sea we had a short stop in Malaga before docking the next day back in Savona. I have decided that I am not crazy about the days at sea. Even though I really enjoyed all the ports, I don't think I would do anther big curise. The fact that there were only small number of people who spoke enlgish on the ship was interesting. So wanted to speak another language .. any lanaugage. Even when I told the Germans I did nto speak Germann they kept talking!

... ham, and beef. She said it was very traditional and that you mix it all up and dip your bread on it. It was so good. It reminded me of Thanksgiving. Then tonight the ISA group had a dinner at a restaurant (they rented it out) it was so good. Wine, salad, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, gravy, cranberry type sauce, and some kind of meat. We later found out that the meat was turkey with stuffing. It was really good. I can't remember ...

Malaga is the major city near Frigiliana (where the train dropped us off). We spent a day there when we picked up Jaime and Rob at the train station. Some highlights:

• Watching Jaime and Rob come off the train and meet us in Spain
• The Picasso Museum – a wonderful ...
  Málaga, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands jennyandpaul2

... tapas and wine there a couple of times as well – it was a very nice place to enjoy the Spanish experience.

Our week in Frigiliana was outstanding. Refreshing, rejuvenating, connecting with friends and family, and just what the doctor ordered. We are grateful that our friends David and Karen suggested this place (they stayed there a few years back and loved it as well). It is a place we definitely could see visiting again.

... Alex, Maria, Juan, and two friends from an intercambio) were all super proud of me. No pasa nada!

Afterwards we went to a bar where they played a lot of older Spanish songs…very good and upbeat even though some were from the 60’s. Also, after I left the bathroom in the bar I saw Maria standing waiting for the girls bathroom and she called me over. She had met a girl from Jaen in the line and I talked a little bit to ...

We woke with hangovers again and decided to go to the smugglers bar for a full english fry up. We have not ate bacon for the whole time that we have been away and I have been dreaming about bacon buttys lol. It was a really nice breakfast and just the thing for a hang over. We then went for a walk down the famous strip of the Costa Del Sol. Its ok and really pretty the beach is lovely and there are lots of bars and even spanish ...

... was very tasty and I feel better that I can at least eat again without being so paranoid about where the food has been stored all day. We had met an english lady on the train that was so ill by the food in morroco that i felt really glad and relieved that we had come off so lucky.

Ian was feeling much better as well thankfully and we go on the bus to our final place the Costa Del Sol rodney! It was a ...

... and crazy car-parking laws (although I'm pretty sure that the car was still illegally parked) to meet us. It was the first time since New York that we were met at the airport by anyone and it was nice to see a familiar face (or two). I was a little worried at first that they had gone to the other terminal (apparently Skype doesn't deliver messages until both of you are online together again....useless!). After brief introducations we rushed back to the car ...

... century castle into his private royal residence, and it is this which we now know as the Alhambra. The structure, which covers an area of 13 hectares, is renowned for its stunning frescoes and interior detail. The building is one of the finest examples of Moorish architecture in the world and is among Europe's most-visited tourist attractions." But it's much better than it sounds. I think I'll need to go back some day ...

... stage in our trip I was becoming paranoid about having something stolen. I think it is just because we have had so few problems that I was expecting at least one thing to go horribly wrong. We got back to our hotel in Malaga and the bags we left before heading to Morocco were all still there, paranoia over... for the moment. All there was left to do was have the best, most meat-cheese-and-sour-cream-filled, baked potato ever and catch our flight to London.