Hotel Iberostar Andalucia Playa Chiclana de la Frontera

... most Boho hostel you'll ever set your eyes on. It was an amazing first-hostel experience, I'll tell you that. Blew away all my expectations! It was a tall slender building that was very old. The downstairs lobby/kitchen area had a large table and wrap-around seat with plenty of pillows and tons of space. Ok this is going to be way too difficult to explain, therefore, please just take a good look at the photos! Just know that they had really cool ...

... and Cameron Diaz in it. I hope they get a part! Lunch was interesting and kind of like eating in a Chinese restaurant as the plates just kept coming! After lunch we said goodbye to the sons and continued walking and finally ended up back at the ship but not before taking a rest in the Plaza DE Espana across from the ship. When we were there the park cat ladies came by and fed the wild cats who were pretty friendly. Great ending to a very nice day!

Today was the second and last excursion we did through Holland America. Jacqui had wanted to see the Andalusian horse show, and we could also get in a sherry tasting with it!

First off was the tour of the Gonzales Byass winery. I'm not a big fan of the normal sherries, but I love the sweet sherries. And it was cheap. I got a ...

... the way we stopped in Olvera so Mike could get his photo of the village and church tower. We arrived to Nerja very late and couldn't plug in the address in our handy-dandy gps - so we had to call the owner in the UK to give us directions. it was kind of late by the time we got to the house (after midnight). ugh! this was a long, long day! But, we're excited to be at the beach for the next 7 days. Shae can't wait to get her feet wet in the mediterranean.

... mit auto-vermietern welche nicht wussten ob sie nun autos 1way nach portugal vermieten können/wollen/dürfen oder nicht und telefonanrufen an die bus-gesellschaft (wo wir das ticket gebucht hatten) für satte Fr. 96.-- für einige minuten telefonieren und und und....sodass wir am schluss derart die schnauze voll hatten und halt in portugal abgemacht hatten mit den 'cousin-familie' von evi, dass wir beschlossen,mit dem taxi nach portugal zu ...

... farly uneasy to see a million of trains packed with dressed up, stoned and half-conscious people; they were shouting, dancing and staggering on the station, dashing towards the city centre. When our train finally arrived, delayed over 2 hours, it was stinking so much of sweat and alcohol that its windows were steamy and everything was sticky. I considered thanking God for the air-condition that helped to sort it out.

I was back home almost at midnight.

... moesten we daar dus blijven totdat mijn broek droog was vooraleer we door konden. In Arcenio Manila zijn we in de 'bedden/ ligzetels' gaan zitten en rustig liggen drinken en babbelen met lekkere schijfkes op den achtergrond (voor mij alleszins toch, vermits Baffi en Rasmus meer voor de rock-muziek zijn). Om half vier waren we dan toch vrij kapot en zijn we allen rustig naar huis gewandeld, vermits we allemaal op tien min van elkaar wonen. 's Nachts ben ik creperend van de pijn ...

... dit jaar voor UA en dus ben ik eens beginnen lezen in mijn boek dat ik ga analyseren voor die scriptie. Wij wonen dus in het nieuwe gedeelte van de stad Cádiz en onze school ligt in het oude gedeelte, eerst dachten we van oei, misschien zitten alle studenten in het oude gedeelte, maar nu hebben we er toch al een paar tegengekomen die ook vlakbij ons wonen en eigenlijk zijn we wel blij dat we in het nieuwe gedeelte zitten, want dan zie je tenminste heel de stad, anders kom je niet ...

... was brought down the right wing and crossed in and Zambrotta, who was standing all along in the middle of the box, timed and measured his jump, turned parallel to the ground and dinked it just beyond the goalkeeper's out stretched hands. The stadium, once again, erupted. I think the woman next to me cleared her throat or something. At halftime, the score was 2-0. The game was all but over when the second half started and I was a little disappointed that all we were going to see ...

... for a bano, and we met up with the rest of our group. They were warm and eating churros. Ha, the irony. We all decided that we would try to see if we could get on the bus early. At first, we did not see anyone in any of the three buses so we sat outside. It was not raining (although did begin to drizzle), and not very windy (though we were already freezing). There was an open door leading to a room that many people were entering to keep warm but we decided against ...