Pelikan Park Estepona

... New little bars and restaurants opening up
as well as beautiful small hideaways! One of which is the newly opened Hotel Claude!
A Haven of Hotel Chic! Truly a boutique hotel, as they should be! Small, elegant, personal and warm! Hotel Claude Marbella redefines the boutique hotel concept with luxurious accommodation, five-star amenities and a very personal touch by the owners!
It feels as if you are staying at an ...

... order to get an early start in the morning.

Shae question for daddy: She's riding on his shoulders..."Daddy does everyone have hair in their ears? or just you? It's white hair"

Another one, Daddy is trying to get out of the parking garage in Ronda. It's very steep. He stalled the car 5 times and someone was behind him.. I'm laughing hard and Shae is laughing. She says, "Daddy you're a knucklehead." I really don't know where she gets that...;)

... ll have to take it another day. We drove back to Montejaque and had dinner in the Inn (english couple). It was a nice meal with great wine. We're really enjoying the wine from the region. It's funny - when you ask for a glass of vino you don't get a choice, they give you the house wine. it's always good though. We watched a movie when we got back and then to sleep. tomorrow morning is Sevilla (another big city)!

... free food' or 'free fast-food' in my case and just kind of chill around the people.  One baby monkey also climbed on my head!     There was also St. Michael's Cave, which was nothing in comparison to La Gruta de Maravillas in Aracena, but awesome nonetheless.  During WWII it was used as a bomb proof military hospital, but these days it has a beautiful little stage and audience area used for classical concerts.   Enjoy the pics!

... you. And there are funny signs that depict what might happen if you misbehave. There is one showing a man mocking a monkey, then the next image is of the monkey biting his leg. The tour took us all around Gibraltar, and we could see the various influences, Roman, Moorish, Spanish, and British. They are a very multicultural society, with most religions practiced with no conflict. There are four synagogues and at least two mosques (one on the south end ...

... a strategic position away; it could be an example for other powers in other places near British territories (think Argentina and the Falklands). People who argue against Spain regaining Gibraltar point to the fact that Spain maintains two similar outposts on the northern coast of Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla. Morocco is making a similar claim to these territories that Spain makes on Gibraltar. So, people say that logically if Spain is to regain ...

... top of my list. After lunch, John brought Lisette and I to O'Hare airport and of course we hit some Friday afternoon traffic. On our way there, Lisette got various phone calls from her mom and there was one that just cracked me up. So they called and said they were waiting for us to arrive at the airport so they can go through security. She also mentioned that they brought ...

... on the sinuses and our best pairs of hiking flip-flops, we were ready for a trek back down, via some of the rockside sights. Nothing is close by unfortunately. To the left as you head down is St Michael's Cave, apparently inhabited since the iron age (and more recently by a Saint it seems), whilst to the right there is ...

Yesterday I went to Gibraltar. I now understand why England is inundated with illegal immigrants... We can´t even control official entry into the country. Going through passport ´control´ INTO the Englishy bit was a joke... they saw my pink passport cover (didn´t look at the picture) and thought "meh, why not....?" and let me through. Going back out the checks were so stringent I thought they might even ask for a urine sample. They didn´t. Anyways... the journey to ...

... olisi vähän hassua jättää paikka väliin. Loppujen lopuksi yllätyimme positiivisesti, sillä Gibraltar osoittautui aivan ainutlaatuiseksi ja hyvinkin mielenkiintoiseksi kohteeksi. Ajelimme rantatietä kohti kaukaisuudessa häämöttävää suurta kalliota ja pääsimme Gibraltarin niemimaalle ilman sen kummempia jonotuksia tai viivytyksiä. Ystävämme olivat käyneet täällä joulun tienoilla ja olivat joutuneet jonottamaan aika kauan tullissa. Meillä ei kuitenkaan ollut mitään ongelmia, näin ...