Rincon Sol Hotel Malaga Málaga

... was when I called my grandparents in Florida. They were hosting my uncle, cousins, and Melanie and that my grandma had to get off the phone so she could put the turkey in the oven. For a moment I felt like I was there with them. Other than that it is sad missing out on such a great day but I took it pretty well. I am enjoying Spain too much to be all that sad. It was fun talking to my grandma. She told me that she saw my belly ...

... and her friend, Rob flew to Spain to join them for Thanksgiving. They stayed in the coastal village of Nerja, so they were just down the road from us. They came in on the afternoon of Thanksgiving, so we decided to have our dinner on Friday (it was still Thursday in parts of the US, so we felt OK about it). Given that we didn’t have an oven, and there were no turkeys to be had in Spain, we had a truly Spanish ...

... 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 ...

... and went for a walk along the strip again but the most of the places where closed up now so we had a pint in an irish bar again and then we went looking for food. We decided to stop off in another english place called Rumours and could not believe it when they put on all the soaps. We caught up with emmerdale and eastenders until I could take no more and we went off to get some chinese food. It was horrid and made us both feel a ...

We made it to the port in a taxi one thing I will say about Morroco its really really cheap for everything and you could get by here with such little money. We got a little hassle from a guy at the port trying to help us but they want money when they help you so as usual Ian left it to me to get rid of him and explain that we did not have any money luckily this time he went off without too much hassle.

We ...

... I wasn´t so sure if this is part of the legal code in Spain or not, and I don´t want to miss my flight tomorrow because I am rotting in some jailcell. Sometimes you just need to know when to fold them and stand back.

Even with her car rocking this woman just stayed on her cellphone and made no attempt to move it so the rocking got more intense. Let me tell you, the chassis and suspension on a Benz has some play ...

... had already told me that the Málaga beaches were not that pretty, but still. I wonder where you´re supposed to lay down your towel: either on the rocks and stones or on the dirt people throw up there, or a combination of it. It seems like you have to take a spade with you to first clean the spot you chose to lie down on, then straw down some sand and put your towel on it. I find it so disrespectful to nature and especially to the sea to throw it all there. So, I still have to go to ...

So after skiing, Mat and I hit the road. LJ flew into Malaga and we went to pick her up. We got a bit lost, but we made it. It feels so good to drive again! And on the right side of the road!! I drove the whole way. Anyway, like 6 hours later, we got back to the lake.

... Much, much better! And very cheap too. That night we cycled on quite late, and slept on the coast - we came across some unused fishing huts which were right next to the beach, and had a shelter built along the front so we slept under the stars with the deafening noise of the waves breaking on the beach to drown out the inevitable tourist traffic. Just 40 km cycled but we had gone a long way!

... welcome change for me, and I´m sure the McEwen´s will agree! We´ve basically just been relaxing since we arrived here, and then on Tuesday, we will take a day trip to visit Gibraltar, which is a British colony about 1.5 hours away by bus. It is home to the famous rock of Gibraltar, which the ancient Greeks (I think it was the Greeks!) believed to be the end of the world! So that will be kind of neat to see. I´m not sure if she has done so ...