The Spanish Life

Whenever I wasn't looking someone in my family fed Mac gelatto.

As you can see he loved it. He didn't take his eyes off of it.

While we were there, Marbella celebrated a holiday (we don't now which one).We went down town, ate some interesting food and watched the people dance. Check out the Flamingo dresses.

The food in Spain really wasn't good. Drew, Nat and Roo ordered Tomato soup and a ham sandwich. What they got was some kind of tomato paste on their sandwich with what looked somewhat like ham. It was pretty gross. Thank goodness for McDonald's.

Seville

Seville, the fourth largest city in Spain, home of Christopher Columbus' tomb. We didn't see much in Seville, we spent most our time in the Cathedral. It is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world. It was absolutely beautiful.

Mac and Drew in the bell tower

Christopher Columbus' tomb


In front of the Cathedral



Mac loves his uncle Dave

Mom and dad
Mac and Grandma in front of the Cathedral

Making our way up the bell tower.

Monkeys

The Rock of Gibraltar was one of my favorite places we visited. We were all expecting a small rock but instead we got a small country that is part of Britain. It was weird going from hearing Spanish and then walking a couple of feet and hearing English accents.
First thing we did was get on a little tour bus and made our way up the rock. Our first stop was the caves of Gibraltar. Right when we got out of the car we saw monkey's. This was weird because we have never seen monkey's in the wild. My dad thought it would be fun to feed them. Before he could get the peanuts out of the bag a monkey (a big one) jumped up on him. We all started screaming, "Drop the bag." Thankfully he did and the monkey jumped off of him.
As we made our way in the van to our next stop the tour guide thought it would be funny to let the monkeys in the car. Again we all started screaming including Mac. They ran through the van getting into our bags and finally making their way out.

There were monkeys everywhere. The monkey on top of the car jumped on me. I freaked out. I was not expecting it and the monkey stunk. Our tour guide came over and got him off of me. I had dirty paw marks all over my shirt. Everyone but me and my mom got pictures of the monkeys on them. I kept Mac as far as I could from them.

Ronda

Next stop Ronda. The white city on the hill. All the buildings in Ronda are white, it's very Mediterranean looking. We spent the day walking through Ronda's quaint streets and visiting the oldest bull fighting ring in Spain. I wanted to see a bull fight until I found out what happens at them. I thought the matador just danced around the ring waving a red blanket trying not to get killed. Boy was I wrong. They actually kill the bulls and not just one up to six. So, we didn't see one but we did go to a bull fighting museum. It was fun to learn about one of Spain's strongest traditions.

The Beautiful Alhambra

Here it goes. I finally got all the pictures from our family vacation. Now I'm attempting to blog it. Our first stop, the beautiful Granada home of the Alhambra. It consists of a huge Moorish castle and amazing gardens. It's so spectacular some people (me included) think the Alhambra should be one of the 7 wonders of the world. It was a great way to start off the trip.

We were in the gardens that look over the castle

Throughout the week Mac

took most of his naps on

our shoulders.

He was such a trooper!

Father's Day

When Mother's Day came around Drew went to great efforts to make the day special. I wish I could say the same about Father's day. For Drew's first Fathers day we were in Rome running around seeing as many things as we could. Needless to say it wasn't a normal fathers day. Next year he'll get the breakfast in bed and all the other things we all do on Father's Day.
Drew really is a great dad. Mac adores him. Everyday when Drew comes home from work, I get Mac excited by saying, "Daddy's here." Without fail Mac starts bouncing and giggling. By the time we meet Drew on the drive way Mac is freaking out and practically jumping in Drew's arms. Nothing makes Drew happier.

We made it

We made it to Spain and it wasn't easy. We flew to Cincinnati where our flight was delayed and therefore we would not make it to our connecting flight in JFK where we were suppose to meet my family and all fly togther to Rome. Drew was amazing he rearranged our flight plans so we could make it to Malaga around the same time my family would arrive. To make a long story short after A LOT of running and talking to multiple Delta reps at every layover (Amsterdam and Madrid) we made it to Malaga. My parents were suppose to be at the airport to take us to our hotel but they weren't. Six hours later their flight came in. They had missed their flight in Rome and got on the next flight to Malaga. We were finally together. The only problem was the airline lost all our luggage. It made things interesting the first two days. Luckily me and my mom and sister wear the same size and my mom just so happened to bring Mac some clothes.

Mac did amazing. Everyone on the plane commented on how good he was. On the flight it had bassinets in the bulk head (life saver). Mac slept five hours during the long 9 hour flight to Amsterdam.