Blogs from Marbella, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 4

Hola!!! Hope everyone is well back at home. We have been spending sometime on the coast (Costa Del Sol). Spent sometime in the mountains near Granada but the temp was droppng to 1/2 degrees at night. Bought a big quilt from Carrefour and some warm p.js for James then came down to coast and haven't used them! Temp rose to 25 deg in the day, not falling below 15 at night! Spent sometime looking at the Casa Ceuvos (cave houses) of Grananda. These houses are abundant in this region and quite fascinating. Some look like proper houses with extensions on the front, others are literally a rock with a couple of doors and windows at the front but inside can contain 14 or 15 rooms, dug out from the mountain they sit in. They are ecologically ... read more

Trapped in La Quinta We try to enjoy some sun this morning, but it gets cool quite quickly and we retreat back to our hotel room where it’s warmer. The Costa del Sol has some amazing beach weather most of the time, but both times I’ve been in Marbella (this time and 10 years ago), it has been cloudy and rainy. No worries, though, because our room is a refuge that I don’t mind spending the whole day in. This will be a luxury pretty soon. Our plan today is to take a cab to Puerto Banús, which is closer than Marbella center, and check out the beach, have lunch, and buy groceries so that we can avoid spending more on food and drinks at the hotel. I refuse to pay for overpriced bottles of water, ... read more

...Imagine a Sunday. A really hot, lazy, summers Sunday. Now stretch that thought. A little more. And some more. Okay, that about sums up the Spanish vacaciones. It was, the first of a kind. Not least because it was planned only days before departure. I booked some days off work, hopped onto an easyjet airbus and hours later, found a familiar face at the airport waiting to collect me... ...The first night I slept better than I had in a long time. It was sleep much needed and I awoke revived by the rest and the overcast morning. The clouds did nothing to dampen my mood however. Quite the contrary. I was warmed both by the still air and the company. Here, on the southern Spanish coast, I was able to spend more time with ... read more

The glory that is Marbella In the summertime months, Marbella is known as the jewel of the Costa del Sol, Spain’s coastline towns on the Mediterranean Sea. With a long, broad walkway along the beach and many lovely hotels, restaurants and clubs, Marbella attracts the glitterati from all over the world. Everyone from P Diddy and J Lo to the King of Saudi Arabia has spent time here - in fact, the King of SA liked it so much, he built a summer home here in the exact dimensions of the White House in Washington, DC. Marbella is snuggled in between the mountains of central Spain and the clear blue water of the Med Sea. Truly gorgeous. A hotel to relax and enjoy in In the winter, however, it’s much quieter and the prices drop ... read more

1. Tangers is the Tijuana of Moracco. Dont bother. Its not worth the money, headaches, and hepatitis C. That is what we were told, and Christina had already been there, so we skipped it. 2. "Bullfight anybody?" (asked to my parents, my little sister, Christina and both of her parents) Answer: 2 yeses, 4 maybes, and 1 no. Guesses on who said what? 3. The Christians are hilarious when they take over a muslim mosque. AND LAZY!!! They come across a beautiful Moorish temple that took 100 years to build and is considered the height of Moorish art and what do they do? They make it Christian. But, do they knock down the temple the infidels built and rebuild on the sight their own church? No (thank goodness, because that would have been a shame). They ... read more