After the luggage fiasco (if you missed the story check it out
here!) our Spain portion of the trip turned into a much more pleasant one.
Vacationing with work, especially when at a beach resort, means really just sitting by the pool and beach. Sounds awful, right? I find it a bit odd that they feel the need to trek to Europe to do the same thing we can do in Florida but it doesn't make for a nice change of scenery and you get to meet some fun Europeans.
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Spanish kitty! |
The rest of Spain consisted of pool lounging, sand-castle building and a trip to see some crazy yachts. We don't do sight-seeing in Spain, but we do eat in the nearby towns which meant going to Marbella, Puerto Banus and a cute little town called Benahavis.
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pool lounging at it's finest |
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sand castle builder |
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funny enough I took the same picture last year, at the same restaurant.. this years was not as good |
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2013's version |
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a birthday present for me? you shouldn't have.. |
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weird stuffed horse in Benahavis restaurant |
Work did forget my birthday which sucked- a lot, not the best way to celebrate- that is for sure. They did make it up (after I had to remind them it was in fact my birthday) by taking me to a lovely traditional Spanish Paella restaurant where I think I had the best food of the entire trip. It certainly had the most delicious sangria I have ever tasted.
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birthday date |
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birthday flowers and wine from the hotel- they remembered! |
Spain was lovely- just as it was last year. We stayed at the sister resort of our place from last year (Marriott's apartments/hotel). The weather was perfection. I definitely would love to go back someday and see some of the local sites as well as other cities.
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this was the "I don't want to get up! oh wait there is a camera- cheese!" |
Now on to Paris!
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Amazing photos! I would love to have a job that brings me to Europe... priceless! Sorry they forgot your b-day (boooooo), but glad they made up for it. Yummy sangria fixes everything :)
ReplyDeleteThe beach looks beautiful! Definitely work at it's finest if you ask me! lol
ReplyDeleteHave you traveled to a bunch of cool places with this family??
ReplyDeleteWhat is your job? Are you a nanny?
ReplyDeleteKind of- technically my job title is house manager. The personal assistant, the nanny, the chef, the manager and just about everything else all rolled into one!
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