Back from Spain

After our trip home for Christmas, Brian took one more week off work so we could enjoy a relaxing getaway to Southern Spain. We flew into Granada and spent time in Cordoba and Malaga as well. It was soooo nice to relax, to be on the beach, to sit in the sun! We really loved everything we saw and did there. We visited some of the most gorgeous ruins from the 12th and 13th centuries... mosques and palaces built by the Moorish people who used to live there before the Crusades in the 14th century. It was all just gorgeous!!

I want to write pages about every place we visited and everything we did. But not right now, unfortunately. We are in the process of moving to a new flat this week, so I should technically be packing boxes right this very second instead of writing a blog. (shame on me!) Well, so I'm just adding a brief intro here, then I'll add more pictures and commentary later on.

Here's the fantastic view from our hotel in Malaga. We stayed there two nights and relaxed on the beach and by the pool. (actually, Brian relaxed by the pool, and I relaxed in our room since I forgot my suit and Samantha's, of all things!)

Here's Brian outside of one of the palaces at Alhambra in Granada. It was seriously one of the most fascinating, beautiful places I've ever seen. I'll add more picts of the place later.

And here's Brian and Samantha with part of the Alhambra complex in the background. Keep in mind it's January, and just imagine what this place must look like in the middle of the summer! Even being January, it was still quite lush and green.