Highlights of 6 days in Spain

Highlights of the trip for the kids were playing on the beach, riding the bus, riding a double decker bus, riding a cable car up to Gibraltar, seeing the apes at the top of Gibraltar, playing on the playground, and the best of all was watching a Semana Santa procession.
Since we were in Spain during Holy week, we had the opportunity to witness one of the Semana Santa processions. It was really an incredible sight and we all enjoyed the experience. From the first procession we saw on Palm Sunday until we left Gabriel insisted upon walking around as if he were in the procession complete with drum banging and humming of the procession music.
Driving in Spain proved to be an adventure! Matt drove the entire trip and did an incredible job! He navigated by an outdated AAA map of the entire country and reading very interesting and sometimes confusing signs. We need our GPS to get us in and out of DC but we managed to log a few thousand kilometers the old fashioned way in Spain. We were only really lost once, and slightly lost a few other times. Usually, we knew we were in the wrong direction very quickly after making a wrong turn. When we were lost, we were really lost.
One night on our way from Marbella to Moron we were tired, hungry, and had no clue where our hotel was in Moron. Upon arrival to the city of Moron we found huge crowds in the streets and nearly half the streets blocked off for a Semana Santa procession. Matt asked a police officer how to get to the Moron Base. As I was sitting in the car watching this conversation take place I saw hands pointing in 5 different directions. This was not a good sign. After getting out of the maze of the old part of the city we were still lost and feeling frustrated and hopeless. We pulled into a supermarket and I sent Matt over to ask a couple for directions. They ended up being our favorite people in the world that day. They couldn't speak any English, but they were kind enough to drive ahead of us and lead us to the base. At first they took us to the wrong place, then after calling our hotel and getting directions they got us where we needed to be. Matt was so thrilled because he was really getting tired of driving around lost, and I was excited because it was seriously an Amazing Race moment!
I loved being at the beach. The sound of the crashing waves and the warm sun shining down on me as I lay on the soft pillow of white sand was perfect. I could have stayed all day but could usually only steal about two hours before the kids and Matt were done!
I also really enjoyed just people watching and scoping out the architecture. The way the cities were built and how that determines lifestyles today was very interesting to me.
It was really great for us to be able to vacation as a family. This was the first time that the four of us had a vacation that was just us for more than a long weekend. We usually go to California or Washington and vacation with our extended family. But this was a special time for us to be "us".
My all-time favorite part of the trip was looking over at Matt on the third or fourth day of the trip telling him "I still have fun with you!" We have been married for 11 years and all the dynamics of our relationship have changed but I love him more than ever and I'm convinced we'll have fun together forever. We spent at least a few hours in the car each day with the kids strapped in the back seat and busy playing, Matt and I were able to spend that time just being the same goofy 16 year old kids who fell in love so many years ago. We laughed so much and had so much fun just being together!
The whole trip was truly a blessing!

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