Our Spanish Adventure!

Two weeks ago Steve and I packed our bags, dropped off Samson with friends, and drove to Dover Delaware hoping to catch a flight to Spain! 17 hours later we were flying across the Atlantic :) This idea/trip had been in the works ever since I found out we were moving to Norfolk and we would have access to military space available (which is free!) to different locations in Europe. My first hope was Greece but Spain was much easier to get to.

It was an awesome trip!

We rented a car and drove around southern Spain. I did the driving because I was the most comfortable with driving manual and by comfortable I mean I had a knot in my stomach every time I turned the car on. Thank you mom for teaching me, just in case I needed it! Steve had never driven manual before and my teaching skills were lacking during our 15 minute crash course so I was stuck in the driver's seat.

Here is a tip about driving manual, downshift when approaching a hill....yeah I didn't know that one and luckily we made it over the first mountain before being able to google "how to drive a manual uphill."

Our faithful Chevrolet Aveo, it screamed tourist/America because we didn't see another Chevy our whole trip.

Our guide, Rick Steve's Spain 2010.

Our adventure took us to Rota, Sevilla, Cordoba, Malaga, Granada, Ronda and back to Rota.

In the Plaza De Espana in Sevilla.

We saw lots of Cathedrals...this one is in Sevilla and is the 3rd largest in Europe.

Southern Spain is filled with moorish architecture, I loved all the details.

The Roman Bridge behind us in Cordoba.

The Alhambra in Granada.

Steve letting me know he was done having his picture taken :)

Ronda...we stayed here the shortest and liked it the most.

One day I want to live on the side of a cliff.

It was a great adventure, can't wait for the next one!