Most Romantic Experience: The Arab baths, sans children (Granada)
Best Train Station: Madrid Atocha--complete with a turtle farm
Biggest milestone moment: Jonas taking his first steps in Retiro Park (Madrid)
Worst Place to Pass Gas Discreetly: The bull ring in Seville—one of the kids (who will remain nameless) found out that it really echoes
Best Hotel: Segovia; the huge balcony was perfect for a campout and offered a spectacular view
Worst Hotel: Buen Dormir in Granada; to get around disclosing to us the broken A/C in my sisters room they told her to borrow our controller… That didn’t work, but they did have turtles!
Best Make-shift bed: Made out of antique chairs (Segovia)
Best Street Performer: Alex, or maybe the guy standing on his hands on a suitcase drinking water from a straw in Granada
Fastest Street Performer: Man running alongside the horse-drawn carriage to serenade us, his effort was certainly worth more than the 50 cents we gave him (Sevilla)
Worst Street Performer: freaky naked guy in Barcelona (I’ll spare you the picture)
Best place to cool off in Seville: Fountain at the governor’s palace
Best Street Name: Dos Hermanas (Granada)
Best Way to Nearly Get Kicked Out of the Alhambra: Knock the barrier post into the sultan’s lap pool while impulsively chasing after a fish (thank you, Jaxon)
Before:
After:
(The security guy was NOT happy)
Best Alhambra Friends: Snails
Best Place to Cool Off after a Day at the Alhambra
Best Breakfast: Chocolate con churros
Best Eats: Fried seafood and garlic tomatoes in Sevilla
Cassoulet in Carcassone
Paella in Barcelona
Hairiest eats: the ear of the roast suckling pig in Segovia
Holiest Treats: Nun-made goodies from El Torno (Seville)
Best Market: La Boqueria (Barcelona)
Most Fun at the Segovia Folk festival: Jaxon and Nate dancing with the Spanish Pee-Wee Herman
Best Place for Riding Rides, Pirate Shows, Flamenco Dancing and Dancing Andalusian horses: Theme park Isla Magica
Best Street Name: Dos Hermanas (Granada)
Best Way to Nearly Get Kicked Out of the Alhambra: Knock the barrier post into the sultan’s lap pool while impulsively chasing after a fish (thank you, Jaxon)
Before:
After:
(The security guy was NOT happy)Best Alhambra Friends: Snails
Best Place to Cool Off after a Day at the Alhambra
Best Breakfast: Chocolate con churros
Best Eats: Fried seafood and garlic tomatoes in Sevilla
Cassoulet in Carcassone
Paella in Barcelona
Hairiest eats: the ear of the roast suckling pig in Segovia
Holiest Treats: Nun-made goodies from El Torno (Seville)
Best Market: La Boqueria (Barcelona)
Most Fun at the Segovia Folk festival: Jaxon and Nate dancing with the Spanish Pee-Wee Herman 
Best Place for Riding Rides, Pirate Shows, Flamenco Dancing and Dancing Andalusian horses: Theme park Isla Magica
Best Water and Lights Show: Barcelona (so what if there was only one?)
Best Outdoor Dressing Room: Place de Catalanya in Barcelona
Most surprising En Route Success: Sharing four tiny overnight train beds among the seven of us and sleeping reasonable well. Alex didn’t even notice when he fell out of his bed.
Best Park: Park Guell designed by Gaudi (Barcelona)
Biggest End with a Bang: Celebrating Bastille Day in Carcassonne
We weren't winning any points on style, but we had a blast
Best Outdoor Dressing Room: Place de Catalanya in Barcelona
Most surprising En Route Success: Sharing four tiny overnight train beds among the seven of us and sleeping reasonable well. Alex didn’t even notice when he fell out of his bed.
Best Park: Park Guell designed by Gaudi (Barcelona)
Biggest End with a Bang: Celebrating Bastille Day in Carcassonne
We weren't winning any points on style, but we had a blast
Amazing!! I loved Jaxon in his make shift bed and that yall squeezed into 4 little bunks. Seeing the pictures of the market, so fresh and natural, almost inspired me to pull out my wheat grinder and make some wholesome bread…almost. I can’t believe Jonas’s haircut, he looks so different!
RépondreSupprimerI had to laugh about the Best Way to Nearly Get Kicked Out of the Alhambra. Jonas does look different with his hair cut. The picture of the Bastille day fireworks is awesome. You trips sounds like it was a great action packed vacation.
RépondreSupprimerThat looks like it was so fun! You guys are having such cool experiences. And it looks like that trip was totally Janet style...it reminds me of some of the little road trips I took with you (: And I give you an award for Most Creatively Written Blog Post of the Day
RépondreSupprimerOh wow, you actually ordered the suckling pig! Very brave! My little brother accidentally ordered that once when we were in Madrid, and was shocked when they brought a pig out on a plate.
RépondreSupprimerToo bad about getting kicked out of the Alhambra! Oops! Security guards never have a sense of humor, I've found.
What a fun trip! We have our Slovenia trip coming up in less than a month, August 18-28. How close is Ljubljana from your house? If it's not far, come and join us! We fly into Venice and will stay there for the first 2 days (August 18-20), and then we'll take a train to Ljubljana.
Spain looks pretty awesome, it was nice to see part of your family Janet; we are glad you get to get together often. The kids are growing so fast! Hope you keep having so much fun!
RépondreSupprimerLooks like you guys had an awesome trip. I love how Jaxon knocked that barrier post in the water. Probably a bit uncomfortable with that security guard in a tissy, but hilarious to look back on huh? I love the way you did the before and after...leaves Jaxon's mischief up to the reader's imagination. Can't beat that breakfast of chocolate churros...now I will never be satisfied until I have made myself sick on those things. And of course, Bastille day in Carcassonne. No firework display I've ever seen even came close to comparing to that castle as it goes up in green flame and stuff. I'm so glad you guys were able to make it all happen.
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Just wanted to say I LOVE Jonas's haircut and the picture of you two together :)
~Ariana