Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Bye Bye Spain

This is more of a farewell post so to really get a feeling for our trip scroll down to the first entry and then read backwards.

Flying over the beach.
She's such a great traveler!
This is flying over the Center of Arts and Science where the Oceanagraphic is located. The buildings are very impressive.

With a heavy heart we said goodbye to Valencia on Sunday. We loved the city and the people and the food. I loved the heat and my tan oh and the cheap wine. In grocery stores one can buy good wine for 1 Euro!! We bought a lot of cheap wine to drink in our room. Prices in Spain are great. On par with if not a little cheaper than back in Montana. Coming from one of the most expensive countries in the world (i.e., Norway) being able to eat out every day was such a treat. The grocery stores prices were really cheap. On our way back from the beach we decided we were hungry but didn't want to wait until 8 when the restaurants opened so we snuck in the grocery store. For 6 Euro we got, two bottles of wine, a pack of cheese, a large pack of turkey lunch meat and a loaf of bread! The equivalent in Norway would be closer to 50 Euro and probably around $20 in the US. Jeff and I decided we could retire in Spain. The funny thing is that my one semester of Spanish back in highschool was enough to get my point across and many of the locals spoke English or enough to get their point across. I have a feeling this will not be my last trip to Spain!!

2 comments:

Rosanne said...

Lacy - looks like you guys had a fabulous time! Good for you! Glad Avery is such a good traveler!

jill said...

This trip sounds like so much fun, Lacy! I would love, love to go to Spain. And, heavens, China is nothing to sneeze at either.

I am working on hunkering down for winter. Not so much excited about that ;) Do you feel the days getting shorter there too?