After much ado, we have booked our tickets back to the US for a visit in January. We will spend about a week in NY and then head to Florida to visit family and take care of the final processing for Matthias’ green card (yay!) We fly into NYC on the 9th of January, when we will head up to the “Casa de Rose” in Highland Falls to get some warm clothes. We will probably be back in NYC on the 12th or 13th, and then fly to Florida on the 17th or 18th, where we’ll stay for about a month. Definitely looking forward to seeing people and visiting our favorite haunts!
For now, we are getting ready for a visit from Matthias’ family – his mother, father and grandmother – over the holidays. We plan to travel with them to Gibraltar – where I’m sure Matthias’ mother wants to practice her English – across the strait to Morocco for the day, and to Cádiz and surrounding villages. Then we’ll have dinner in our apartment on Christmas (because most of the restaurants will be closed.) We already bought some nice seafood at the market in Cádiz for Matthias to cook.
We enjoyed our little trip to Cádiz a few days ago. It has a beautiful old town with narrow
winding streets, and is said to be one of the oldest cities in Western Europe (the Phoenicians were here some time before the Romans….) There are a couple of photos on the web album (link on the left side of this page.)
Since the lease for our apartment is up on January 4th, and we don’t leave Spain until the 9th, we are planning a little trip to Morocco after the new year. We haven’t figured out the details yet, but we’ll probably head to Fez, which I’ve heard is a very nice city, and not too long of a train ride from Tangier (where the ferry goes.) If anyone has any information about Morocco or Fez, please send it my way.
That’s all for now. Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season!
For now, we are getting ready for a visit from Matthias’ family – his mother, father and grandmother – over the holidays. We plan to travel with them to Gibraltar – where I’m sure Matthias’ mother wants to practice her English – across the strait to Morocco for the day, and to Cádiz and surrounding villages. Then we’ll have dinner in our apartment on Christmas (because most of the restaurants will be closed.) We already bought some nice seafood at the market in Cádiz for Matthias to cook.
We enjoyed our little trip to Cádiz a few days ago. It has a beautiful old town with narrow
winding streets, and is said to be one of the oldest cities in Western Europe (the Phoenicians were here some time before the Romans….) There are a couple of photos on the web album (link on the left side of this page.)Since the lease for our apartment is up on January 4th, and we don’t leave Spain until the 9th, we are planning a little trip to Morocco after the new year. We haven’t figured out the details yet, but we’ll probably head to Fez, which I’ve heard is a very nice city, and not too long of a train ride from Tangier (where the ferry goes.) If anyone has any information about Morocco or Fez, please send it my way.
That’s all for now. Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season!
Judy,
ReplyDeleteIts Scott Childs, just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, 40, is not so bad...i turned 40 on the 12/28...and im still around. Hope your having a good time. I travel to EU for work, I will be in frankfurt in March and then again in June...let me know if your close. My email is schilds.nola@cox.net. Again Happy Birthday.
Scott
Hey Judy - I hope you got my email - I meant to call, but it was 1:00 am when I finally picked up the phone it was 1:00 AM...I also relaized that I left you a commment in the Hola de Tarifa section of the blog! You should be hearing from some more "old" friends soon.
ReplyDeleteHappy happy - much love to you both...Sue
Hi Judy...
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY!!! I can't believe it has been over 20 years since we have seen or talked to each other. It appears you are having the time of your life. Cudos!!! I wish you all of the happiness, love & prosperity life sends your way.
Your old friend,
Danielle (Dugas/Russell) Henry
I hope you wouldn't regret for visiting Morocco.
ReplyDeleteI have been to Morocco last year. And I really liked this amazing and fascinating country.
. Tangier is very popular to tourists and Moroccan holiday makers and it has beautiful beaches to entertain them. Tangier has three sources of wealth; the port, Cannabis and ferrying would-be immigrants. Tangier is energetic, very likeable, extremely individual with an enduring peculiarity. I visited Tangiers and now I understand why so many people buy in Tangiers property.
Morocco is really fascinating and amazing country. I was deeply impressed by it's beauty.
Thank you for nice blog and beautiful pictures.