Day at the Beach... on the Med

Kalli's thoughts for the day:

I got up and had breakfast, then we went downstairs and started heading to the beach. When we were in the ocean, Isabel decided to get on my shoulders and she dunked me, but it was OK. I swam in the ocean, it was warm and salty - but a lot of fun. This girl came around and braided my hair as you can see (if my dad shows a picture). I played monkey in the middle with Eli and Isabel and then we walked home. My dad is making double decker cheeseburgers tonight for dinner.

 Carrie's thoughts for the day:

I was a little unsure of how I felt about Vilanova Il Geltru when we first arrived yesterday. "Moving day", as we call it (because we are usually in the car for several hours) is never fun! And then on top of that, almost every city in Spain shuts down for 3 hours in the afternoon - so after arriving around 2:00, Vilanova was a complete ghost town. This city is much more industrial than San Sebastian and the other cities we have seen. Needless to say, I was tired (Stayed up the night before WAY too late - catching up with my friend) and a tad grumpy! However, when we arrived at our apartment, it made me feel much happier! Our apartment is great: walking distance to the beach, right off the La Rambla and a REAL comfortable bed (which we have not had since we left home over 2 weeks ago). Yeah!

We beached it today and it was really nice swimming in the Mediterranean Ocean - so warm and beautiful. I actually got a little color and it was very relaxing. I have, after 2 beach cities, realized I am not a beach/ocean girl. I just am not a fan of sand and the ocean - I like to look at it and it is truly beautiful, but I do not love it. I do love that all three of our kids truly love the ocean and have really enjoyed swimming in it and seem to be getting more comfortable with the ocean. So, I will just tag along and enjoy watching the three of them (and Josh) love the ocean!

Tomorrow we are heading to Barcelona for the day in search of a soccer jersey for Eli and to check out the city. I am curious to see Barcelona after seeing Madrid. We actually had a personal tour of Madrid on Monday - my wonderful friend, Denise (who lives in Madrid) took us on a personal tour of the city. It was so nice to have a tour guide to navigate through the city and we checked several items off our "to get" list. So thank you so much, Denise (and her adorable family)! Issy now has Spain's goalie #1 Castillas and Kal has Real Madrid's #7 Ronaldo. Love the fact that everything out here is soccer - our kids are so thrilled with that and the fact that we are watching every game in the European Cup!

I have really enjoyed Spain and am sad this is our last week in this amazing country, but I know we will be back some day! I will blog again in the next country - which will be The South of France. So until then - Adios!