Monday, May 27, 2013

The beginning ...... Travel Day & Day 1

Its been a long day of travel. Den to DC. DC to Frankfurt.  Frankfurt to Barcelona.  We got our luggage, we found the rental car. Found the house. Its awesome.





 Roof top parking


 Elevator

The balcony with a beautiful view

 Our own pool


 Basement bedroom


 other basement bedroom.

We leave to go to the market and I make a wrong turn go 20 minutes out of the way pay 13 euros in toll fees. Finally get to the market, picking out strange food while hungry is weird .  With a cart full of food and items for the house we go to check out. None of our credit cards or debit cards work. Ugh!  Andy walks 20 blocks looking for an ATM. Can't find one so we drive to one, it won't take his card. Wtf,  I don't usually say that but that is how I felt.
We get back Andy's phone isn't connecting. He looks online trying to figure out what's going on.  So the girls share a package of beef jerky and we go to bed. Now I lay in bed listening to my stomach growl and the sounds of a bunch of dogs barking outside. I thank God that we're here safe and hoping my girls aren't too hungry.
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I didn't sleep well. Went to bed at 10pm woke up around 2am for a few hours.

First day (Tue. May 28,2013) here in Sitges
I finally got some good sleep.  We wake up at 11am.  Andy contacts the credit card companies and we think it should work now.  We get ready and head into town.  The ATM works!


 Then find a restaurant, on the waters edge.  I start with melon and ham, the girls get caprese salad and Mussels.  Our meals comes, Abby has rice stew with lobster, Tory gets grilled meats, Andy has squid, and I get a "tropical salad".  The girls walk on the beach, then we head to the market. Yeah the credit card works.



The weather is nice, but not warm.  We head to another town to go to a phone store, we get 3 prepaid phones, enjoy a gelato. 


 Then head to the airport to pick up Julia (our exchange student from Finland that stayed with us a few years ago).  It's so nice to see Julia, she is speechless when she sees us. We went out for dinner and now its just about time for bed. Tomorrow the weather is going to be around 67 and maybe afternoon showers. I am hoping it warms up soon. Nothing on much on three agenda for tomorrow, excerpts maybe workout. I'm going to hit the post button. I hope its not stupid or lame. :) Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day. Xo Jenny

4 comments:

  1. this was not stupid or lame, it's great!! thanks for putting it together. we love you and will see you soon, say hi to Julia for us.
    dad

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  2. Great job Jenny! I love the pictures with the narrative. This is a lot of fun to read! Kristin

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  3. Please keep it up Jenny...so excited for you all. What a great adventure!

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  4. Great to see and hear about the beginning of your trip! Looking forward to many more posts! Have a wonderful time! xo

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