Beach Time & Manatees!

If you know me, you know that I LOVE the beach. My idea of a vacation is spending it on the beach and in the water. We explored a different beach each day that we were in Florida. One day, after exploring different parts of the island that we were on, we spotted two manatees... they swam right past our feet! It was awesome! 

Granada

Granada was one of my most favorite stops, and we were only there for one night!  The town was beautiful, with canopies in the shopping areas so you never got too hot.  The plants and flowers were gorgeous, and we loved the older area of the city.  And...we found the best gelato of our trip there.  It was from a little Italian place, of course! ;)

Morocco

This was my first time in Africa, Marc's second.  We only saw one part of Morocco, Tanger.  We walked through the Kasbah, ate at a Moroccan restaurant, and shopped for souvenirs before taking the ferry back to Spain. 

Checking out the port that is under construction.

Snake man!

Fresh vegetables

Inside the restaurant 

Grains for sale

Fresh fruit

Freshly baked bread

What kind of olives do you like?

Gibraltar

On our next stop, we drove to Gibraltar, an English Territory.  It was like "Little England" right smack in the middle of Spain.  In order to get into Gibraltar, you must go through customs and show your passport.  You even get a chance to drive across a commercial runway that's still in use today!  Gibraltar also has wild monkeys!  If you're not careful, they can jump into your car, or even climb on you!  You'll see that it happened to one of our fellow tour mates, and once I saw this happen to her, I jumped inside the bus! I ate traditional fish and chips and we even spotted an English phone booth!

Touching Morocco!

Touching Spain!