Southern Spain - Puerto Banus and Marbella

Dear Grace,


Even though we loved having beach and pool time to relax over this vacation, we also wanted to get out and see some of the surrounding towns in Spain.  The ones we visited ended up being absolutely beautiful and had fantastic shopping.  Your mummy and I love to buy different items from the cities we visit together so we'll always remember our time there.  Enjoy the pictures of the beautiful towns we were fortunate enough to see.


Love, 
Daddy

The first town we visited ended up being the beautiful coastal town of Puerto Banus.  It is famous for being the port that people bring their yachts to in order to vacation in the southern part of Spain.  Due to the fact that yachts frequent this area, you can imagine the high end shopping that went along with it.  We really enjoyed taking pictures of the fancy area, BUT this place was slightly out of our price range...haha.

Must be nice to get off a super yacht and then have your sports car sitting right there.  In case you needed to see what time it was you could check the Cartier clock posts everywhere.  

We left the port area and decided to walk out to the end of the harbor for some great pictures with the mountains in the background.

Once we finished touring the port, we headed towards Marbella, which is famous for its beautiful churches, courtyards, and fantastic local shopping.  We found out that this was the location that Mrs. Obama came to with her girls when they visited last year.  

The main area that we shopped around in was called the Orange Square.  It was absolutely beautiful and reminded us of Positano in the Amalfi Coast of Italy.  Flowers everywhere and different colors on all of the buildings.

We came across the main church in the square and happened to be there during a wedding that was going on.  We went in to observe the ceremony since the doors were open and it was a beautiful church.  Right when we were about to leave, they started going over the Readings, which were the same ones we had in our wedding.  What a neat experience.

Once the ceremony was over, your mummy had to go up and tell the bride and groom how beautiful the ceremony was and that we enjoyed watching the part of it where the similar Readings were done.  They were a couple from London and of course loved hearing that story.  Not only did they love the story, but they loved you too......as you were smiling and couldn't stop looking at them.

Since all of the stores close down for siesta time in the afternoon, we walked around taking pictures until we could finally go into some of the stores and make some purchases.

Stay tuned for the final adventures of our trip to Spain.