We made an effort to drive through to Granada today, where Spain's popular Sierra Nevada Ski Resort is. This was a new experience for us all as 4/5 of our family had never experienced snow before. Well even I had forgotten what it feels like. What an experience, but too expensive to learn how to ski, especially with the language barrier. We enjoyed a wonderful day in the snow.
After long preparations and frustrations with our clever SA ( and American Veterinary services ) we are finally ready to leave SA for good (6 months)
10 Bags and 5 Hand luggage bags later we had Erich and Adri and Gawie and Conrad in two vehicle take us to the Airport.
Thanks to everybody that still joined us for a short time on the 15th as a small farewell, it was highly appreciated.
The Getaway
After sleeping till about 10 o'clock in the morning to recover from the poor sleep on the flight we decided to head to the beach and go for a long walk ( we must have walked about 10km today)
Our Journey of about 550km to Almunecar started with much confusion, as I had never driven left hand drive and on the right of the roads yet, so to start of driving into a one-way was a good start, allowing me to learn to reverse a Vito on the wrong side of the road. The we missed the first turn-off at a circle, but luckily made it on the second go. The rest was a piece of cake.
A Spanish windmill Solar panels in Spain Nice countryside The first snow
Wind power plant Highways in Spain The Villa at 12 Los Pinos What a view
Can you believe after 4 months Our dept of Home affairs still cannot produce my unabridged birth certificate.
Reason the electrical cable was stolen and for the past two months employees have been working 2hours per day with a flashlight, looking for the records. Reason why only 2 hours? You guessed it the batteries are flat after this time.
So good luck 2010.
German passports are ready , home is nearly revamped. Tickets are being booked, so hopefully by mid February we will be on our way.
We had the last Christmas in SA yesterday and it was a very enjoyable day with all the important family members attending a lunch and having fun afterwards.
Cricket was on the menu for entertainment with the kids and all enjoyed slogging it out and getting tired running between the wickets. One thing is for sure, we are not the youngest anymore and bones ache quicker nowadays.
