Spain

LaCaruna, Spain
Somewhere along the way, something triggered a bronchial spasm in Warner's lungs and what was a small cough at Normandy turned into wheezing by the time we were supposed to go to Santiago. Instead, we went to the Medical Department on the ship and the doctor pumped antibiotics into him for five hours. It worked and he was feeling pretty good when she got through. We only had about two hours left in port so we just walked around the little town of La Caruna. It is a pretty little city with a nice square in the middle and a prominade along the waterfront.

Malaga, Spain
At 2 AM we went past the Rock of Gibralter so we set the alarm and got up to see the lights. We were surprised that the African side had more lights than the Gibralter side. The wind was really blowing so the decks were closed but we went out anyway and took pictures. We think we saw the Rock but it was pretty dark. The most impressive thing was the wind. There is quite a gale between those two points.
In the morning we went into the city of Malaga. We hopped onto the on and off tour bus and took a town tour. The Gibralfaro Castle had pretty gardens but there isn't a castle to go into and the walkway down to Alcazaba Fortress was closed so we got back on the bus and took the rest of the tour through town. What was amazing was the street with the shops on it. The street was made of marble and very pretty. There were mimes standing in places dressed as different characters. It was fun to walk the street. We stopped at a sidewalk cafe and had a coke and gelatto (ice cream) and then headed back to the ship. On the way back, we bought Fleminco dresses and fans for Natalie and Haley for their dress-up boxes. This was the start of shopping for everyone.
When we got back we checked the email and found out that Kelsey had finally had her baby and Anna was having a girl. It made a happy ending to a happy day.