As you know, Abuelo and Abuela ( Opa & Oma Muts) visited us in Antequera being there for mum's birthday and staying with us for a week. The first few days the weather was good, could have been better, but we could walked outside without feeling any raindrops or feeling very cold! Let's just say that the weather was good enough to eat ice-cream, but too cold to wear your shorts!
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| Oma and mama eating Churrios |
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| far away you can see the flamingos |
We went with Oma and Opa Muts to............. wait .... let me first translate Opa & Oma Muts for you. Opa & Oma Muts means " Grandpa & Grandma Hat " We named them like that because Oma Hat always wears a hat when she comes to South Africa! Steven and I decided to call her/them just like that Hat a long time ago. Just like our other granny who we name: Oma Muis. Granny Mouse because she used to catch mice on our attic!.. (ok! now let's go on).......
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| Oma and I with our cup cakes |
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| Oma and Opa Muts posing |
During the week after the birthday we did many things with Oma and Opa Muts; we went to a fruit-vegetable and clothes market. I thought it was a great market with lots to taste like delicious oranges etc!! The only thing they could have changed was the order of the stalls. If we wanted to go to another row of stalls we had to go back around and go through the other stalls which we already saw. After walking through the busy market buying the fresh good looking fruit, we headed off going to have a cappuccino which ended up with having... yummy, traditional oily, circled CHURRIOS (do you still remember what they are, we have had it a few weeks ago. Anyway it was delicious again!)
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| Alhambra wall carvings and tiles |
On Wednesday we were supposed to go to Granada (a city in Andalusia and go to the Alhambra. This is an Arabic castle which is very well know and many tourist visit this when they are in Andalusia Everyone was looking forward to go at 10:00 and at 9:45 dad said he had a little problem, he did not have the tickets for the Alhambra. That was not a little problem, more a BIG problem, because the Alhambra is always very busy and you have to buy the tickets in advance. The tour was cancelled, but instead Granny and I did a lot. We baked cup cakes, made Christmas cards and went shopping in the little Local boutiques and Chinese shops! At the end of the day we also had time to go to Fuente de Piedra, a place not far from Antequera where you can see the flamingo's in a beautiful nature reserve. We were just in time to see the last group of flamingo's leave for Africa! We could see a pink/orange group of flamingo's very blurry, because it was so far away!
The next day we had reserved the tickets and went in our hired car to Granada. 1,5 hour in the car, but worth it! The Alhambra was fantastic, wonderful, because of its beautiful rooms with hand made wall and ceilings which the Arab kings had made for them! I also loved the clean green gardens in between the palace rooms with different color flowers and plants all cut in shapes or animals! The fort (Alcazaba) in front of the castles was also magnificent. A huge castle with many corridors and rooms all empty and my favorite part was the "mirador" = " the viewpoint". We saw the view of the whole city of Granada with all the white houses and red/brown roofs. If you look much further you could see the snow on the mountains (Sierra Nevada)!! We didn't see the high gardens of Alhambra, because it was too much for grandpa to walk.
Thanks to the lovely sun, it was a great, moving, smiling, magnificent day!!
The last afternoon for oma and opa Muts to be in Antequera I had booked a nice tapas restaurant for 6 people. When it was time to go to this restaurant,...I did not know the way back to the restaurant, because I went with a friend and I was chatting with her and did not pay attention. I lost the way! stupid of me!! ( as dad always says: " you learn everyday"). Anyway we had found another nice tapas restaurant where we could have lunch! We had to rush a little, because we lost some time looking for my original restaurant, but we were in time at Malaga airport and had to say good-bye to them.! Thanks Opa and Oma for staying with us.
(next week = missing my friends!)
Loes - Louisa Lindiwe Kreeftenberg
As you know, Abuelo and Abuela ( Opa & Oma Muts) visited us in Antequera being there for mum's birthday and staying with us for a week. The first few days the weather was good, could have been better, but we could walked outside without feeling any raindrops or feeling very cold! Let's just say that the weather was good enough to eat ice-cream, but too cold to wear your shorts!
On Wednesday we were supposed to go to Granada (a city in Andalusia and go to the Alhambra. This is an Arabic castle which is very well know and many tourist visit this when they are in Andalusia Everyone was looking forward to go at 10:00 and at 9:45 dad said he had a little problem, he did not have the tickets for the Alhambra. That was not a little problem, more a BIG problem, because the Alhambra is always very busy and you have to buy the tickets in advance. The tour was cancelled, but instead Granny and I did a lot. We baked cup cakes, made Christmas cards and went shopping in the little Local boutiques and Chinese shops! At the end of the day we also had time to go to Fuente de Piedra, a place not far from Antequera where you can see the flamingo's in a beautiful nature reserve. We were just in time to see the last group of flamingo's leave for Africa! We could see a pink/orange group of flamingo's very blurry, because it was so far away! 
The next day we had reserved the tickets and went in our hired car to Granada. 1,5 hour in the car, but worth it! The Alhambra was fantastic, wonderful, because of its beautiful rooms with hand made wall and ceilings which the Arab kings had made for them! I also loved the clean green gardens in between the palace rooms with different color flowers and plants all cut in shapes or animals! The fort (Alcazaba) in front of the castles was also magnificent. A huge castle with many corridors and rooms all empty and my favorite part was the "mirador" = " the viewpoint". We saw the view of the whole city of Granada with all the white houses and red/brown roofs. If you look much further you could see the snow on the mountains (Sierra Nevada)!! We didn't see the high gardens of Alhambra, because it was too much for grandpa to walk.
The last afternoon for oma and opa Muts to be in Antequera I had booked a nice tapas restaurant for 6 people. When it was time to go to this restaurant,...I did not know the way back to the restaurant, because I went with a friend and I was chatting with her and did not pay attention. I lost the way! stupid of me!! ( as dad always says: " you learn everyday"). Anyway we had found another nice tapas restaurant where we could have lunch! We had to rush a little, because we lost some time looking for my original restaurant, but we were in time at Malaga airport and had to say good-bye to them.! Thanks Opa and Oma for staying with us.