Monday, December 29, 2008

A Spanish Christmas


What a Christmas. We somehow survived finals, packed our bags, got away from all of the snow, and left the country. We spent the last 10 days in the beautiful country of Spain with the whole Farnsworth clan, except for Ryan, Shanna and Kenna. A week of Farnsworth's was definitely eventful, and we have 132 pictures to prove it. These are just a few of our favorites.

We went to Sol to do some shopping, walk around the city, went caroling with the missionaries on Christmas Eve, and ate Napolitana's:

We went to Toledo and saw the beautiful cathedral there, Don Quixote, the fun little shops, the Lladro's, and the Spanish Paella:





We went to Valle de los Caidos, but the funny thing is that it was extremely foggy, and we couldn't even see the enormous cross that was constructed there...

We went on a tour of the Real Madrid Stadium, which was awesome:


The Castle and the 2000 year old Aqua Duct in my favorite city, Segovia:



I love my family so so much, it was so much fun to finally spend time with them all. I can't wait for us ALL to be together this summer. We spent many late hours together playing games, watching movies, and waiting for Papa Noel to come. My parents are so absolutely amazing, and the obedience and happiness of all the missionaries in Madrid are living proof. I love you mommy and daddy, thanks for everything!

4 comments:

Shanna said...

Feliz Navidad! Thanks for the shout out...wish we could have been there!

Natalie said...

I am jealous! I've always wanted to go to Spain. Dave did a study abroad there and I made him promise me we can go together sometime. I am glad to know you guys have a blog so I can stalk you now :)

Karissa and Mik said...

what a fun trip! spain looks amazing. my cousin just got back from there from teaching english and she cant talk enough about it! glad you had fun!

Melissa Grow said...

Good times! I'm just getting around to working on my updates too! We had so much fun with you! We love you both. Was Sarge naughty?