Our late return to Esp
aña was
just what the doctor had ordered. The peaceful atmosphere without doctors’
appointments, chemo treatments, and lab draws was refreshing. Although the neuropathy
prevented hikes and lengthy explorations, we each captured routine daily step
counts approaching 10,000. So we were not exactly slacking off all the time. We
had snow in Gredos, rain in the northern parts at times (most occurred when
driving to the next stop along the way), a glorious week in our beloved
Elizondo "without a care in the world approach", we got to visit and
see the latest Mendi family member: 'Julia' in Pamplona along with her
parents-- Fernando and Nekane and Great Amatxi-Asun and Amatxi-Loles, then a
great visit with RobtBob Allebach in Zaragoza a city we also really enjoyed
exploring and now it's on our
we must
return list, Paul's brother Rick Watson joined us for a couple of days in
Zaragoza as well courtesy of his employer - - American Airlines, who scheduled a
marketing conference in Madrid (that necessitated a short/fast train ride for
Rick), and then a first ever stop in El Campello on the Med to see our dear
friend of 50 years, Gill Fischier-Groves for a super lunch of grilled baby lamb
chops with all the fixings and good, very good wine too. Then we had our last
two visits with family and friends in Madrid. Mission accomplished all
refreshed we started home with heavy hearts and checked in for our flights
having started the day way toooooo early and without benefit of any coffee no
less!
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| El Campello |
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| Elizondo |
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| Gredos |
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