Sunday, July 31, 2011

Gandia, Spain- family reunion!!!

Surprisingly, the beach there was very nice. And we thought there could be no good beach outside of Hawaii! We had two good afternoons at the beach, the second day with just Noah. We had such fun with him!
















Noah's beloved blanket, turned into do-rag- compliments of Daddy! This is outside of the Lladro factory where we bought a rather large statue of the Christus, but we did manage to get it home safe and sound.















As Paul remarked, "Sean had more clothes on than anyone else at the beach". That's not saying too much, since many of the women were topless!











Robyn and Paul fixed a Spanish feast for us our first night there. The best food we had in Spain!















One of our many playground breaks. Actually, this was at a park where we had a picnic/barbeque with a family Paul knew from his mission. They were such a wonderful family and we all enjoyed our time that night.

Spain- Ola!!!



My personal favorite touristy thing in Barcelona was Goudi's Sacrada Familia. The Cathedral was surprisingly beautiful inside and is almost finished! It is designed to look like a forest inside. the outside has many detailed images such as the nativity, healings, etc.











We tried to enter the Madrid temple, but it was closed for cleaning, so we just saw the outside and the MTC. We even took a picture of Brian's picture when he was there! The grounds are very peaceful.





















This is part of the scaffolded exterior of the Sagrada Familia.


















Beautiful garden in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid.

The Huff's Summer Extravaganza





We definitely had a summer to remember! The bad thing is that we did so many things and went so many places, that I am already forgetting! I thought I would post a few highlights of each location so I'll start with Boston. Lennie had to attend a seminar at Harvard Business School, his Alma Mater, so we happily began our trip there (after our short layover in Denver where we got to have a nice, short visit with Heather, Doug and Caitlin). It was great to stay with his college roomie, Kerry Hopkins, and to see our first apartment, etc. It was a great way to begin our trip- going back in time to basically "where it really all began for the Huffs".