The Alhambra

Most of our day trips from Frigiliana went like this: drive 5km to ocean, swim/sun/eat paella (repeat as desired), drive home and make pitcher of sangria to drink while watching the sun set.

To break up all the sun and sand, we took a trip to Granada for a half day and toured the Alhambra. People, it was awesome. Here are some of our photos...

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Toledo's Jazz Festival rocks out next to the historic cathedral.

We took a long vacation in Spain over late August/early September and have so many images we'd like to share with you, it's overwhelming. Well, that and Mike just took so many pictures we're still in the process of weeding out the unnecessary files.

The Balcon de Europa on the Costa del Sol (Nerja, Spain)

Post-Spain, we spent a relaxing four days at home filled with frantic work catchup and copious amounts of laundry before heading out to LA for a wedding and then Chicago/Evanston for a visit with Northwestern.

Now we're back. For a solid week. Oh yes.

Historical Charlottesville

250+ year old oak tree on James Monroe's estate, Ash Lawn - Highland.


This area is laden with American history. Ash Lawn - Highland is the home of President James Monroe, President Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is a 5 minute drive from there, and President James Madison's Montpelier is 45 minutes North of the Charlottesville area.

Mike @ Monticello

In the craze of performances (and the subsequent need for rest and downtime), we didn't visit any of these sites last summer. This year I planned our free time a bit more wisely and managed to get to all three! Mike went on the Ash Lawn tour, and then he and I visited Monticello. The following weekend I visited Montpelier with my family. All three sites were interesting and especially beautiful!

And a (blurry) photo from our opera scenes concert in mid-July...

Emoting. :)