The Welcome Party in Acapulco March 2009

Here are some of team Europe having a great time at the first night's welcome party.
With Julia and John from Sevenoaks, UK at the party.

And who said that Suzanne does not look good in hats?

Roger with good friends from Los Angeles and Arixona.

We had such a good time meeting up again with so many old and new friends.

Acapulco, Mexico

We flew from Southern Spain to Acapulco Mexico via Los Angeles ( to see some of our children and grandchildren) and as soon as we checked into our room, this was the view from the balcony, and then here's a picture of us showing some of the fabulous landscaping of the extensive grounds.

In the evening we were invited to a VIP party where we had the opportunity of reconnecting with alot of our friends and colleagues from all over the world.

Here is Roger with the microphone talking about the expansion of Team Europe and our successful event in January in Malaga, Spain

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Benahavis

On the way back from Los Angeles to Spain in January, we met Leslie and Burkhardt Weber and their two daughters on the plane. They built and own a boutique hotel and gourmet restaurant called Amanhavis in the gastronomic district of Benahavis here in southern Spain. We decided to drive over for dinner and to stay the night. The hotel is gorgeous, very authentic and rustic with each room designed in an individual way. The village itself consists almost entirely of about 30 restaurants and bars. You can see from the pictures that the courtyard is very pretty and that we had a room with a telescope and a glass domed ceiling to look at the stars. The restaurant was everything it promised to be and dinner was truly an experience with excellent wine from Granada to go with it. It was a magical abundant experience which we intend to repeat very soon.

We visit Jerez

After all the excitement of the previous weekend, we went to Jerez and toured the famous Gonzales Byass Bodega, most well known throughout the world for its Tio Pepe.

The Party

Following the event we hosted a party for everyone at our villa. We had a traditional Spanish singer and guitarist, but as you can see from the pictures, it turned into a karaoke session, not surprising considering who was there!!! Now when I look round the villa, I can only see about 100 of our friends and colleagues drinking, eating, dancing and singing. It is such a wonderful memory, a real gift from everyone who was there.

Super Saturday...En Fuego

After the lunch break we had arranged a demonstration of traditional flamenco dancing which went down really well judging by the applause.

Super Saturday...En Fuego

About 120 people travelled to come to the training day. Most of the speakers involved the audience in their subject, so it was exciting and interesting and the momentum never flagged. There were some fascinating experiments and everyone had a lot of fun.