The four intrepid travellers together again.

Our best friends, Karla and Don, came to stay with us and we decided to drive up into the mountains to Ronda, a very old town. Here you can see the incredible view from the balcony of the Parador Hotel.

The guys fooling around

Les Girls looking fabulous as always

What would any trip be without an amazing meal. We had lunch at Tragabuche, a very well known restaurant, one of the best in Spain, where we enjoyed a seven course "menu de degustacion" with wine pairing with each course! It was probably the best meal we have ever had - anywhere. I am happy to say the Don generously elected to drive and deny himself the wine, so the rest of us were able to indulge.

Here we are in the town square. As you can see it was a beautiful day, which made it all the more enjoyable.

We leave California for Spain

September 1st. we left our house in Los Angeles, and flew to London and on to Barcelona for a company training day. Then, back to London to visit family for a few days. We started the drive down to Southern Spain by taking the Channel Tunnel over to Calais. It is really quick, only 35 minutes, but feels rather claustrophobic. The first day we drove to Tours and then on through Bordeaux and Cognac into Spain and stayed the second night in a bustling city in Northern Spain, Logrono. Onwards through Spain , we stayed the third night at a magificent Palacio in a tiny place named Mengibar. The room was spacious and comfortable and the whole hotel was gorgeous.We were having a minor challenge with our camera, hence no pictures! Finally on day four we arrived back at our beautiful villa on the Costa del Sol. We are so happy and grateful to be back, and are now once again able to gaze out over the Mediterraneon every day - it is breathtaking.

The Big Island of Hawaii

This was our first visit to the Big island. We have visited Maui and Oahu, but this was really different, no beaches, just volcanic rock. When you fly in it looks almost as if you have landed on the moon. This is the view from our room looking out over the volcanic rock over to the Pacific.
As you can see, life is really tough!
















This is the putting course right outside our room with a view at sunset - just gorgeous.




This was a spectacular conference with amazing speakers and lots of fun to be had spending time with hundreds of our best friends. Here are some very excited people rushing in at 7.30 AM, not my usual time for being up and about and excited.



One of our speakers, Erik Wahl, painted these three pictures of Bono, Einstein, and Tiger Woods in 3-4 minutes each on stage in front of us. We learned so much from him and the other speakers. What an opportunity this is!!!

The Final Night Black Tie Barefoot on the Beach Gala

As you can see, this was an elegant affair, but only from the ankles upwards. Most people went barefoot or wore sandals. The food, ambiance and setting were amazing.
Some were quite creative with their attire. Everybody had fun.

Some of us chose to be a little more traditional!

In Session, Suzanne and the Girls

Suzanne and a few friends getting everyone going before the session.
Here is Suzanne with the microphone (I wonder how she got it away from Roger) talking about her ideas for seminars for the over 60's. It certainly caused a big stir and got a huge round of applause.

Les Girls in session.

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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