The 2008 Spinster Reunion took place in Portugal, Spain and Morocco (or as I collectively called them, Sportugal, by accident when I couldn't remember what country we were in). The trip consisted of:
Becca (we traveled to
Sarah (also a former traveling companion in
Megan (former roommate and my slave at ARUP)
Candace (newly inducted into the society and a good friend of mine in
We all flew separately and met up in Lisbon. After a day sightseeing in Lisbon, we picked up our car (a van called the Spinstermobile) and headed down to Southern Portugal. Luckily we had a GPS to help us get around (which we called Lia).
A map of our travels beginning in Lisbon and ending in Barcelona(Blue stars: cities we visited & the green line: journey in the Spinstermobile)
Highlights from the trip:
1. Visiting Portugal, Spain and Morocco
2. Being in Spain during Semana Santa (Holy Week)
3. Reuniting with the spinsters
4. Monkeys attacking our car in Gibraltar
5. Getting creative w/sneaking extra people into hotels and figuring out how to sleep 5 girls in a European hotel room
6. Becoming really confident in driving a manual car
Our happy reunion in Lisbon
With our matching shirts by the spinstermobile
Enjoying lunch on the beach in southern Portugal
Picking/stealing oranges off the streets in Seville.They were bitter and we didn't try this again.
The Rock of Gibraltar and Wee Britain at the base.Also home of the monkeys.
This is also where I really learned how to drive the car. Look at the height of this rock. You can drive up to the top. After stalling out several times and not freaking out too much, I became the permanent driver.
Morocco
Snake charmer in Morocco
Ferry ride back to Spain
White Hill Towns region (Andalusia)
Outside Rhonda
We got creative when we had to sleep 5 to a room
La Mancha area and Don Quixote windmills
Our typical day: consulting Rick Steves and programming Lia
Spinsters in Segovia
The communion wafers tasted like ice cream cones. Too bad we couldn't find any gelato at the time.
Aquaduct in Segovia that ran through the city
The wall that surrounded the city of Avila
If you push two twin beds together you can sleep 4 to a bed. Cozy.
Outside the temple in Madrid
The spinstermobile got a flat the day before Megan and Candace were driving it back to Lisbon. We (mostly) changed it by ourselves. 
Royal Palace in Madrid
This is the wardrobe malfunction that led to me changing clothes in the streets of Madrid
Redefining fashion in Madrid
Artery cloggers: churros dunked in melted chocolate(of course it was delicious).
A special thanks to Rick Steves who recommended this place which lead to us gaining 5 lbs
Sarah and I outside La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona(only 50% complete and only 50 more years to go-hard work pays off)
Overlooking Barcelona
5 comments:
I'm so jealous of your travels. Where is the next trip? Wait, don't tell me-it will just make me more envious.
This trip sounds even more amazing through your pictures. I want to go. Tell Aaron to give me this for next Christmas, kay?
I wish I could be part of the spinster adventures!!! Kate - you always were so funny! I'm loving the blog. I am so jealous you got to eat churros con chocolate - I haven't had those for years and american churros suck! I don't think you've hit spinster age yet - do spinsters still exist? Along with men that earn the dough and people that think the word crap is as bad as it gets? Hmm, I think I'll take a trip too - although I think Thailand is next - I have catching up to do!
I wish I could go. I went to Spain right before I got married, but we havent been on any cool trips since then. Looks like you girls lived it up. Oh and thanks for being a blogger stalker and never talking to me. I thought you just didnt want to talk to me anymore, once you move back to Ohio your too good for these westerners!!!!
You had great pictures of the Sportugal trip too, Kate. I hope you can come to Brazil when we get down there and figure out what there is that might interest you.
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