Saturday, August 15, 2009

AN ANCIENT TRADITION

WE ARE IN A CITY IN SPAIN CALLED SEVILLE. WE ARE HERE TO HAVE A BREAK FROM THE DAYS OF CONSTANT TRAVEL WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE SPENT THE MORNING HANING OUT IN OUR HOTEL ROOM. WE DIDN'T LEAVE TILL RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO STAY IN PORTUGAL SO WE HAVE BEEN TAKING TURNS ON THE COMPUTER. IT TOOK US 5 HOURS ON 2 COMPUTERS TO GET A LEAD ON A PLACE. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK TO KNOW FOR SURE WEATHER WE WILL GET IT. EVERYTHING SEAMS TO BE BOOKED UP IN THE SOUTH OF PORTUGAL AND SO IT HAS BEEN TOUGH GOING.
THIS AFTERNOON DEAN, ERIN AND I WENT TO AN ARABIC HAMMAN. A HAMMAN IS A TYPE OF BATHHOUSE/SPA. THEY HAVE ONE AT THE TEN SPA IN WINNIPEG. WE WENT INTO 4 DIFFERENT BATHS EACH VARYING IN TEMPERATURE. THERE WAS A WARM, COOL,HOT AND VERY COLD POOL. THEY ALSO HAD AN AROMATHERAPY STEAM ROOM. DURING OUR BATH THEY CALLED US FOR A SHORT MASSAGE. IT WAS A HEAVENLY AFTERNOON. WE WENT FOR SUSHI AND THAI FOOD FOR SUPPER TO ROUND OUT AN AWSOME DAY.



THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE POOLS.

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