Heading East! Days One and Two

 We left Seattle on September 6th at an absurdly early hour in the morning. Our thanks to our friends Bill and Colene for feeding us a beautiful farewell dinner and putting us up for the night, and to Stan and Maggie for driving us to the airport!

The flight went pretty smoothly. (details to follow).  We connected through Washington DC to Madrid. From there we took a Spanish commuter airline to the little city of Murcia.
 All in all, the trip took 25 hours which included a loooong layover in the vast Madrid airport.  In Murcia, we were met by Ray, a good friend of Stan and Anne our home exchange partners.

Our home away from home

Ray took us to our home, giving us a bunch of information that we desperately tried to remember in our exhausted state! Stan and Anne moved here a number of years ago from Britain. They live in a community, called an urbanization.This is one of many communites that have sprouted up along the coast, catering to northern Europeans desperate for warmth and sunshine. Their place is well-located, well- equipped and quite charming. The home and grounds are beautiful.
After a light dinner at Alejandros, a local favorite, we made an early night of it!    ZZZZZZZ!!!