The in-laws are coming.

Next week Nadia’s family will be arriving in Gibraltar for a week and her sister is going to stay for two weeks. Over the last few months I have been planning of what we are going to do and also where we are going to go. Now some of you out there might think it is not too hard as Gib is such a small place but it is harder than it looks.

One of the things we planned is a visit to Granada which will be doing over the Easter weekend. It is not the first time that I have gone to Granada for Easter but this time I am praying for good weather as last time we went, the weather was wet and cold and visiting the Alhambra in the rain was not the best experience. Most of the paths in the gardens and castle, if not all, were very slippery and we even saw some tourists have a nasty fall close to the water steps.

Also it is Semana Santa (Easter Week) in Spain so this year it will be a change of venue to watch the processions and in Granada they are magical to witness as it is stepping into the past in some sections of the city. The most beautiful to watch this would be the candle lit procession under the imposing building of the Alhambra as it goes past in silence, broken only by the passing river.

I have also planned a visit to Ronda but the details on that are still up in the air -it is not too far away from Gibraltar and for me Ronda is like a second home since I go up there so often. We will also do the normal tourist things in Gibraltar but I might be able to skip some things as my in-laws have been here before.

We invited Nadia’s sister to stay an extra week so we are going to be taking her over to Morocco for the weekend as she has always wanted to go. Even though it might just be Tangiers, it will give her a small insight into Morocco.

I am looking forward to the next few weeks but I am also a bit nervous of what they are going to take back from this trip - this is the 1^st time Nadia’s family are coming over to Gib since we met, even though we went over last year.  

Oh, I also think I should brush up my Bulgarian.