Posted on 08/02/2010 11:18:10 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
It seems an unlikely holiday destination for a First Lady, but the Costa del Sol resort of Marbella will be the setting for Michelle Obama's summer break.
More commonly associated with reality television stars and gangsters, Mrs Obama and her youngest daughter Sasha have booked 30 rooms at the Villa Padierna, one of Spain's most exclusive hotels, in the Andalusion resort.
But the booking is likely to raise questions over use of taxpayer's money as an entourage of secret service agents will protect Mrs Obama and her nine-year-old daughter.
Prices at the Villa Padierna - a golf and spa resort - start from £210 per night and can cost up to £4,175 for a private villa within the hotel grounds.
Mrs Obama will pay an official visit to Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. Spanish newspapers hve said the royal family invited her to join them at their summer palace on Majorca.
Marbella has been struggling to restore its 1960s reputation, when the likes of the Kennedys enjoyed holidays on the south Spain coast alongside European aristocrats and Hollywood actresses.
The town has been beset by accusations of corruption after mayor Jesús Gil was forced to resign over a property scandal in 2002 and his successor Julián Muñoz faces trials on charges of abusing planning permission.
In 2006, the entire town hall administration was summarily dismissed by the Madrid government. Juan Antonio Roca, chief of urban planning at the time, was jailed and faces further charges later this year.
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I visited Marbella and Casa del Sol in ‘00... I would have liked to stay at a 4- or 5-star property too, but since I didn’t have a slush fund supported by U.S. tax payers, I did a cost/benefit thing (looked at my savings account) and stayed at a modest property... and I carried my own bags.
Casa —> Costa.
I'm sure Zero is going to crash this party because golfing would be involved.
These WH occupiers disgust me!
Here I am laid off for a year and these pieces of excrement are living it up on your tax money. I ain’t paying any at the moment.
Or Chupacabra.
Marbella, home of the Saudi Royal Summer Compound and their 18 yachts.
Maybe they are arranging a royal marriage...between the families...
Yes - they have a limited time to do it on the taxpayers' dime, after which it will have to come of whatever funds they can extort and steal by the sweat of their own effort. Kids in the candy jar having a really wonderful time at your expense - vacations, golf, plane rides, dinners, concerts, clothes - whoopey!
Yes - they have a limited time to do it on the taxpayers' dime, after which it will have to come of whatever funds they can extort and steal by the sweat of their own effort. Kids in the candy jar having a really wonderful time at your expense - vacations, golf, plane rides, dinners, concerts, clothes - whoopey!
It’s too bad the Beast is going to contaminate such a beautiful place. Like she’s contaminated too many of our national parks (Acadia, the Grand Canyon), the state of Wyoming, a bunch of other spots I used to enjoy.
On the other hand, it reminds me a little of Saddam’s palaces, so in that case, it’s appropriate for the First Tyrant.
Unreal....
***Here I am laid off for a year and these pieces of excrement are living it up on your tax money. I ain’t paying any at the moment.***
I can’t let this pass. You have every right to feel as you do.
And all of the books in that photo were stocked on the shelves in 1963 and haven't moved since.
BINGO!!!
I’m sure that millions of other unemployed Americans share your sentiments!
We have to get these golddiggers out of the White House as soon as possible!
Marbella, home of the Saudi Royal Summer Compound and their 18 yachts.
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Ahhh....Michelle Antionette and la princesse Sasha are vacationing near their royal friends.
I cannot afford a vacation anymore; but her majesty will “let me eat cake” I’m sure.
Source: TIME Magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1857184,00.html
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