Posted on 07/30/2010 3:30:41 PM PDT by IbJensen
It's a tourist destination usually associated with beer-swilling Brits, but U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is set to holiday with daughter Sasha on Spain's Costa del Sol.
Mother and daughter are due to travel to the resort of Marbella in southern Spain next week for a private trip with long-time family friends, the White House announced today.
But Barack Obama, who turns 49 on 4 August, will celebrate his birthday home alone while elder daughter Malia, 12, attends summer camp back in the States. The Obamas tour Ghana in 2009
Despite the unusual choice of holiday destination, Mrs Obama, who will be on the Costa del Sol between 4 and 8 August with nine-year-old Sasha, has reserved 30 rooms at a five-star hotel.
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With a reputation as Spain's most exclusive hotel, room prices start at 250 euros (£210) for a standard double and rise up to 5,000 euros (£4,175) for a private villa within the gardens.The tourist spot has gained a reputation for being something of a party town
Mrs Obama and Sasha will be accompanied by an entourage of secret service personnel who will follow their every move.
The cost of housing the First Lady and her entourage could raise questions back in the U.S. over the use of taxpayers's money.
Mrs Obama will pay an official visit to Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. Spanish newspapers today reported that the royal family had invited her to join them at their summer palace on Majorca in the Mediterranean.
The Obamas will spend four nights at Spain's most exclusive hotel, the Villa Padierna on the Costa del Sol near Marbella
However Mrs Obama will miss her husband's 49th birthday on August 4.
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Alot of democrats are just ignorant (about many other things also) about the Crawford situation. Since it was run as a western white house everything needed to run the war and the country at large was present. Briefings were held and then Bush could relax and recharge (a man in his shoes should to that efficiently) in an environment best suited to him. Texas.
Obama is doing all these photo op tours on the road while being kept under wraps by handlers less he be confronted with a microphone without a Teleprompter. He can still be reached and issue commands in a crisis (which isn’t something we can be sure he would really do sitting in the White House in any event) but it really can’t compare to a the relaxing ranch that was basically a Western-West Wing.
I always thought of that as a South American / Carribean word. I used it once in class debate and almost got suspended. Only got out of trouble thanks to my friends at Merriam-Webster. I still had to apologize to the class and the teacher.
Is this the thing about how Obama can't take her to a Sharia country?
30 rooms is for all the ‘hanger ons’ they take with them everywhere. You know, you have seen them at Walmart. You can’t get down the aisles because they bring the 5 kids, grandma, grandpa and all the aunts and uncles with them.
Point well taken.
That’s what I’m suspecting.
They are called courtiers.
I remember Hitlery and Chelsea atop camels in North Africa while Hitlery is calling Bill to instruct him on attacking Yugoslavia!
Why can’t the Mrs. go to the ME?
What is in Sharia Law that forbids her from joining her husband?
Do they require her to go full Burka?
JMO Michelle will do just about anything for her husband but I bet she would draw the line at going full Burka.
What are you jabbering about?
Rebuked?
Hardly; but perhaps in your 'mind.'
Even Gramma deserves a break from child care.
I would be bitter to if I was married to that jerk.
Obama should marry Snookie.
Ok, you’re right. Yesterday it was all over the place that this story was bogus, but today I see it is true. When I am wrong I admit it. Why you had the need to be so snippy about it is beyond me...but..whatever.
I was kinda thinking she was meeting with Royalty to make the fun vacation trip a business trip so that the tax payers would not complain about footing the bill.
After her and the girls leave the WhiteHouse and Obama goes back to running the streets she won’t have the funds to take the girls on world wide trips.
She is taking advantage of a free ride.
Obama on the View was saying the girls are so full of creative ideas and how he really gets so much insight from them.
I was thinking how soon untill he makes them the babysitting Czars.
You and your Grandson were blessed. : )
Obama on the View was saying the girls are so full of creative ideas and how he really gets so much insight from them.
Maybe he will take advice from the girls, like Jimmy Carter took from Amy /s
So this email the she sent KV is a bunch of BS?
/sarc
Dear King Vanity,
Every year, our family tries to come up with a fun way to wish Barack a happy birthday.
And this August 4th, when he turns 49, I have something new in mind.
This has been a big — and hectic — year for him. After signing the Affordable Care Act and Wall Street reform into law — and completing his first year as president — I think it’s safe to say we will remember it for a long time.
And I know full well how much he credits this movement, and the work of supporters like you, for the change that we’ve accomplished.
So I’m putting together a birthday card that I would like you to sign. Together with other Organizing for America supporters — and me, Malia, Sasha, and Bo — we’ll wish him a happy birthday and let him know that we’re ready to take on the year ahead alongside him.
Will you wish Barack a happy birthday with me?
This year also brought a lot of surprises — some good and some bad.
Supporters like you have helped him make the best of it — by contacting Congress to help push stalled legislation forward, by re-engaging supporters in the political process, by giving back with service projects across the country, and so much more.
And while we can’t know what the coming year will bring, all of us, working together, will continue pushing forward for change.
Will you help make this a memorable birthday for Barack and wish him a happy 49th?
http://my.barackobama.com/birthday
Thanks so much,
Michelle Obama
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