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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“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.”
Why would she have an official visit? She isn’t a government bureaucrat herself.
That’s the best description I’ve heard so far.
“He lived at the IL state capitol all week and even some weekends. Lots of bitterness from the nasty witch.
One of the little girls, not sure which, has a nasty attitude towards her father too”
That’s some interesting information. It’s probably the oldest daughter.
O and Weiner would make the perfect couple.
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