(AFP) – 4 days ago
GRANADA, Spain — US First Lady Michelle Obama and her nine-year-old daughter Sasha on Thursday visited Granada, the former seat of Moorish rule in Spain, during the second day of her holiday in the country.
The two had ice cream in the centre of the southern city as dozens of cameramen and local residents looked on before they began their tour of Granada amid temperatures that soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Michelle Obama smiled and waved to the crowd before entering the city's imposing cathedral, which contains the tombs of Spain's king Ferdinand of Aragon and queen Isabella of Castile, the first stop on their tour.
She then attended a flamenco performance by Juan Andres Maya at a tavern in the centre of the city.
"She clapped along to the music and at the end even imitated some flamenco moves with her hands. It really moved me, I almost cried," Maya told public television TVE.
The tour of the city ended with a tour at sunset of the Alhambra fortress-palace, Spain's most-visited tourist attraction.
Once the residence of Moorish kings, the Alhambra is now one of the world's largest open-air museums of Islamic architecture and a World Heritage Site.
It features royal residential quarters, official chambers, a bathhouse, and a mosque, as well as a series of courtyards flanked by sweeping archways, columns and fountains.
The US First Lady and Sasha arrived on Spain's Mediterranean coast on Wednesday for a vacation with friends at the five-star Hotel Villa Padierna in the hills above the seaside resort of Marbella, a haunt for the rich and famous.
The White House has described the four-day visit as "a private, mother-daughter trip with longtime family friends".
Michelle Obama, 46, was however scheduled to meet Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on Sunday at their summer palace on the Balearic island of Majorca, a short flight from Marbella, before she returns to the United States.
President Barack Obama, who celebrated his 49th birthday on Wednesday, stayed behind in the United States as did the couple's elder daughter, 12-year-old Malia, who is attending a summer camp.
Michelle Obama was cheered and applauded by several hundred onlookers on Wednesday night as she strolled through the historic centre of Marbella before having dinner at one of the city's most exclusive restaurants.
She bought two white dresses, one for herself and another for Sasha, for a total of about 80 euros (105 dollars) during her visit to the centre of Marbella, Spanish public television TVE reported.
GRANADA, Spain — US First Lady Michelle Obama and her nine-year-old daughter Sasha on Thursday visited Granada, the former seat of Moorish rule in Spain, during the second day of her holiday in the country.
The two had ice cream in the centre of the southern city as dozens of cameramen and local residents looked on before they began their tour of Granada amid temperatures that soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Michelle Obama smiled and waved to the crowd before entering the city's imposing cathedral, which contains the tombs of Spain's king Ferdinand of Aragon and queen Isabella of Castile, the first stop on their tour.
She then attended a flamenco performance by Juan Andres Maya at a tavern in the centre of the city.
"She clapped along to the music and at the end even imitated some flamenco moves with her hands. It really moved me, I almost cried," Maya told public television TVE.
The tour of the city ended with a tour at sunset of the Alhambra fortress-palace, Spain's most-visited tourist attraction.
Once the residence of Moorish kings, the Alhambra is now one of the world's largest open-air museums of Islamic architecture and a World Heritage Site.
It features royal residential quarters, official chambers, a bathhouse, and a mosque, as well as a series of courtyards flanked by sweeping archways, columns and fountains.
The US First Lady and Sasha arrived on Spain's Mediterranean coast on Wednesday for a vacation with friends at the five-star Hotel Villa Padierna in the hills above the seaside resort of Marbella, a haunt for the rich and famous.
The White House has described the four-day visit as "a private, mother-daughter trip with longtime family friends".
Michelle Obama, 46, was however scheduled to meet Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on Sunday at their summer palace on the Balearic island of Majorca, a short flight from Marbella, before she returns to the United States.
President Barack Obama, who celebrated his 49th birthday on Wednesday, stayed behind in the United States as did the couple's elder daughter, 12-year-old Malia, who is attending a summer camp.
Michelle Obama was cheered and applauded by several hundred onlookers on Wednesday night as she strolled through the historic centre of Marbella before having dinner at one of the city's most exclusive restaurants.
She bought two white dresses, one for herself and another for Sasha, for a total of about 80 euros (105 dollars) during her visit to the centre of Marbella, Spanish public television TVE reported.
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ReplyDeleteMICHELLE OBAMA'S ALLAH-DAY
Why was Michelle Obama spreading "stimulus" money in Spain? Do you suppose Barack Hussein Obama told her he can't get re-elected without the votes of Hispanics who aren't American citizens and she thought he meant the non-American Hispanics living in Spain?
At least those foreigners are much better than "voters" in American cemeteries!
BTW, in 1928 Herbert Hoover's campaign promised that if he were elected there would be "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."
Well, Obama has come up with a Hoover twist and says that if he's re-elected there will be "a chick in every car and some pot in every garage"!
For some insights into Obamessiah and his think-alikes, Google "Obama Avoids Bible Verses," "Obama Supports Public Depravity," "Government-Approved Illegals," and "Imam Bloomberg's Sharia Mosque."