Al's 30th Birthday was May 6th and the celebrations have just come to an end. We started things out by celebrating his cumpleanos in Marbella, Spain. The hotel we stayed at was gorgeous and they couldn't have been nicer...
we even got upgraded!
Here are Aidan and Al on the actual day!
We took a day trip to Gibraltar which was interesting...sort of like if Spain and England had a baby. Yikes.
Tangier, Morocco was also on our to do list and it was very cool. Here we are with our Rug Salesman who knew Al's name but decided to call him Abdoul instead. Here is a little scene of how it went...
NORA: (whispering) Al do you want to buy a rug?
AL: (not quite whispering) Absolutely not.
NORA: Ok, that's fine with me.
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
AL: I think we got a pretty good deal on this rug and tablecloth.
NORA: (Patting Al's back) Yes, yes we did.
The weather was good but a little too chilly to swim outside, so Aidan did a lot of indoor swimming. He seemed ok with it though!
We got back to London on Monday May 10th and unbeknownst to Al, his brothers and parents arrived on Thursday the 13th for Al's Surprise Party the next night! So, Aidan and I spent a couple days with them dodging Al's (MANY) text messages and then on Friday night we were able to surprise him at his favorite pub...Mulligans of Mayfair!
Al was SO surprised he had no idea about the party OR that his family was in town!
Al quickly made the most of it and The Taylors were all over London... Borough Market, Covent Garden, Assagi, Dukes Meadow and Bumpkin. Here are the Taylor Bros outside of The Windsor Castle.
And Aidan loved spending time with his Uncles and Grandparents!
Here is the link to more pictures from our trip:
http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100160
And Al's surprise party weekend:
http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100168
