60 Years in Rota . . .

Spain loves to celebrate and have parties, and we just happened to be here when Spain and the United States celebrated 60 years of partnership with the Naval Base here in Rota. The Spanish, as always, were excellent hosts and opened up the base and the shipyard to the public so anyone who wanted could tour the ships and see what the military base is like.

We made it down in time to see the official part of the celebration with the speeches by the Spanish and American Naval commanders, The Ambassador to Spain and the Spanish and American troops march by. But since that's only the "business" part of the celebration we had to stay for the party with food, tours, Spanish local art and even a flemenco dance presentation. We had so much fun we only took pictures of the official part, so you'll just have to take my word for it.

The kids and I in front of the Juan Carlos, a Spanish Aircraft Carrier