Casa KriMaSoto: The first trip to our Casa!

Welcome to Spain, and welcome to Casa KriMa

Our home away from home is in the South of Spain. Almost as south as you can get on mainland Spain. You fly to Malaga (or Gibraltar). It is located in the province of Cadiz, in an urbanisation called Sotogrande. It is a gated community comprising of both villas and apartment buildings, and of course resturants, beaches and golf courses. And our home is a penthouse apartment with great terraces on two sides of the house. So you can see everything from the mountain, the polo fields, the beach, the canals and the tip of Gibraltar! It has two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. And parking in the basement, with elevator all the way up to the apartment. And of course a swimming-pool! To sum it up, it has all you need for a great relaxing time in the fantastic south of Spain!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The first trip to our Casa!

Ma and Kri (this time Magnus and Kristine) flew down a sunny day in July to pick up the keys and move in to our Casa! Kri was very excited, she had not been inside our new home before! But before we drove down to Sotogrande we needed to stop by IKEA to pick up something to sleep on, and some supplies to help us through the first night and day! The most important things on the list were mattresses, wineglasses, candles and led-lights on batteries (as we had no electricity yet!).

Our suitcases were full of bedding, towels, kitchen supplies, tools and work clothes. So needless to say, our little box-car was jam packed full with two mattresses, two big suitcases and two bags and two in-flights, and lots of other stuff from IKEA. We successfully got our keys just in time before the agent closed for the day, and made our way "home". No electricity though (which we knew), but we had water! And luckily in July the cold water in the tap is not really cold, so a shower was doable, a quick one that is...!!

Our fist evening was spent with a take away pizza, a bottle of red wine, Marianne on the phone, Magnus with a headlight on, on the mattresses set up in the livingroom as a sofa! One on the floor, the other-one up agains the wall as a back rest! Great to be home! The next days were spent at Carrefour, Habitat, IKEA. A home was created!!

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How to get here!

Landing in Malaga, drive southwest. Stay in the right lane along the San Miguel brewery, and merge onto the motorway. After 3 min, follow the signs to Algeciras and AP-7, and enter the motorway up the hill after the BMW dealer. Drive on this road for 50 more minutes. After the 3rd toll road stop, and over the hill of Casares, you enter Cadiz province. Just down the hill you see Sotogrande and Torreguadiaro. Take exit 130 to Guadiaro. In the roundabout, go around and left, under the motorway. Go straight through the next two roundabouts. You will come to a extremely high speed bump, and a pink hotel to the right. Just after/along the hotel follow the signs to Puerto Sotogrande, down a very steep hill to the right. Take a right in the "roundabout", drive down the road, and enter the Sotogrande gated community. The gate opens by just driving up to it. Take a right, and follow the road for about 3-4 min. After 8 bumps, our house is to the left. Guadalmarina II consists of two houses, one yellow and one pink. Our apartment is in the yellow house with blue window shutters. Take a left in between the two pink houses, and enter the garage to the left. Be carefull down the ramp, it turns slightly so be aware of the walls! Drive all the way in and park in space 36 (2nd to last on the left side). Enter the door Portal 1, and take the elevator to the 4th floor, and you have arrived, Atico A. Welcome!