First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter to vacation in Spain official visit Spanish King Juan Carlos

FIRST Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Spain next week on a 'private mother-daughter' trip, Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha will holiday in Spain the trip coincides with President Obama's birthday, which is Aug. 4.

First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter to vacation in Spain official visit Spanish King Juan Carlos

US First Lady Michelle Obama and one of her two daughters will take a summer break in Spain next week, the White House said Monday.

The first lady will pay an official visit to Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. But the vacation was otherwise a 'private, mother-daughter trip with longtime family friends,' the White House said in a statement.

Spanish media reports said Michelle Obama and her younger daughter Sasha, 9, would be in the southern holiday resort of Marbella on Spain's Costa del Sol between August 4 and 8.

There had been speculation that President Barack Obama might also come to Spain to celebrate his 49th birthday on August 4. The White House said the president would not accompany his wife.

Michelle Obama has reserved about 30 rooms for herself and her daughter, their friends and bodyguards at a five-star hotel in Benahavis near Marbella, hotel sources said.

The US first lady did not make any special requests, hotel owner Ricardo Arranz said, explaining that the hotel would function normally during her stay.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government had been disappointed in its hopes of hosting Barack Obama when the US president cancelled his participation in a European Union-US summit that had been scheduled during the Spanish EU presidency in the first half of 2010. The summit was subsequently called off.






Let The Barcelona Reporter Know What You Think Post your comment Below






News Source © 2010 DPA
Text within the news headline and/or news body may be subject to copyright Barcelona Reporter does not claim copyright to any such text.unless it is written by one of our reporters :
Please refer to the URL-referenced web page (the ‘Article Source’) for further information and details of the original source from the Barcelona Reporter.com web site. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder