First Lady Michelle Obama visits Spain

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First Lady Michelle Obama visits Spain

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha stay in Spain.

Sasha Obama, left, and her mother First Lady Michelle Obama, arrives at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010.

Spain's King Juan Carlos welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha, on their arrival at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The White House says First Lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends.

Spain's Princess Letizia, right, welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama on her arrival at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The White House says First Lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends.

Spain's Queen Sofia, right, embraces Sasha Obama in presence of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and Spain's King Juan Carlos, center, as they arrive at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010.

From left, Sasha Obama, Spain's King Juan Carlos, First Lady Michelle Obama, Spain's Queen Sofia and Princess Letizia pose before a lunch at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha had lunch with Spain's king and queen on Sunday at the royal family's holiday retreat on the resort island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.

First Lady Michelle Obama walks during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama, center left, walks during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama, center, walks in the Casa del Rey Moro during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama, center, walks in the Casa del Rey Moro during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama, center, waves during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama, center, waves during a visit to Ronda in southern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010.

Actress Eva Longoria looks at a Spiderman comic that she received from a journalist who gave it to her to give to Michelle Obama prior to the Starlight Charity Gala at the Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, Spain, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010.

U.S. secret service agents guard the perimeter where U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha stay at the Beach Club of Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, southern Spain, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Spanish police used palm trees, right, to mark off the boundaries of a 100-meter (100-yard) expanse for the American delegation.

Police officers keep onlookers away from the site where U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha stay at the Beach Club of Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, southern Spain, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010.

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, right, speaks with an unidentified person at the Beach Club of Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, southern Spain, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk with unidentified people at the Beach Club of Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, southern Spain, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010.

Journalists wait for the arrival of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama at the entrance of the Alhambra in Granada, southern Spain, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010.

A reporter speaks from a viewpoint overlooking the Alhambra. .S. First Lady Michelle Obama was expected to visit the site on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Granada, southern Spain.

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Sasha Obama, left, and her mother First Lady Michelle Obama, arrives at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010.

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