Honestly, you just haven't lived 'til you've stayed in
a private 3-story villa at a 5-Star luxury hotel, the Villa Padierna.
It only cost $95,000, and I was able to hold the total bill under $500,000.for the week.
What a bargain!
Thank you also for the use of Air Force Two and the 70 Secret Service personnel
who tagged along to be sure we were safe and cared for at all times.
Air Force Two (which costs $11,351 per hour to operate
according to Government Accounting Office reports)
only used 47,500 gallons of jet fuel for this trip
and carbon emissions were a mere 1,031 tons of CO2.
That's quite a carbon footprint as my good friend Al Gore would say,
so we must ask the American citizens to drive smaller,
more fuel efficient cars and drive less too,
so we can lessen our combined carbon footprint.
But hey, Barack’s Air Force One costs about $200,000 per hour to operate
and with his many trips, he spent almost half a billion dollars on flights alone last year.
Yeah, that’s with a ‘B’ – $500,000,000.00.
By the way, if you happen to be visiting the Costa del Sol ,
I highly recommend the Buenaventura Plaza restaurant in Marbella ;
great lobster with rice and oysters!
I'm ashamed to admit the lobsters we ate in Martha's Vineyard were not quite as tasty,
but what can you do if you're not in Europe ,
you have to just grin and bear it.
I know times are hard and millions of you are struggling
to put food on the table and trying to make ends meet.
So I do appreciate your sacrifices and do hope you find work soon.
I was really exhausted after Barack took our family
on a luxury vacation in Maine a few weeks ago.
I just had to get away for a few days.
Isn't he a sweetheart? We have to keep an eye
on our diets...He is having sugar-free ice cream
made specially for him...
Cordially,
Michelle Obama
P.S. Oh, thank you as well for the $2 BILLION dollar trip to India (see the pictures below) About the crown: EAT YOUR HEART OUT, QUEEN ELIZABETH ! I just returned from India. Can't wait to go back..
P.SS. Thank you, too, for that vacation trip to Martha's Vineyard – It was fabulous!
And thanks for that second smaller jet that took our dog Bo.
P.SSS: Oh, I almost forgot to say thanks for our two-week trip to Hawaii at Christmas.
That 7,000 square foot house was great!
PSSSt: We all had a fabulous time in Africa visiting Barack’s homeland.
What a wonderful place!
SSSss Now the girls and I are back in Africa with my mom.
i almost forgot my ski trip to Vail this winter.
All this while Barack has to plays golf and campaign and is busy with George Clooney and his friends to raise funds to keep my trips coming for the next 4 years!
Now you know why I said that 'for the first time
I was proud to be an American...'
Love ya! Remember, we all have to share the pain of these hard economic times equally!
We love to redistribute and share the wealth.
