Today we had a wonderful picnic next to the source of the La Fuentona river. This was a place we'd been to last year with S&N and wanted to come back for a proper picnic this time. The weather was fabulous, baking hot sun, and we spent the afternoon shuffling around trying to stay in the shade of the trees. The kids had a great time crossing back and forth across the bridges, playing with sticks, paddling, crossing big stepping stones and sitting at the edge dangling their feet in the cold water.
Jamie also showed off her sultry skipping rope dances, all self created. Sandy pointed out that there were a lot of flamenco-y touches, which was interesting.
At one point a chocolate point Siamese cat joined the group, begging for food and lapping up all the attention he could get. I could even pick him up and stroke him, which is very unusual for Siamese, and especially in Spain where most cats are semi-wild.
We had the place virtually to ourselves all afternoon, then wandered off to a cafe for a last cold drink before going home. When we walked back to the car, where we'd been sitting had been invaded by day trippers from a couple of coaches, who packed out all 6 picnic tables and were sitting and standing in every available piece of shade! We thanked our lucky stars they hadn't come any earlier!
Friday, June 17, 2005
Thursday
On Thursday we had lunch aat the excellent campsite restaurant (Restaurant El Rosal), Antonio's service as attentive as ever and the food delicious and inexpensive. Afterwards we drove over to Sejo, where the kids piled into the paddling pool with their friends (the same place and people as Danny's birthday party, see below). Danny was a major handful though, and kept us on our toes with major naughtiness which meant we (well Carmen mainly) didn't have a relaxing time. No photos of the paddling pool extravaganza I'm afraid (maybe Sandy took some, in which case I'll post them later...)
Music school end-of-year 'show'
On Wednesday we had lunch on the balcony of the other flat, easier to get to for Nanny and empty at the moment as our tenant moved out on Monday. Yes, it would have been perfect for S&N to stay in if we'd known when they'd booked, but as it was we only found out last week that it would be empty. Later in the afternoon, Jamie had her end-of-year music performance at the music school. It went very well, and she was the star of the class. At the end, she played a piece of music on the piano that she'd written herself, and the teacher made a great fuss of her.
Sandy and Nanny
Sandy and Nanny arrived on Monday for a week, staying in a hotel at the beach. They came up here for the afternoon on Tuesday, up 5 flights of stairs, for which Nanny deserves a round of applause!
Rome
Last weekend, 10-13 June, Carmen and Anja flew to Rome for a weekend. I stayed home with the kids - I had lots of plans to take the kids to see Disney characters at a shopping centre, to a car show and out for lunch on the Saturday, but Jamie twisted her ankle on Friday evening and wasn't feeling well on the Saturday, so all my plans were scuppered and we had a quiet day at home.
The girls had an enjoyable but chaotic weekend in Rome. In retrospect, they should have either gone on a city break package or booked a guided tour in advance. As it was they spent most of the weekend hungry, thirsty and with tired legs standing in queues to get into the Vatican and the Collisseum, and working out how to use the buses and metro... Some photos below.
The girls had an enjoyable but chaotic weekend in Rome. In retrospect, they should have either gone on a city break package or booked a guided tour in advance. As it was they spent most of the weekend hungry, thirsty and with tired legs standing in queues to get into the Vatican and the Collisseum, and working out how to use the buses and metro... Some photos below.
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