just another morning here

Hooray for the sun – clear skies again Didn’t stop the seemingly incessant dvd watching – the kids often watched a film before we surfaced in the mornings! Sunbathed, read, shopped at the local corner supermarket – not as much choice there but we still managed to get everything we needed!

Later on we had a walk around Coveta Fuma, which would be a lovely beach if it were cleared of seaweed. Apparently this is a local issue of concern; every year until 2008 it has been cleaned but last year and this they haven’t done it – a shame, as the coves were really pretty otherwise. Kids were disappointed not to find a beach though.

On Sunday it rained for pretty much the whole day, so we whiled away the grey day with games, dvds and reading Think the kids may have stayed in pyjamas all day! We had a big game of Monopoly, which lasted for hours and yet ended the way most Monopoly games end, with Steve winning.

Thankfully there were heaters around as we were a bit chilly – nice sheepskin rugs on the sofas too, perfect to snuggle up in.

Valentine’s day – totally surprised when Steve handed me a card in the morning as I assumed he would do nothing as usual! Lucky I’d taken one for him as well

We’d taken a couple of packs of pains au chocolat for our first breakfast, and then the need to find a supermarket was fairly urgent – we needed wine before we could contemplate a late night hot tub session!

The girls got in the jacuzzi pretty much first thing! Joe and Steve played pool, while I entertained some Brummie window cleaners who were very chatty. Once they’d gone we went on the tram to El Campello to find the shops – relatively easy – picked up supplies for a couple of days then came back for lunch and relaxing. Did a lot of this! Generally I would read, sitting in the sun somewhere, while Steve and the kids divided their time between watching DVDs, the hot tub and the games room! Suited everyone, me particularly – I read on average two whole books every day

The toyboxes in the house were all explored over the first couple of days, and added to the in-villa entertainment. Didn’t manage to do anything else outside the villa on the first day as a result – but I think it was good.

It was oh so exciting to take the kids on a plane for the first time this half term. Having said that, I hadn’t flown for a good 20 years or so so there was some novelty factor in it for me too! We watched the sun set over the Pyrenees, some fabulous views out of the window. The children moaned about their ears hurting when we landed, but they survived Taxi transfer was smooth, easy, and we were soon at our villa.

The villa was spacious and deemed as ‘luxury’ by Josiah. Think that was because of the tiled floors, not sure he realised that most houses in the med have tiled floors to keep them cool. Girls were especially pleased to have a bedroom each and named them ‘princess’ rooms due to those ikea net canopies over the beds! It was a fabulous house, we were really pleased with it – everything we needed, and the people who look after the villa were great to deal with, by email before we arrived and then in person while we were there.

We had time to cook dinner and then explored the games room before bed – playing pool and choosing music from the jukebox turned out to be a favourite activity of the week!