We have arrived

Here we are.....
I shall start by taking you back to Monday the day before we left, we had a beautiful "tapas" meal with mum and dad as a way of getting in the mood..I have to admit my tummy had been churning for a few days with nerves so I did not expect to sleep at all well on Monday night, but surprise surprise I sleep better than Graham who was awake from 3 in the morning...we got up around 730 and had a last cup of English tea and then dad took us to the station, I wanted a quick "see you later" rather than a good-bye..we were all very controlled and not a tear was shed by anyone..were,nt we brave
We checked in at the airport no problems, I was a bit concerned about the weight of the cases but all was fine
Flight was on time and when we arrived at Murcia airpo Dave was there holding our names up on a board ready to drive us down to camposol which tok around an hour as he went the wrong way on a new road. House keys collected from Mercers estate agents we then drove the 5 mins from there to our new home..
I don't think you could say the previous owner was house proud as it was all a bit dusty, kitchen utensils a bit greasy, and she had obviously just walked out the door as she has left just about everything you can think of..from bed linen, towels, stereo system, knifes & forks, tins of baked beans and even some "Tampons" in the bedside drawer...handy if we get a nosebleed I guess....bles her though she did leave us a bottle of carver in the fridge...
The first night here was very strange neither of us could settle we just kept wandering around looking in cupboards, drawers etc
After a nights sleep (well a couple of hours) we got up and walked to the local commercial centre which is about 30 mins but in this heat feels like an hour..very successful time here though as we managed to get our po box sorted and also arrange for the Internet and telephone to be connected ( hence I am able to write this today )
We then went down to the harbour and had a wander along seafront and stopped at La Penna for a cold glass of coke, and then onto Mercadona for our first try at a weekly shop....we think it was a success at least we have some healthy food in our cupboards..no truffles, chocolate bars etc....with this heat and food the weight should drop off us
When we got back home it was on with a major clean...we are nearly there just the last couple of rooms to do..lots of washing done and drying it on the roof terrace on my continental clothes airer..exciting
Today has been much of the same except the excitement of having e Internet and telephone connected.....I did try a bit of gardening but after 1/2 hour in the heat that was enough ...
Oh I forgot to mention last night the water went off...thought we had been disconnected but found out this is not unusual..but bless the neighbours 2 lots came round with bottles of water for us..they all seem very kind...
I shall keep you posted