We have just had a fantastic week with our friends Steve and Vince who came over for a week and went home on Saturday 24th.
They arrived on the 17th and I drove to San Javier airport to pick them up, the journey went well except going round the usual roundabout twice...it is always the same one that catches me out...i will learn.
We had a great week sightseeing and going to the beach, the weather was lovely apart from the Friday night when it rained, fortunately we had just finished eating our supper outside in time.
The highlights of the week for me and I think everyone else were the visit to Aledo ( and the Monestry ) and the views from the Statue Of Christ breathtaking.
On the Sunday we went to a local bar in El Saladillo to watch the Spanish horses dancing and me being the soft git that I am ended up with a tear in my eye when they danced to a Spanish version of My Way..a great lunchtine out and its free apart from buying the drinks of course, Vince had the largest Vodka I have ever seen poured.
The beach at Bolneuvo was a hit with the guys and the water was still plenty warm enough to enjoy swimming in, we met a lovely American lady who called Vince a "Floater" because of the way he was floating on his back in the water, sadly the word "FLOATER" does not translate so well in the UK....
We have brought some lovely outside oil candles to burn around the dining area which also help keep the mosquitos at bay, but these were bought after Vince had been bitten a few times...told him he should have worn long trousers, a parka coat and balaclava....so its his own fault really !!!!!
The garden is really starting to take shape and I love the fact that you can grow exotic plants outside rather then your standard Geraniums or Marrigolds...The Guys bought us a beautiful Bird Of Paradise which is fantastic.
We discovered a really quaint little bar called La Jardin which is very quirky and the gardens are planted very heavily and all the walls just covered in "bits" ...plates, bottles, parrots and even a sewing machine hanging..all sounds very bizzare but it is fantastic.
Steve and Vince stayed in the room at the top of the house which I think they liked as it gave them their own sun terrace and they went home with fantastic tans...did'nt like to ask if it was all over..
Very sad saying good-bye to them at the airport and it has taken me a couple of days to get back into a routine as the house seemed so quiet..the week spent with them made us feel like we were on holiday as well.
My sister and 3 freinds are coming out in 2 weeks time so that is something to look forward to and we have booked to go to the Benidorm Palace on the Friday night by limousine....can't wait..hope we bump into Madge !!!
We were woken up early Sunday morning by an earthquake which made me jump out of bed as the house shook and the windows rattled, Ralph was not impressed, did'nt know what was happening, it was all over very quickly but then we had a second one an hour later..they were a 3.1 and 2.6 about 5 miles away from us, fortunately no damage was done.
So life is now all back to normal and we are both still loving it, the dogs seem to like it even more now that we are having cooler evening ( still not had a window shut though ) still in the 20's at night and high 20's in the daytime...tough life !!!
love to all
xxx
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