On Holiday

Strange though it may sound after several months spent in (what used to be) our holiday home, we've been on holiday here, hence the lack of blog entries.  The main novelty for us though has been spending the week with two small friends of ours, Amber (aged four) and Jasmine (six), which for confirmed non-parents like us has been very different, very enjoyable and of course at times quite tiring.  Fortunately our role has only been assistant parents as Richard and Tasha have been here too!

Its been nice to know that despite their young age, in a year's absence from Highgate they haven't forgotten us.  Indeed they were very excited and seemed to have a great time. We've had lots of fun doing the things that people usually do on a Spanish holiday like eating paella, barbecuing locally caught fish, splashing around in the pool and lying on the golden sand at the beach (we watched a fair bit of cricket and football on TV too - well done to the England cricket team).

Richard, Amber, Jasmine and me aboard the Boat Monster!

There has been lots of screaming to break the tranquility of Monte Pego - particularly when Richard flipped over our blow up dinghy which became the "Boat Monster" - ruthlessly swallowing up any children or adults in its path.  Su said the high-pitched screaming was pretty loud heard from the terrace, but for the four of us with our heads confined in the small amount of airspace between the over-turned dinghy and the surface of the water, it was deafening.  Great fun though.

Now our visitors have gone we are left with just a few days before it is time to pack up and return to London.  The rail tickets are booked to take us back from Valencia to St Pancras via Barcelona and Paris.  Bags are being readied to be packed and, like the end of any holiday, thoughts are turning back to the office.  It will soon be time to return and try on our old life for size - hope it still fits!