Well, the flight was uneventful. Our timing was a little tight getting to the airport. No sooner had we arrived, checked in, we had to go straight to the gate (disabled access).

We slept most of the flight.

Dad was there to pick us up. I gave directions to Dad for the villa and we ended up going 10 miles too far on the motorway and paying £3 too much toll booth cost !

We went out to Meson de la Costa for a meal. It was overpriced, but a nice meal and we had a good laugh. The funniest moment of the evening was when Mum tried to move a “piece of meat” off Karen’s face.

kp:- What are you doing ?

mum :- You have a piece of meat stuck on your face.

kp:- That’s not meat, that’s a spot

Another funny is when dad was talking to the waiters. Regular blog readers will know dad’s foreign language skills from previous entries. The skill was in the volume you raised your english voice too.

Tonight we encountered another skill. The “Speak Pigeon English with a foreign accent and they’ll understand it”.

It was funny.

We slept very well that night.

Photos will have to follow on our return,

Cracking day yesterday. kp seems free of pain and full of the joys of life at the moment. It’s “all good” on the kp front.

Slept like logs (only 1 loo trip for kp, which is really good). We did get up at 3.30am to watch the thunderstorm, but that was by choice. It was very impressive against the black sky.

Leisurely morning with breakfast (courtesy of mum). It was very peaceful and then the peace ended……

 

With the arrival of “The Family”…Jane, Guy, Sophie and Jamie.

Went swimming at Dad’s hotel with the kids who are startiing to get a bit more used to kp and I being around all the time. Dad did a barbecue (photos to follow) and the kids were in bed by 7pm. Poker night followed.

Mum and Dad were wiped out early on. Mum later said…….

Mum:- Well, I think I know why I lost now. I don’t think I really understood the rules. This is after going out on her “cracking” hand of “3 of a kind and a pair” as she called it. That would be the 3 cluibs, 4, diamonds, 5 hearts (3 of a kind !!!!!) and two 9′s.

Dad didn’t fare much better, going “ALL IN” with two 4′s ! Easy money for the rest of us.

Mum and Dad returned to the hotel and we finished off with Jane emerging the victor.

 

A more usual night for kp last night with 5 loo trips and no commode, but thankfully there are no steps.

We had a great poker night and all slept logs. kp and I went to bed a little later than Guy and Jane. And then we heard a new villa sound we have not heard before. Some sort of foghorn. It turned out to be Guy snoring. And then 10 minutes later, it stopped.

kp:- I bet Jane has just nudged him

We found out this morning that she had indeed nudged him, but more like a thump than a polite nudge.

The kids were up at 5.30am – JOY ! But thankfully kp and I were oblivious to this and only heard them from about 7.30am.

After breakfast they went to the beach leaving kp and I to go back to bed for a much needed snooze. 

Here is kp outside the villa and we are just about to go down to the shops (about 1/4 a mile away).