The journey wasn’t too bad. The flight to Tenerife was delayed half an hour, which was enough to make me nervous about the connection. But as it happened, the very moment we got to the baggage reclaim belt, our suitcases landed in front of us, so we checked in and got to the gate with 10 minutes to spare. And then the flight was about 90 minutes late. Ah well,…
I often find it difficult to sleep just before a trip. My brain spins with worries that I’ll forget something important. I woke at 5 am and realised that I hadn’t checked our passports. Since I wasn’t going to sleep with that hanging over me, I got up and took them out. Mine expires in 2011. Carlos’s expires in 2012. And Julio’s expired in November 2006. I stared at it,…
I should have organised our family holiday ages ago, but I’ve been too busy. Meanwhile, my husband went and booked the time off work. Panic stations! So we fly off to Dublin on Wednesday, to take advantage of the cheap Ryan Air flight from Tenerife. And practically all I’ve done for the last two days is make bookings. Flight from La Palma to Tenerife Flight from Tenerife to Dublin B&B…
My friends in Franceses needed some help translating at the Town Hall, so today we went. On the way there we saw this practice rescue. At least I assume it was a practice because that’s the coastguard cutter. I left Julio with Helen while Theresa drove me to the Town Hall. There we established that a) the official permission for them to build steps to the house entrance isn’t ready…
Life’s getting a little less frantic. Julio’s school term has ended and Farida’s better, so yesterday I took my son to see the friends at Franceses for the first time for almost a month. They’ve got a lot of re-wiring done, and they’re busy hacking up the floor to put in a damp-proof layer. While they were doing that, the weeds underneath the vines shot up, so after a lovely…
I sneaked out time to take some photos of El Socorro church. It felt great, since I haven’t taken any photos for two weeks.