por fin las vacaciones!
The National Youth camp 20-27 July, officially marks the end of edgar’s working year, which began 1 Sept 2007, and therefore the beginning of family holidays.
As soon as the last camper left on Sunday 27th July, we set to pack and leave for valencia City where we were to enjoy our family holiday, only to be told, no need to rush away, just stay for a swim and lunch…well we snatched up that offer of beginning to relax together without having to go anywhere…swim rolled into lunch by which time we had a siesta, afternoon tea and finally left around 19.00hrs! We arrived in Valencia city in time to eat supper and settle in our flat, feed the cat etc etc.
La Ciudad de Artes y Las Ciencias, a Calatrava architectural gem, is quite a complex, by day or night. We spent time exploring, inside and out, day and night with the boys. Fantastic. In the oceanografic centre, we saw sharks swimming overhead as we walked through the observation tunnel -definitely one of the hi-lights for Gabriel and Asier.
and of course no costal holiday would be complete without a trip to the beach! What a fun holiday with the boys. We headed home at the beginning of August, to continue enjoying the school holidays till the boys go back to school on 11 September. That means being in Madrid enjoying swims, catching up with friends and neighbours and enjoying being together. Edgar will work mornings and join us for swims, trips etc in the afternoons, so as not to use up all his annual holiday leave in one fell swoop! Hope you are having a great summer.
