Holiday – Chica Andaluza

What I did on my holiday….

May 23, 2014May 22, 2014 Chica Andaluza62 Comments

Do you remember those essays you had to write after the holidays at school? I used to love them and then you could draw pictures and stick things into your exercise book too. No exercise books anymore in my life, but the joy of sharing via the blog. Here’s a quick tour of our recent time out with friends and family from Spain to celebrate Big Man’s and my Mum’s birthdays.

May Day in Hastings with (Not So) Traditional Morris Dancing

Hastings Fisherman’s Huts

They’re Changing Guard At Buckingham Palace….

Time for a Reviving Beer

View from The London Eye

South Coast of England (East Sussex) Countryside and Beach – all in one!

Climbing Mermaid Street in Historic Rye

Classic Motorbikes

You can’t have birthdays without cake (I know it looks like we were celebrating a 706th Birthday, but the shop only had one “0” so we had to adapt for a 70th and a 60th!)

And we couldn’t not have a dodgy “selfie” of Chica and Big Man on his special birthday at Windsor

Exhausting but fun….hope you enjoyed the tour with us!

Busy Doing Nothing…Working The Whole Day Through…

September 2, 2013September 2, 2013 Chica Andaluza36 Comments

We are Down By The Sea in our little second home. Mixing work and play, family, friends and colleagues. It’s just what we needed.

Early morning walks on an empty seafront.

A few days away in the New Forest.

Watching the world go by while sipping a cold glass of wine.

Celebrating 50 wonderful years of marriage with my parents.

Oh, and eating. It wouldn’t be the same without good food.

We’ll be back Up the Mountain next weekend and (hopefully!) normal blogging service will be resumed.

Another Holiday?!

October 15, 2011 Chica Andaluza34 Comments

Some of you may have noticed how quiet I´ve been for the last week. Very unusual for me, and I can be quite loud and noisy “in the flesh” too! We´ve been on another little break, all very last minute and enormous fun.

The village often organises trips through the Government of Andalucia for the older folk, or some of the Associations (or clubs) and one had been offered to our fellow villagers to stay in a holiday complex near Marbella on the Costa del Sol (also known as the Costa Del Golf or the Costa Del Crime because of some of the dodgy characters who make their life there in luxury penthouse pads!).

There were extra spaces, so Big Man and I were invited to join in, and we´re so glad we did. We were probably amongst the youngest in the group, but my goodness – have these Spanish retired folk got energy! Dancing, walking, sports, swimming, golf, marathon card sessions and going to the beach were all part of a “relaxing” day for this group.

We had a ball, and got back today happy, relaxed, and having swum daily in the Mediterranean. There was, unfortunately, no internet, so “normal blogging service” will be resumed soon, with possibly another break as I head off to London next Wednesday to see my family for 8 days.

Ok, am off to catch my breath, unpack and get ready to repack. In the meantime, enjoy the view from our terrace every evening and a few of the places we went to visit while I catch up with all your lovely posts.