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Published: January 28th 2008
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Dear Bo & Dud,
How wonderful it was to have you come to visit over the New Year. I hope that you enjoyed your stay with us as much as we enjoyed you being here.
Getting here on New Year’s Eve was brilliant and I’m pleased that you were able to join in the festivities and the Spanish traditions. The red underwear is worn to bring good luck - I hope that our fellow campers will appreciate some of the luck Dud hoped to share with them when he exposed his Calvin Kline’s to all! Likewise the tradition of eating 12 grapes, one with each ‘bong’ of the Westminster chimes. I know you only managed 11 grapes Bo, and how strange it was to find the 12th wedged in your bra at bed time. Still this has to be better than Sheila’s experience last year when she bought fresh grapes, complete with seeds, she almost choked. I noticed that this year she had purchased the tinned variety.
It was a most successful and very international evening, music by an organist in one awning accompanied by Franz on his saxophone; and how the fizz flowed, and oh dear, how the
headaches followed.
We enjoyed our day out at Benalmadena, walking around the Marina and then relaxing in the sunshine while having lunch was just wonderful - it’s hard to believe that this was 4th January. We were glad that you enjoyed the market at Caleta and were pleased with your bargain buys. It made a nice change from the market at Torre del Mar and I’m sure we will visit there again.
It is a shame that we didn’t have time to visit Malaga for you to see the Christmas lights. We had an outing, with Sheila & Peter just before Christmas and had a lovely evening. The main street is lined with small stalls, selling all sorts of goodies to buy. Small gifts, jewellery, hats, gloves & scarves and of course all manor of things to eat. The huge Christmas tree was decorated with Poinsettias and the colour scheme was very pink!! unusual, but somehow it works. The focal point of the decorations is a nativity scene, which is all decorated in plant material - seeing this at close quarters becomes a risky experience as it is situated on a traffic island in the middle of the
two main carriageways through the centre of the City. Getting ‘up close’ involves crossing onto the island and then negotiating the scene while balancing on a narrow path and in my case, holding on to the railings. Viewing at peak time would not be a time I would personally escort young children but I’m not Spanish.
We were so pleased that you were here for the 3 Kings celebration on 5th January. The local newspapers have been full of the controversy facing Spanish families. As you know, here in Spain, Christmas Day is celebrated but the children do not get their toys until the 3 Kings visit the baby Jesus. Traditionalists feel that the children should wait until the morning of the 6th to receive their gifts while many parents are now giving in to pester power and a visit from Santa Clause. Some children are even getting both visits. I hope you felt that it was worthwhile standing about the streets of Torre waiting for the procession and the arrival of the Kings. I can’t believe that they are still allowed to throw sweeties with such ferocity and in great fist-full’s into the crowds. As Dud said ‘where’s
the Health & Safety’ and to prove it one hit me in the eye!! And trying to get your hands on any of the goodies - the Spanish rug rats are brought up to this scrabbling around. It all made for a good night out though, and we hope that you enjoyed yourselves.
It was sad to see you head off home. We had a relaxing day before starting to put the caravan back to normal. When I dismantled the nest you had begun to built at the front of the caravan I found one grey sock, one very shiny 20p and a bit of broken crown - it could have been much worse I know.
Recently the weather has been very mixed - we’ve had some extremely lovely days; sunny and warm with amazing blue skies. Then within hours weather has blown over from Malaga and we’ve had very heavy rain. This morning the rain was flowing off the front of the caravan as if someone had a hosepipe pointed at it. The shower block nearest to us was flooded and we were squelching about in the awning until lunchtime when things started to dry up. Luckily
we’ve been back to warmth and sunshine again - how lucky we are.
Thinking about you back at work in the UK, and all that weather.
Love & Hugs & Kisses
H&H x
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