Schools out

They made it, the final day of school arrived and we were all excited, relieved and very proud that the girls have made such a fantastic effort at coping with life in a foreign country.

Their shool's equivalent of sports day was an “acro sports’ event with Madeleine and her class dressed as superheroes and Yve in a red and black version. There were lots of goodbyes and photos taken but frankly the girls were very keen to leave and are really looking forward to returning to school in the UK.

Obviously being in Spain over the last couple of weeks has been rather football driven! We headed to the local bar to watch Holland v Spain on the 'big' screen with Daniel, Deb and family, who had arrived from New York just in the nick of time to catch the game. Wanting to get into the swing of things we bought flags to wave enthusiastically ... apart from Yve who stated categorically, “I do not support Spain!

A great week for all of us with Deb, in her inimitable New York style, organising guided tours of the Alhambra, Frederico Garcia Lorca’s house in Granada and an overnight trip to Cordoba. All fantastically cultural with the children's highlight's being the water park, the ice cream parlour and an unscheduled stop off at a games arcade!

We have only two weeks left until we depart Spain and head back to our life in Blighty. Probably just as well as word has got out in our village that I have a sewing machine and last night our neighbour Concha (Immaculada de Concepcion) arrived on our doorstep with several pairs of rather large black trousers that she wants altering in return for vast quantities of vegetables. This is village life in Spain where cash is not king but rather what & who you know.