Just another day in paradise!

We used to say this almost every day in Victoria, but truly, Aguadulce, with the sun, beach and paseo, really is the life.

We arrived on Friday in Almería and Stefan was at the airport to greet us and help navigate the way back to the apartment. By the time we arrived around 10:30, Hannah had coffee ready, and Trino was crawling at speed all over. We ate a bit, did some banking chores visited the fruteria and by then, it was time to pick up Salvador who insisted that "the whole family" pick him up. We got terrific running hugs and it was so good to see him. After a bit of a rocky first week of school, he's really enjoying it and loves his teacher. Yesterday he told us that he had "too much fun". Wonderful to hear.

On Saturday, just before we headed out to Granada, Les took this picture of Sal and I with the sun rising behind us.

The trip to Granada, along the coast, was long, but lovely and the kids were great. We parked in town, had lunch, walked to a park, to let off some energy and the walk to the Alhambra in a careless way so saw lots. We did not go into the Alhambra as there wasn't time to do it justice, but we did climb up to the park which surrounds it. We will definitely return in December when we are in this area again. The return trip was via the interior and was much shorter and the landscape again spectacular.

It was also in Granada where I thought the travel curse was striking again as my bank card would not work.....at any of the three banks I tried. A call to the bank confirmed my fears that in Europe, it's one mistake and you're out. However, another call last night was more helpful and this morning I received an email from the bank saying that my card was fine, so, I tested it today and voilà, I have money now!  

Today, after Sal's Tai Kwon Do class, the fog rolled in. So below is a view from the apt on Friday at 6pm, followed by one tonight at 6pm.

It's even worse now and there's no point in taking a picture as you would just see white.

Tomorrow, after Stefan and Sal are finished school, we will go to Almería for lunch and a visit to the Alcazaba and likely dinner there as well, before heading home.

Life here for Stefan and Hannah seems very good. After walking Sal to school, they return (or go for coffee) and have 30-60 minutes together before Stefan heads off to work. After school, at 2pm, it's time for lunch, a chat about everything and then a walk some quiet play, or like today, time on the beach. Sweet!