Sunday, 30 October 2011

ISLA CRISTINA

Hola,

First, thanks to everybody who has managed a comment. It is much appreciated. Looking at where the views have come from I'm not sure that we know anybody in Russia! But anyway - Spasiba.
We are still in the same site as last week and very nice it is too. The weather has been warm enough to sunbathe most days but we have had a couple of storms which have shaken our motorhome and brought down a couple of trees. Makes us glad we are not in a tent. We have enjoyed some nice tapas and racions in the local restaurants and as we both like fish and seafood we are in our element.
The campsite puts on entertainment on occasion and we went to a piano recital from a young music student. It was free and we were cajoled with cheap vino. He was a man of few words (being only on lesson 3, Spanish in 3 months, I am a man of fewer words so I could not translate his introductions) but it was still entertaining.
We have a pitch close to the entrance to the site and have lovely evening sun as nobody can park next to us as the final pitch is apparently reserved for the winter but the tenants rarely show up. However, last night at around midnight there was movement on the gravelly sand next to us as we were going to sleep. Very late for anybody arriving, I lifted the blind and saw a motorhome had parked. A little later I heard the voices of children playing but we drifted off to sleep. In the middle of the night our van started to gently vibrate, not like in the wind, but more up an down like a gentle earth tremor; it lasted seconds. This morning we awoke early and raised the blinds. There was nobody next to us. The pitch was empty. They must have left early we thought. I approached the site manager and remarked that it had been a late arrival last night. 'No' he replied, the gates are locked at 10pm and nobody can get in or out without me seeing them. Nobody arrived late last night.
Happy Halloween to all




and Happy Birthday to Deb and Happy Anniversary to Deb & Mike.
More next week although we don't know where we'll be yet.
Love
J & P

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