After the party in Bristol we went for a couple of weeks to a lovely camping in the Costa Brava, called L'Anfora. We loved it. All of us, which is a rather rare event this days, as P.'s going into teenagerdoom and thus trying to make a point of not being in the same "vibe" as his old folks.
I took my newly acquired Harry Potter book and devour it in more or less a week. Of course I'm a fan and it didn't disappointed me; J.K. Rowling's not a subtle author and everything is spelled out for you, unlike more sophisticated books such as my beloved Phillip Pullman "His Dark materials".
I spend a lot of time reading, which is such a bliss for me!! reading by the pool, by the sea, by the tent... wherever!
The weather was really nice and it even rained once so we had a break from the heat. Just perfect.
We took our old tent, bought in Argos for less than 80 quids a few years ago and never used much. We were by far the poorest sight in the whole camping, as the other people had lovely caravans or state-of-the-art tents withe every imagined accessories.
After the first day we went out and bough a cheap gazebo to shelter us from the sun, and underneath it we had a small table, and chairs. We also rented a small fridge and microwave and that made all the difference as we were truly at home with really cold drinks and some warm food. Bliss!
It was such a relaxing time, just a short stroll to the most beautiful blue sea, 2 swimming pools to choose from, restaurants, a nice cafe, small supermarket and so on. They even have a little show, different every night, with things such a 80's disco, Disney's nigh of music, etc. And that was just the campsite, outside it there was a whole little summer town with everything else you may want to make a nice time.
It had a nice mix of people as well, loads of German, Dutch and French with some British, Scandinavian and even some Spaniards. Plenty of kids for my son to play with too and the language was mainly English or Spanish so we felt right at home.
Our neighbours were a family of 4 teenager girls and their parents from somewhere north of England. The poor dad was craving male company and totally fed up with going shopping, so he used to come by and go playing pool with my guys. It was their first holidays abroad and they were a bit lost with things such as food, but they were delighted with the weather and with all the facilities at their disposal. I think they were truly surprised to find that Spain was also a sort of civilized place!! And the ladies were delighted with how far their money went. Spain is at the moment very cheap compared to Britain.
After the camping we went back home for a few days so "the husband" prepared his poster and himself for the conference in Italy at the end of August. I took the opportunity to take my dad and son to the beach or the local swimming pool and just to keep on having a nice time. Is great to have a whole month of holidays, specially when the weather is so great and you can spend most time outside and the outside is good anyway!
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