Vacation III

Yeah the first non driving day of Holiday! I woke up still really disappointed in the place we were staying and really struggled to change my wants forthis holiday. All that aside we got the kids all ready, sun screened and gathered all the beach stuff and we set off for the beach. Our "place" was about a 5-8 minute walk to the beach and as it was Sunday the beach was filling up. We got all settled and everyone hit the water. Ah it was warm and the waves were small so it was fun to play in the Ocean. After playing for a while the adults ( just Eric and I at this point) went to sit in the sun for a bit. It was about this time that our Friends showed up. Their kids went to join ours in playing ( there were two boys about Chris's age that spoke English well and a girl Nicole's age that knew some English but was shy about using it). The adults settled in to keep an eye on things and to every so often go play. We stayed at the beach until about 11:30 when it started to get to hot. It was then pack up and head back to the house. After cleaning up and having some lunch it was Siesta Time. Our family slept for about 2 hours and then just hung out until about 4 when we went to the other house. We had decided earlier in the day to walk up to the Roman ruins in the center of the Old Town and to that end we got walking at about 6pm. Well on the map it looked fairly close which is why we thought we could walk. As it turns out it was about 2 miles away and most of that walk walking in Corn fields. We got to the Ruins just as they closed but got the information on when it was open and some ideas on what else we wanted to do. Dinner was again at the other house and we got home rather late :-)