Today was the day! I had some breakfast and packed my case. It was fine until I could hear the girl crying in the hall, I tried to be strong and tell her everything she had said to me the night before. It was emotional goodbyes and mixed feelings as I was meeting my friend in Marbella. I cried giving the dad, brother and cousin a hug goodbye. I think the boys wanted to act smart so they hid in the bathroom! Me the mum and Lucia went in the car to the train statio...

Today was my last full day with the family, we got up and got ready to go to a beach nearby. As we went down I could see how clear the water was and it was like a beach from the Caribbean! I don't know why we never came here sooner! We all made our way up to a rock where you could jump off and jumped into the cold water, it was freeeeezing!! But amazing, total adrenaline. Later their cousin aunt and uncle came down and we had snorkles and goggles and went scuba d...

Today I was first awake surprise surprise and the children had no chance of waking up after their late night last night. I relaxed in the garden with my breakfast which I also spilled all over the fabric seat lol... Covered it up of course. Because the children were still sleeping at 12 noon I was asked if I wanted to go down to the swimming pool my favourite place! Later for lunch we had soup with thin pasta and some chick peas them followed by puchero which is ...

Today was going to be a busy day as we had the friends of the family coming and their step brother coming to stay the rest of the week. I woke up and made myself and the children breakfast and tidied the house whilst the family prepared the homemade Paella. We made our way to the swimming pool and had a quick bath before lunch. I ended up speaking to a woman and her son who could speak a little English but I felt confident talking some Spanish. I think I talk bet...

Today I was first to wake up and did a little cleaning in time for everyone waking up. I had my breakfast special k with orange juice and watched some greys anatomy. When the children woke up I made them sandwiches with ham and cheese. We then all made our way down to the pool where I had a pretty much pool day sunbathing. For lunch we had amazing carbonara! We then made our way to a dog beach nearby. All of the beaches here do not allow dogs because the rich peo...