Hello, been here in the Canary Islands with my folks for almost 2 months now, and I've had a Spanish lesson each week, yet it is still very difficult to even string a sentence together so I'm now doing 2 lessons a week. It's been a fantastic 2 months, swimming, snorkeling and tanning, great preparation. My stay is drawing to a close, but this is only the beginning, I leave the Canaries on the 11th January bound for the UK where I meet up with Claire and on the 1st February 2006 we leave on a 6 month journey, taking in Singapore, the east coast of Australia, New Zealand, South America, Mexico and the west coast of North America, before heading to New York and then back to the UK. Hope to see some of you in London in January before I go...love to all Pete