We arrived in Hawaii yesterday after a six hour flight with Delta. We have gone back another three hours, so we’re all pretty tired. The beach here at The Royal Hawaiian is amazing, we all went swimming in the sea, then to the pool. We had a look on Waikiki Beach walk, got some poke… Continue reading Aloha Waikiki
Disneyland Park
We made full use of our fast passes today, starting with Space Mountain at 7:45 this morning. We all loved it! We then went on Autopia, Bob Sleds, Star Wars
California Adventure Park
We left San Diego this morning and drove an hour and a half to Disneyland near los Angeles. We are staying at Disney’s Grand California Hotel right next to the parks. Today we went into the California Adventure Park, we bought Minnie Mouse ears, ate corn dogs and went on a few of the smaller… Continue reading California Adventure Park
You Stay Classy, San Diego
We arrived in San Diego very late last night, after an 11 hour flight from Heathrow. We are staying at the Intercontinental right on the sea front for two nights. This morning we visited the USS Midway located in the harbour in front of the hotel, an aircraft carrier from the second gulf war. We… Continue reading You Stay Classy, San Diego
Quad Biking near Manuel Antonio
Yesterday we literally did nothing other than sit by the pool, drink cocktails and enjoy the sun. At about 4pm it rained really heavily so we all huddled under the canopy that protected the bar and stayed in the pool until it was dark! Paul and Chalkie felt like they needed one last adventure so… Continue reading Quad Biking near Manuel Antonio
Mum and Dad buy another holiday home
We tried to talk them out of it but Mum and Dad have fallen in love with Costa Rica so much that today they put a deposit down on a house. It’s only a small plot but Mum said she loves little yellow houses and they just had to have it. Obviously we don’t mind… Continue reading Mum and Dad buy another holiday home
Chalkie Dundee!
We left San Ramon at 9am this morning after saying goodbye to the families we have been with for 2 weeks. Although we are all excited to be moving onto somewhere new, it was sad to leave them behind knowing we probably wouldn’t see them again. The minibus journey was just over 3 hours to… Continue reading Chalkie Dundee!
Tour of Volio and a Maccy D’s
Yesterday after the car crash, Marta’s neighbour George came to the rescue and escorted Mum and Dad to the Quinta. We later found out he was actually Marta’s husbands cousin and was also working across the street from us today. This morning we had only been at work about half an hour and he came… Continue reading Tour of Volio and a Maccy D’s
A trip to a Quinta
A few days ago the builder at work (Gerrado) offered to take us to his Quinta in San Lorenzo, we had originally arranged it for this morning and thought we were getting the morning off! However yesterday they changed their minds and decided they wanted us on the building site so we rescheduled for 1pm… Continue reading A trip to a Quinta
Cement overload
Yesterday was really hard work and we didn’t feel overly productive. Today however was great, we basically spent the whole day mixing cement and filling in the trenches around the metal rods. We also had a new guy on site called Jesus who showed us the cement mixing ropes and helped carry the heavy materials.… Continue reading Cement overload