only gone and done it

the holiday got off to a predictable start, me the wrong side of few scotches, as i mentioned on a previous post flying and i don't get on, well had a couple of hours sleep before leaving for the airport at 1:15 am,(oh yes i was the worse for wear) and although my daughters driving is fine her sense of direction is as good as her mothers, but i have to admit i did program the sat nav for her opppps, we arrived very early for the flight( note to self pre book seat places) coffee on the departure side did little for the nerves but i was resigned to my fate at that point, by the time of boarding i was feeling quite pleased with myself,apart from the long walk to the gate, rose (the wife) was chatting away Merrily and all i could hear in the back of my mind was...... dead man walking.
   seated and belted looking at the card of death (sorry i mean emergency procedure card ) a small problem was manifesting its self before my eyes, several fellow passengers were arguing about seats, i was slowly going nuts until the stewardess sorted the minor problem to anyone else, to me nearly the end of my holiday, i said to rose that's it i cant do this, well i saw a side of her i think i last saw nearly 20 years ago (but that's another story) i think she said" you will be fine", no no i remember now, she said" Bl***Y sit down and shut up "(her teeth are in good order)
4 double scotches later the world was whole new place no problems here even took the obligatory photo
out the window

the feeling of euphoria was wearing off a little by the end of the 16 hour fight (only 1:50 apparently ) but i was there i had done it (look at me ma I'm on top of the world)
 
the transfer to the hotel was 2 minutes   (yes i slept the entire hour and a bit ) checked in and had lunch the food was wonderful for whole holiday, people moaned but people will, well worthy of its 4 star rating

i have 3 real fears in life flying heights and snakes, fortunately no snakes on this holiday, but heights were, i had forgotten this part, we had asked for a low floor but it could not be guaranteed , the sun shined and the gods smiled down, room on the first floor although this was in fact the forth floor as we had -2 -1 B which was ground E C then 1 to 19 we had a small roof area in front of us which suited me fine.

going back to the food for a minute on the last day chef outdid the week a cold buffet to die for,

 staying on food you don't see this in many supermarkets in England, mind you the price is for whole hams,

food is a bit of a  Passion so its no surprise i went window shopping as we were all inclusive, you can get  anything from English breakfast for 2 euros to Spanish tapas from 1 euro with wine, we were a bit disappointed with the food at benidorm palace as the hotel food was excellent.

the highlight of the holiday for the both of us was the trip to peacock island 12.50 euros for boat ride along the bay out to the island and ride around the island in a sub boat 

the downside to the holiday was the rain on Friday , stair rods , cats and dogs, buckets, just doesn't describe the way the water came down, the photo shows water which in the centre of the path is around 6 inch's deep this was around 10 minutes into the deluge, by the time we decided to walk back to the hotel we were wading past our knees, still not as bad as a village outside of town where I'm sorry to say two people died as a result of of the flood.

we did have a daily cabaret show that was not the agenda, three guys repairing the hotel in front and if you look closely you will see they have done plenty

it wasn't until Friday afternoon that i realised i hadn't spent the entire week worrying about the flight home, as i had done 38 years ago, however i still had the 4 doubles on the way back, ......just in case