It's lovely to know that we won't have to dismantle and move on for a while. We won't be in Portugal before Christmas as we first intended, but then plans are supposed to be broken.
We are staying on the site we picked out for the boys to come and stay with us. It has everything we need to get through the cold, dark winter evenings!!!!
Kidding aside, we are camped amongst some very friendly English, German and Dutch couples, in our own cul-de-sac of 14 caravans and motorhomes. The facilities are outstanding on site and there is a wonderful beach 800 metres away through sand dunes, pine trees and palm trees. (It's the first time I've seen dates growing on the tree.)
There are numerous small cafes and resaurants within walking distance and a very, very good bodega and tapas bar just down the road.
In the village there is a pet shop cum poodle parlour cum vets that can provide everything we need to keep Benji happy, he's even had his first hair cut there today and looks the best we've ever seen him. I dare say tomorrow he will be full of salt and sand again from playing on the beach--oh it's a dogs life!
From scruffy mutt to posh poodle!
We've been here a week and have found a wonderful church about 20kms away in Torrevieja. It's an International Christian Assembly. From what we have experienced so far the preaching is of conference standard, and the worship is similar to our church at home. We think we will be very happy there. We have also visited an Anglican church closer to us, and we will see how things progress there, but it's more traditional than we are used to and prefer the other one.
David, Paul, Rachel and Katie are flying out in 10 days time to spend a week with us and we're really looking forward to seeing them. Absence certainly does make the heart grow fonder!
We can't wait to see you, hopefuly the weather will hold - but not that that matters anyway (remember Wells?)!
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