Our Holidays.

We just returned from our holiday in Spain last Thursday.It was a lovely relaxing time for all of us with way too much good food,gloroius weather and lots of swimming for Sam and Rose.
We spent our time in my parents finca(spanish for country house),as our new house is not finished yet.It is looking really good though,and will hopefully be completely ready in about a month,it is very close to my parents.I am going back to Spain next week with dc,my mum,aunt and cousin to furnish the house.Unfortunately dh can't come as he is really busy in the midst of the apple harvest.
While we were there we spent a day in Malaga-Picasso's birthplace.I had an appointment so dh took dc to the Picasso museum which they seemed to enjoy and we went on a horse and carriage ride around Malaga.It is a really beautiful city which up until recently was very neglected by tourists.There is a magnificent cathederal,the alcazaba (old castle), port,tropical gardens,many traditional streets with pretty pavement cafes, and much much more.We agreed that we must go back in the winter when it's cooler and spend a few days staying in the city.
We also went to see where honey was made just down the road from the finca.The man keeps his beehives in my father's orange groves amongst other places.We bought some Orange Blossom and Milflores(which is made from wildfolwers)honey and also saw Avocado and Eucalyptus honeys.We tasted some of the Avocado honey which my parents had in the finca and
were surprised that it was qiute mild and very good!!
The only slight problem that we encountered during our stay was an unbelieveable thunderdstorm on our second night there.Some time in the middle of the night it began and I had never seen or heard anything like the thunder and lightning.Then it rained torrentially for hours on end during the night and finished up with hailstones the size of icecubes!!!
Thankfully it had ceased by morning and while it took all of the day to dry up,there were no repeats.