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The last day was fairly muted. River had decided he wanted to go home and spent most of it saying “bye bye holiday.” We went to the playground where he fell off the zip wire, spectacularly. I felt awful for laughing once I realised he’d genuinely hurt his knee. There was a brief attempt at Read more
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It’s 5pm on Christmas Day and I’m back at the playground, listening to Disney tracks in Spanish. So much for a traditional Christmas. I woke up at 4am and put a few little presents at the end of each of their beds. I was awake again by 7, convinced Summer must be up but no.8.30am, Read more
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This blog post feels muddled because it is muddled. It was written over a few days, in snatched moments, and honestly that mirrors how my head has felt. The hotel is huge, a maze of elevators, tunnels and dark pockets of fake volcanic rock. It’s built into a castle, which sounds magical, but mostly means Read more
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Saturday Morning: The Holidays Begin Saturday morning.First day of the Christmas holidays. School and work are finished. Time to relax, well, we’ll get to that part tomorrow. I decided a few months ago that I wasn’t really up for Christmas this year. Don’t get me wrong, I like the decorations, most of the tunes and Read more
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A Quiet Last Night Our last morning began with River stirring in the night, but I managed to soothe him back to sleep.Kike and I had our long-planned dinner together. It was nice enough, no children demanding snacks, no Halloween hum in the background but honestly, we were both so tired and not even that Read more
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A Night of Mr Worldwide River actually enjoyed some of the entertainment last night. He found a little circular planting area and walked round and round in time to the music like it was his personal racetrack. Summer, meanwhile, was at the front making friends and getting very involved in the quiz. Our room is Read more
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A Glorious Sleep He slept! I slept. We all slept and yes, there may have been some all-inclusive wine involved. Only the white one though, the pink one tastes like candy floss. I woke up at 7am (6am UK time) and had that momentary Where am I? panic. Checked on River, happily asleep, upside down, Read more
50 days of River 