Tuesday

Fran woke up with a horrible cold this morning and sniffled the whole day long. Thank goodness for Sinutab and Vitamin C. We spent the day learning how to use the blog while Mum and Dad did lesson planning. As there are a steady stream of students though the house, we are getting used to the babble of Spanish voices and thankfully it is beginning to slow down to our uneducated ears. We went out with Mum to pick up her new glasses and got to meet Inma at the stationary store and Fatima at the 'Moorish shop' with her little girl Fatima who loves to rearrange all the stock.

The shop is a wonderful place with far more stuff on the shelves than can actually fit, but just about anything you could possibly need. We were looking for a spray bottle to kill off the aphids on Mum's adelfa (oleander). Everyone here is wonderfully friendly and very patient with the fact that we just smile and nod a lot and go ' Hola, Encantada/o/os'.

You have to admit that the views from our balcony and the back porch are spectacular and the Sahara sands make for some unbelievable sunsets. Both Dad and I have a ridiculous collection of photos of the same scene with different colours every night. Tomorrow begins the DIY and a trip to Almonaster library for the Wednesday lessons.