Christmas Adventures...

Elaine's old school friend from Macclesfield has been staying with us over Christmas, which has been fun.

On Christmas Eve we went to the Emerald Isle Christmas party.

The dogs came to 'early doors' with us, then we took them home before the crowds arrived ...

It was by far the biggest crowd we have ever seen at the pub ...

Everyone was in the spirit! 

On Christmas day we went to one of the beach-side restaurants for lunch.  Unfortunately the head chef had done a runner the week before so we were a tad apprehensive!  The food, however, was pretty good but the service was absolutely woeful!  I wasn't too fussed that they undercharged us for the drinks at the end ... and the tip stayed in my pocket!

We took a Christmas selfie after lunch ...

For the rest of the Christmas week we just chilled and took Jane to a few of our favourite spots ...

We have also been looking after our Canadian friends' dog, Maxx, for a few days whilst they were out of town ...

Elaine had the pleasure of three dogs waking her in the morning ...

Jane left us on Monday so we decided to move up to the villa full-time.  We have been staying in the flat as we are paid up to the end of January but the lure of the house on the hill has proven too much!

We were lucky as there were no cars parked outside the flat so I squeezed the van around the back of the units right outside the door. We loaded the van quick smart and headed up the hill to the new abode ...

It's lovely to be in the big house, we have so much room ... we still cant believe it!

We went to an Iceland store today in the nearby town of Vera.  We have never been to one in the UK before so it was like being in a toy shop! We only popped in to buy a couple of things and ended up with a trolley load!  Everything is imported from the UK (and consequently all the labels are in English!).  I thought they only sold frozen goods but no it's a full-on supermarket selling everything from the UK.  Even the checkout chicks are English, so at least you get a smile when you hand over the hard earned!

Elaine was delighted to have found a range of Linda McCartney products in Iceland today ... so we had one of her pies for dinner, very nice it was too!  Treats from 'back home' are always worth their weight in gold!