Mat and Airi's visit

We've had a busy week and I haven't been anywhere near the computer since Mat and Airi arrived last Saturday.  They flew into Granada at lunchtime and we came straight home as it was a fiesta weekend in Yator.  We missed the lunch but the plaza and the bar were still busy with people talking and drinking so we stopped in the village for a cold drink or two and had some huge plates of tapas.

The afternoon was spent showing her around the house, garden and pool area then they went  down to our bottom land - or tried to, it's a bit overgrown so they didn't get very far down.  A quick trip around the vegetable areas, picked some strawberries and then it was time for a swim.  They have been in the pool every morning and afternoon and Airi even managed to have a fairly dry float just before leaving yesterday.  How she didn't fall in I don't know, she was balanced on a tiny lilo.

Sunday was another fiesta day - we walked down at 1pm for a pre-lunch drink, paella was served later plus plates of salamis, cheeses, chorizo, crisps, bread.....jugs of beer, bottles of wine, bottles of lemonade and coke, and later on we slices of a kind of creamy swiss roll for dessert with a glass of sparkling red wine.  All very filling.  And all the time there was music playing, a brass band played jazzy stuff -   we have some video of it from Airi which will be added later.

About 4 o'clock ish the foam man set up and we had bubbles and buckets of water going everywhere.  No point in trying to stay dry or hide in the bar as there was no safe place.  Eventually the bar door was shut while they mopped up a bit but it didn't stay shut for long, or dry for that matter.  Pictures and video to come soon.  I didn't take my camera as Airi has a waterproof one which we used.  All we had during the foam party was some money in a sealed bag to pay the bar bill with at the end.  Everything else was safely dry at a friends house.  Some friends gave us a lift home and as if we weren't wet enough, we all went  in the pool.  Actually, I went to get wine and glasses from the kitchen and wondered where everyone was when I came out,  then heard laughing and splashing and they'd all  jumped straight in the water,  fully dressed. 

Most mornings Mat and Airi went out walking before it got too hot, up to Yegen one day, across to the river below El Golco, and round to the fuente.  In the afternoons they had language practice, he's learning Japanese and she's learning French.  Or so they said, he was fast asleep on the sunbed and although she was sitting on a chair, her book fell onto the ground and I suspect she was sleeping too.   Off to Ugijar one morning so they could buy gifts for friends and some things for their apartment plus we stopped for churros and chocolate as a mid-morning break.  Then all too soon their time here was over and we did a trip up to Granada yesterday morning to drop them off.

Loads of photos to sort through, some to be added here when we have time.  And the videos need shrinking down before uploading so it may be a few days yet.