Bloody hell it's bobbins being back.
It's cold, it's raining-ish, the house is dark, the washing machine is now droning away in the background... pah! I hate holiday come-down.
But that's because I had THE BEST holiday with blayka and it was wonderful and I want to go back!
Blayka's house is in a village in the north. Right on the coast. It's 30 degrees there just now - at 7pm. Imagine having your last swim of the day at 7pm!!
It's a really pretty house with a terrace where we sat every morning for breakfast and in the evenings drank wine and watched the shadows move through the olive tree.
The sea is crystal clear and with a snorkel mask you can watch fish, little ones swimming in shoals and bigger ones palling around in couples, crabs and on one occasion the bottoms of three women who all passed their MAs and thought skinny-dipping a fitting rite of passage for the event. (Oh, you had to be there... although I'm very glad you weren't).
The food was incredible and with blayka's cooking techniques me and Kirsty became the chefettes and chopped all manner of things to help create a fabulous fish dinner one night. And we ate in lovely restaurants beside the sea and strolled about enjoying ice creams.
We laughed constantly - what we all needed - and no one needs to rewrite their dissertation so hoo-bloody-rah! And what Blayka has been too modest to mention is she got a distinction for her dissertation so everyone who helped her, thank you. I've never seen her so happy.
I'll blog adventures in mini episodes - that way you won't have to wade through mountains... oh did I mention the mountains?
Deana24, MA
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2008-06-27 @ 16:23