20 years to collect
Had a little bet with Ollie. Now normally he is not exposed to any alcohol drinking - any wine that comes out in our house is normally long after the kids bedtime. It's not just that I don't approve of drinking in front of the kids - it's just that I have no desire to pour alcohol down my neck halfway through the day - acceptable back in the college days, but not now. I just never fancy a drink until well into the evening. Even on holiday - though there are plenty that do, propping up the bar all day. Even at weddings and social events that take place during the day, you'll never see me touch a drop before the evening.
Anyway, on holiday, things are slightly different. The kids don't go to bed at 7pm, we don't have our tea at 5pm, dining is later, and can involve a drink - so a meal in a restaurant at 8pm may well involve sangria or red wine. So Ollie has picked up on this and noted that I've been drinking red wine, also that he considers it nasty - even though obviously he has never tried it. I responded with "well you say that now, but you will like it when you are grown up". But no - he was absolutely adamant that he'd never drink it. One of the things about being 5 is that you can't really picture yourself as an adult, liking adult things. So I thought I'd have a bit of fun with this and said, Ï bet you a pound, in 20 years time, you will like and drink wine". He was well up for this bet and we shook on it, and this blog is a record of that. Easiest pound I'll ever make. Except by then a pound will probably be worth about 10p in today's money. But I will remember and I will have the glory of victory!
We decided to dine out tonight, but watching the pennies a bit so were looking for something mid range - and found a nice new steak house that's recently opened who were celebrating 20 years in business - that's other branches across the Canaries by offering 25% of everything. Amazing value - a job of sangria was only 5.95 - that's a litre, and our total bill which included a mixed grill for me, chicken and chips for Claire, kids meal for Ollie and nothing for Jamie as he's still off his food came to 25 euros including the Sangria. Can't complain. The mixed grill was nothing special - functional I would say, but it did the job.
Going to try and have a really big and nice meal out for my birthday on Saturday at one of the old favourites. Just hope the kids behave, eating out with them continues to be a bit of a trial. All part of the job and it's quite fun a lot of the time really, Ollie and I really are as thick as thieves these days, he and I are so alike it's amazing. Went for a drink at Big Al's old bar, now a sports bar. The bars were packed out tonight due to the Real Madrid vs Man Utd game but they soon emptied out when it finished. Football really packs them in here, presumably because the holidaymakers have to go to a bar if they want to watch it - no Sky Sports in the hotel rooms here. CNN if you're lucky - not that I am bothered as we have not had the telly on since we have been here.
Very lucky to have very nice neighbours in the apartments - a young Irish girl from Dublin in her late teens/ early 20s and her mum to our right and a friendly family on the left. It's all good neighbours and chatting throughout the day. I've been chatting to the Irish pair a lot, they are really friendly and think the kids are fantastic - charming the girls as usual.
Great chilling out here, writing blogs, reading books, playing on the DS and android games, plus all the family time. So different to home - where it's all chores and even the entertainment is different, TV or facebook or racing - a total change - and that's what holidays should be.
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