June 24th...potential air strike....

I am a Francophile but come on..  no strike please.....

Today we are told the French baggage handlers went on strike..  so my customers leaving today at 17.15 are still in Mahon airport.....and tomorrows customers are "enjoying" their last night oblivious if they haven't heard the news or worrying if they have....

will keep you updated as this new experience is going to last until 30th June....

June 23 / 24 Cuitadella fiesta

This week was the beginning of the fiesta season.... madness rules...

The whole of the island turns out for this occasion, the shops close, cafés put away all their furniture, bolt the doors and move out.

The general idea seems to be to drink as much of the local "pomarda" (gin based) until your legs no longer work.

The festival lasts three /four days until the last man or woman finally gives in..

The whole town throws hazel nuts at one another...insane.. In England this would turn into a massive fight, in Menorca they just get patched up and off they go again..

The Famous black horses ride the streets even when the crowds are in the way... hospitals are busy places.. my friend got her foot stood on by a horse and is now in agony..  such fun..

six week on..june 17th...

Just spent a very nice hour listening to Si Cranston on radio two with Terry Wogan, and feeling quite relaxed because finally did some rock un roll dancing last night... may have been rock and roll Cuban style but well acceptable....two or three sangrias to oil the limbs may have helped...

The diary is slowly getting filled, Spanish line dancing on a Thursday evening, grapevine slide is the same in any language...line dancing, mixed with exercise routine and throw in a bit of folk...different..

This week at work has been an experience ...We should have been wearing a nurses uniforms...  I have spent a lot of time at the hospital, clients, slipped, fell, tripped, resulting in broken ankles, legs, and thighs,  Not an experience I want to repeat.... I felt useless not being about to speak Spanish to help the clients...nightmare, sadly one customer is staying in hospital and will be staying there for a quite a while...

Moral of this story is MAKE SURE you bring your European health card and your national insurance number and keep in on you at all times.... and your FULL health policy ... not just the policy details... BE PREPARED..it may happen to you....

Six weeks on and I am beginning to get into the swing of the Menorcan life style.. feeling very proud of myself when I go out @ 11pm and return 3am... only to met the Spanish people just coming out to party... by the time November comes I will be completely out of sinc with the British...


The weather here is fantastic.. suddenly got very hot...managing to find an hour or two to catch a few rays.. turning a nice rusty colour...biggest problem, I am struggling to fit into my clothes, too many meals out, too many glasses of vino and not enough exercise, still brown rolls look better than white rolls...or so we all keep reassuring each other...even the once skinny teenagers are struggling..

Official day off tomorrow so just deciding which beach resort to hit, meeting up with a cosmos rep and a saga rep,, so will be an afternoon of story telling...stories  you would not believe !!! about our wonderful holiday makers... Remember the next time you feel compelled  to complain,,, its not my fault...  you are in a hotel with "fat " people..

off to pack my beach bag... xx

June 2nd Nostalgic thoughts....

Today ..... home thoughts from abroad......feeling nostalgic for my family.....

Tomorrow my baby is 21 and I am in a different country what sort of parent I am..  but I have bought her a one way ticket to the sunshine..   and I intend to spoil her rotten....

Watching all the arrivals in the airport today, had to keep my sun glasses on to hide the runny eyes,,

love is a splendid thing which seems to overflow at airports.... poor Laura when she arrives she is going to be  so embarrassed... I am so gonna cramp her street cred......

This evening watched a middle aged lady waiting for her lover to arrive at the airport, was defiantly a lover not a husband.. he arrived carrying a rose and she would not stop hugging him.. who says romance is dead... take note lads...

Amanda parents arrive tomorrow so she will cry enough for both of us....

Sarah is still having a great time in Aussie and has discovered my work telephone number so just like being in England...

Enough of this sentimentality,  day off tomorrow.. going on a boat trip around Mahon with a new mate so should be good...and then going to see "fake That" in the evening....

Happy birthday to my darling girl....have a good one...make sure your dad looks after you well..