Our villa was right in front of the beach but this part of the beach is just big rocks. Views from our bedroom balcony.
Views of the villa from the boardwalk.
So to go to the sand beach we just have to walk on the boardwalk about a block or so.
The back of the villa is really close to the pools so that is great! The kids wanted to go swimming but it was getting late, already after 6pm. So we walked over to the resort restaurant and sat outside- loving it! We had the buffet for dinner. The hotel and villas are back by the pool and the beach so to get back to the street you walk down this tunnel of shops and then you have to go up to the street. There was a grocery store just across the street so we headed there for groceries. This street is just filled with stores and restaurants. We got our food and headed back to the villa and went to bed as it was a long day.
Sunday was daylight savings time here, and with the time change from Lux the kids were up super early. We had breakfast, dishes done, load of laundry in and were dressed and at the pool at 8am! Only to find out it doesn't open until 9am. But you know everyone comes down and starts putting their towels on the chairs so it worked out ok. I was happy to see that they had a washing machine. It is super tiny and outside but it wasn't mentioned on the list of items in the villa. Had I known I wouldn't have needed to pack as many clothes for everyone. Then of course in any warm place here there are no dryers.
So since the pool wasn't open we took a walk down the boardwalk towards the beach. The kids played on the beach and Amber collected her shells she needed for school. From here we just kept walking down the boardwalk and then went back to our street and walked down it and checked out all the restaurants for dinner options.
By the time we got back the pool was open, but the water was so cold- 23 degrees C=73
degrees F. - Brr! The kids played for about an hour and then they were so cold. But the sun was out and very hot feeling. It was in the 80's everyday and sunny and never any rain. I told Jason it feels like the sun is so hot, much hotter then in the 80's. He said we just aren't used to it anymore! The kids laid in the sun and warmed up and then we went back to the villa for lunch. It was such a busy morning we had to take a nap, not the kids! Later in the afternoon we went to the beach.
The boys had a great time playing with their floating tube in the water. Amber played in the sand and collected more shells from the shallow water.
After this we came in and got cleaned up for dinner. This picture is taken from our balcony off our bedroom.
The 2 bathrooms in this villa are pretty outdated. We had to do a quick dinner b/c Jason had to be back at the villa to be on the computer for a call so we tried a Pizzeria/Italian place just around the corner. It was really good. Jacob and I both had the traditional Spanish dish- panella. It is rice or noodles baked in a black iron pan that it gets served in and then there is seafood in it. Jason went back to the villa after dinner and I took the kids and we went for a walk and found the miniature golf place. It was pretty with the cactuses and mosaic tiles around.
It reminded us of Gaudi's creations in Barcelona. So we enjoyed golfing. Amber had seen girls getting their hair breaded or ribbon put in it last night so she wanted to have this done, so we went and got her hair done. She was from Africa. Amber loves it. It is pink and blue with beads at the end of it.
Then we walked back to the villa and the kids watched some stuff on the Disney Channel in English! They were so happy with it! We don't have American TV anymore in Lux this year b/c something happened with the sling thing we had here. So the kids hadn't seen it since the summer. Amber fell asleep right away tonight. She was exhausted!
Monday Jason had conference calls pretty much all day. So by the time we had breakfast, I cleaned up and got a load in the washer since it takes 3 hours! And I got the kids and I out to the pool around 8:45 or so and there weren't many chairs left by the pool. Everyone's towels were there but not many people. The kids enjoyed the pool.
Then they had a great time in the water park area.
They also have a bunch of climby things in this area with a shade thing over them. The boys loved this area. Before lunch Jason came and joined us. For lunch we ate at the hotel restaurant at tables just off the pool. It was so nice. Then the boys played pool there. After lunch the kids went back to the pool and water park area. Jason went back to the villa to work. Soon after 2 of the kids went back and then finally the 3rd did too, so I took a lovely nap by the pool under the umbrella, heavenly!! By the time I came back it was time to start getting cleaned up for dinner.
Tonight we walked over to the Tex-Mex restaurant for some Mexican food. It was really good. It is so nice to be able to walk around at night since it is only in the 70's.
Tuesday we fixed some bacon and eggs for breakfast and everyone enjoyed that! Amber was up at 4am with a fever and wouldn't go back to bed. So I set her on the couch and let her watch some TV for a bit. But a little bit later she went back upstairs to bed. Jason had more calls all morning so the kids and I went to the pool. For lunch we came home and had lunch with Jason. After lunch I hung all my wash out to dry, and then Amber and I walked the boardwalk the other way we hadn't been yet. She was so cute. She was holding my hand and just a chatting away. This way was just all rocks with waves and stores and hotels. It was pretty. When we got back then all of us went to the sandy beach. The water wasn't too bad and the kids played in it. Today Jacob noticed a topless woman and told Sean about it and then they laughed and that was that. There really aren't very many of them on the beach. And for the most part the ones that were really shouldn't have been! I didn't mention anything about this to the boys before we got here b/c I wasn't sure what to expect. So I talked to them about it after this. This afternoon we saw one of Amber's classmates from last year on the beach. The mom had told me they were going too, but they weren't staying around us. They had rented a car and come over to the beach for a bit. A lot of the island is rock so the beaches are only here or there.
We went back to the villa and got cleaned up. Tonight for dinner we walked to an Oriental restaurant. I had a Champagne sangria- yummy! The food was pretty good too. Then our nightly stop at the store. We love being able to walk to everything.
Wednesday we wanted to go to the big water park across town, but all the cabs went on strike just today. So since we had no way to get there we couldn't go. So back to the pool! For lunch we ate at the villa with the peanut butter we found at the grocery store last night. So here on this tiny island they seem to have peanut butter but Lux can't seem to find it!! After lunch Amber and I went to the pool and the boys the beach.
Then we met up with them on the rocky part of the beach later.
Amber and I went for another walk. Then time for clean up. Dinner tonight was an Argentina Grill we walked too- another good meal!
So as I mentioned earlier the kids are loving the Disney Channel and they have had Halloween specials on all week so tonight there were some more.
Thursday- Happy Halloween! Today the cabs were working again so we took a cab to the water park. It was pretty cool. It was a Thai themed one. They had really big water slides and rides. Amber only did the wave pool and lazy river which was neat too. At one point you go up a smaller conveyor belt and down a little water slide and then you go in an enclosed tube under the water in an aquarium which has sharks, stingrays and fish in it. Above this tube is one tube that a single person flies through from the big water slide. Amber and I walked around the park while the boys went on the rides. The super big one with the tube, the boys made the height requirement but when they got to the top the person said you had to be 14 years old. Here is a picture of it from their website. You go down the middle open tube which then goes under the fish tank into the enclosed tube which comes out into a pool. You can see the lazy river tubes going by too.
We met up for lunch. Then I took the boys to that climby water area where that big bucket of water dumps on you. By the time we got back to our villa it was around 5pm. The boys went to play on the rocks by the sea and the rest of us started getting ready for dinner. When I come downstairs I see that Jacob had collected some shells, but one of them is crawling across the table- ah! They are crabs! Jacob! So we move his collection outside and put a circle around all of them and see how far they move while we are at dinner. Tonight we ate at a Tapas restaurant. Another good one! After dinner Jacob convinced us that we needed to stop at the candy store on the way home, because his friends back in the states would be getting a lot of candy tonight! When we got home and checked on the snails 4 more had moved out of their circles. Tonight we watched Spooky Buddies with the cute puppies. Happy Halloween!!
Friday, our last full day here. We looked into doing some sort of boat ride with dolphin or whale watching but they were either booked or they don't run a lot of Friday b/c here that is the day most people are coming or going. So Jason worked in the morning in the villa and the kids and I went to the pool. For lunch I took the kids to this pub on the beach but it wasn't very good. After lunch I started taking a nap on a lounge chair in the garden and not too much later I hear someone tapping on the tree behind me, Amber. Jason took the kids to the beach and then I joined them a bit later. We got ready for dinner and went to an Italian restaurant. I had the lasagna and it was wonderful! I was worried b/c around Europe they use a white sauce with it and it isn't very good, but this one had red and was delish! Tonight the boys watched a movie they had rented. Amber watched her own movie and I started packing things up.
Sat. we didn't have much breakfast food left for breakfast so we had the hotel buffet. It was pretty good. Then we hung out at the pool until lunch. Jason ran to the store for some bread and we came back to the villa for lunch and then got ready to go home. We checked out and got to the airport.
It was a 4 hour flight back, so by the time we landed in Germany I think it was around 11pm. We took our parking ticket to the pay machine to pay to get out and it ate our ticket! Thank goodness there was a person working there and helped us, but it ate our ticket again. By the time we pulled up to the house it was about 1am! Long day. We all just crawled into bed. Good beach trip!!
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