Thursday 22 March 2012

Hecho, Spain - foot of the Pyrenees

16/3 a (usual) very slow get up (after 9, breakfast at 10!), 2 cups of tea (kids loving their “ColaCow” which is Moroccan for hot chocolate), then planned for a big day of school, airing blankets, rearranging things and working the playground.  Parents alternated use of the bike to do some hills (great one!) and explore little Hecho (THIS is the prettiest village we’ve seen so far) looking beyond into the northern valley into the mountains and again adjusting the itinerary - we will need to go up there! 
Splendid fish curry (onion, garamasala paste, coconut powder, tomato puree then add brussels sprouts, bean & peas and lastly, white fish. Served on cous-cous with chilli & garlic sprinkles) .To quote Wil - “enough balanced ingredients & flavours for them all to add rather than for any one to take away”, then a movie. Tucked up with a book - soporific background music of softly snoring ‘littlies’.
17/3 another day in Hecho
even slower start, some clouds coming over (snow to come next few days), more school, lots of playground antics and Kib desperate to make friends with a little Spanish girl, despite no language intersection eventually they got it together for a great play.


More hills (30min up) on the bike for mum and dad, another washing load, a late afternoon stroll into the village for a beer/red wine/soupy hot choc and then out at dusk in the rain - the first we’ve really seen here proving that (n=32 days) in Spain the rain does not fall mainly on the plain!  Back to Eddie ...... Ugh! Wet chairs/table/floor mat/clothes, what a hassle, and how spoilt we’ve been so far.
Inside, dried up, cleaned up, PJ’s on, into bed, books out, soft music with rain rapping on the roof .......
  

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