Only a few more sleeps!

Just a quick post - life has been speeding by this week.  I worked all weekend trying to get our huge Company project closer to completion.  Today I am about to stuff our little turkey (9.5 lbs) and then have a day of rest other than cooking, eating, drinking and watching movies with hubby and Mom (our usual holiday protocol).  We also cleaned the house top to bottom yesterday so no more housework needs done before we go on holiday other than a quick wipe.  My bedroom dresser looks like a hurricane hit it as all the stuff I am trying to pack is on top of it.

We are trying to only take the bare minimum of luggage.  I tend to over-pack and since we are taking 2 trains in Spain and need to drag our luggage on and off them I am hoping to make our bags as light as possible.  We have an 8 hour layover in Amsterdam due to an unfortunate schedule change so may be trying out something called Yotel that is right in the transiting area of the Amsterdam airport - they are designed to be like a mini-hotel with WIFI, a bed and a shower.  You can only take hand luggage as are after security but are perfect for a long layover.  No, I have no urge to leave the airport for a few hours to see Amsterdam.  We did 3 days in Amsterdam on the last trip to Europe and 8 hours is just too short to be leaving the airport for after flying all night.  I would rather rest up.  I didn't pre-book it just in case our flight is late but you can rent it by the hour so whenever we get there we will pay for 5-6 hours before our final 3 hour flight to Malaga.


We have seen a few days of sunshine this week finally - a definite sign Spring is here versus day after day of rainy weather.  Hubby has to mow the grass again as it is growing fast - it will be crazy long by the time we get home in a couple of weeks.

For those wondering how it feels to be traveling to Europe after the recent bombing in Brussels - well, I am not going to lie, it feels strange but even if we were traveling to France or Belgium we would still be going.  Perhaps it is middle-age but we feel rather defiant  -  no one is going to stop us from enjoying life by traveling and we refuse to live life in fear.  That is exactly what they want -  to hurt people, spread fear  and be detrimental to global economies.   My heart goes out to all those countries that have been bombed recently including France, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and Belgium.

I don't believe I shall be posting now until the middle of April as do not intend to post while I am on holiday.  I hope everyone has a lovely long weekend and get out there and enjoy some Spring!