After travelling to Barcelona, we were keen to have some less busy days before we journeyed home. Thankfully the weather was beautiful on the Thursday and Friday (except when I offered to swim with Chloe for her early morning swimming lesson!), so we spent lots of time at the beach. The campsite had access to the beach (down a long, sandy path which was a bit of an effort with the buggy!). It was also really empty which meant that we could easily keep 'the poxy child' away from people.
The beach was perfect for all of us, as there was something go everyone. Livia became obsessed with the sand; she loved scooping it into the bucket with her hand and then tipping it all out. She also enjoyed when we buried Chloe! Chloe really loved the sea and playing in the waves. J's challenge was also burying Chloe and making sand castles even though it wasn't the best kind of sand for that. I liked sitting back in the sun and seeing everyone so happy!
The one excursion we made was to a place called Chateau Valmy; a large house (not open to the public) which had beautiful gardens you could wander about in. It was set into the hills overlooking Argeles and the sea so the view was gorgeous. We had a picnic and enjoyed exploring the slightly treacherous paths up the hill.
The journey home was not too awful. The first day went very smoothly - not a cry from either child and no traffic at all. We stayed in the same stop-over campsite but the weather was much better than before! We were so sweaty from being in the car that we all went for a dip in the pool (even Livia who was all scabbed over at this point, lovely).
The second day was longer and by the time we got to the ferry we were very fed up with travelling. We had a nice dinner on the sparkling new ferry but then got stuck for over an hour in a queue on the M25 once back in England. Sigh.
The post-holiday have started hitting me the last few days. It was such a nice experience, being just the four of us and having only the responsibility I deciding what to do each day. Our lives at home are so complicated, often with fun things or things we're passionate about, but it can feel like too much sometimes. Getting away was something we really needed and I'm so glad we went.
Thank you Lord for watching over us on holiday and blessing us with a really lovely time. Help us to remember this feeling of being united as a team as we go back to our normal day-to-day lives.
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