Phil is insistent that I post a blog today, which is fair
enough I suppose seeing he has gone to great lengths to write the last 3
postings. However, we have done so
little that I really don’t have the faintest of what to write. In fact I can’t remember the last time we
have had such a lazy holiday. I have to
admit that without the English TV channels I would be completely bored. But this holiday week away was always going
to be a chill out one mainly for Phil’s benefit. All the many hours of phone calls and letters
regarding Daphne’s estate had begun to take their toll, not to mention the
nasty lying letters that he has to read from the FA. No, this week, Phil has been able to read and
even write some more of his book.
After reading great reviews on Trip Advisor, I had high
expectations about our hotel and when we first arrived at Los Zocos, I wasn’t
disappointed. But on closer inspection,
and after staying here for nearly a week, it’s not everything it’s cracked up
be on the internet. First up, it is
certainly not 4 star accommodations. The
apartment rooms are okay but tired on the inside and out. The internet connection is totally crap and
they should not be making a charge for it.
The television is unreliable; some days are good and others not so
good. On the up side, the beds are
comfortable, there is plenty of water and the staff are friendly enough. But I really don’t think nomads like me and
Phil are all-inclusive kind of people.
My main disappointment here at Los Zocos is the food. Phil says you can always find something to
eat from the breakfast, lunchtime and evening buffets and I cannot deny
this. The problem is the hotel uses cheap
ingredients and this is evident in all courses.
I have some chopped orange and yogurt and a fried egg and French bread
in the morning. I would normally opt for
the scrambled egg but this is like cold rubber.
Phil has soup for lunch followed by a salad and sometimes he will be
brave and try something from the hot plates but I tend to just have the
salad. I pick at the hot meals but
mostly have found them inedible. The
evening buffet is much of the same. I
suppose my biggest gripe is the wine; it’s red but that’s about all I can say
for it. But overall, for the price that we paid for this all in week, we cannot
complain. You get what you pay for.
The weather, although certainly nowhere near as cold as
home, has been a bit disappointing from the start. There has been a wind from day one which
needs a cardigan in the mornings and it does get very chilly in the
evenings. Monday it was not very nice,
we went for a walk and had lunch out and then stayed indoors. Yesterday was even colder, I wore my leggings
and a long sleeved cardigan with my scarf and I was still cold even inside the
apartment. We went for a walk into town
just to see what was what. Today there
is no wind and it looks like we might have sunshine for our last day which
would be nice but right now it’s too early to tell. Still I must not moan too much about the
weather I hear from the news on the telly that temperatures are below freezing
and there is snow in several parts of the country.
I have read lots of books this week but I nearly had a panic
attack when my new Kindle ran of charge and I realised I had brought my
charger. What a plonker; I’d brought my
mobile phone charger and my electric toothbrush charger and various adapters
but no Kindle charger. It wouldn’t have
been the end of the world entirely because they do have a selection of
paperbacks in the pool bar but it isn’t a great selection. Luckily when I went down for a drink and Phil
a pancake from the snack bar, Phil asked the lady behind the bar. Shirley found a young girl with a Kindle HD
Fire complete with charger and so I was able to charge up my Kindle. This will be handy for the plane tomorrow.
We did think about hiring a car today and seeing some of the
sights but in the end we couldn’t be arsed. There is enough to do when we get
back home so we figured we may as well take it easy while we can. I haven’t
really seen enough of Costa Teguise to form an opinion but I would say that I
think I prefer Playa Blanca in the south.
I don’t know why, perhaps because I have been there twice before and it
is familiar.
Since coming away I have been anxious to hear if Sue had
gone into hospital. After realising that
she wasn’t going in for surgery in the first week of January, Sue was told to
phone the Queen Elizabeth daily to see if they had a bed. Sue finally got told they had a bed and Brian
took her in on Monday afternoon. I felt
much better speaking to her before she went in on Monday and again yesterday. We had thought that her operation would take
place today but she has to have a few more tests today and she will have her
surgery tomorrow. Just as we will be
boarding a plane, Susie Sue will be going into theatre. I know what I’d rather be doing but
unfortunately for Sue, she doesn’t have a choice. Good luck SS, we wish you a speedy recovery
and look forward to seeing you very soon.
NB: most of these photographs are Phil's. I think you can tell which ones!!
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