Torrevieja trip by Helen David and James

Today the three amigos set off to explore Torrevieja's beach front and the surrounding area.

We had drinks on the sea front and had our picnic on the sea wall, as we watched the boats go by.





James posing for a photo


Afterwards we headed off into the mountains and explored around the lake then went to a pub for our tea.





James posing again, this time with Steve the pub landlord

Cave houses by Helen, David and James

This morning we were chatting about the cave houses in the mountains nearby.
We decided we would like to see some, so we set off with Warren to a place he knew up in the mountains near Elda where there is a lovely cave house right next to a waterfall.

'See that damp patch on the rocks behind us thats a waterfall that is!'

Not a raging torrent, but we will let Warren off it is July! and we were just as dry by the time we got to this point.



It was great to escape the heat of the day in the cool shade of the trees further down the mountain track

The smile went on for miles, by James

It's been like friends reunited at the finca this week. when i arived Sunday i was greeted by Helen and David, who i holidayed with earler this year.

Today we vistied Guadalest and Benidorm, we had a great time, it was very hot so we needed lots of drinks and regular shopping brakes.
After exploring the village we went down to the lake and had a picnic lunch on the boat.




Then it was back down to the coast for an afternoon of shopping(Helen) bikini spotting (David and James).



Whizzing around the garden at a breathtaking 5kph

Friendship at Finca

Hi my name is Helen and this is my 4th visit to Spain: I enjoy everything about my holiday. In January I went to Orlando with Finca and had such fun with everyone.Whilst there I made friends with David who had also gone on the trip to America.We find that we like each other very much and have met up again in Spain this time.
I'm David and this is my first time in Spain with Finca, it is great and we are having a brilliant time here. I have also been to America and Germany with them, everyone is great and so friendly.





Here we are getting ready to watch the World Cup between Spain and Holland, everyone is excited and we are shouting for Spain because we are here. There is lots of people and lots of noise, it's magical. Great night with fireworks and flags and car horns going off everywhere. It's brilliant!!!





Spain won the Cup !!!

Girl's night out by Caroline

I went out shopping today to buy a new dress ( my second this week) and some jewellery to match as we were going out this evening. We started the night off by having a meal at a restaurant in Gran Alacant. The food was good and we had lots of laughs. Here i am with Christine at the bar.



After our meal we decided to explore what i will call my "Oasis" down on Los Arenales beach. There are some beautiful marquees where you can relax with a drink or two. We enjoyed our evening here just chatting and watching the waves. I had a really great time with Sue and Christine.

I'm Home by Caroline

Hi, Im Caroline and I just love coming on holiday to Spain. I have great fun and to me it is just like home from home. Well so far we have swam in the sea, i have been on a Pedilo which was great. There are some great ice cream parlors here and i have tried several already. The weather is very hot and we try to keep as cool as we can.

Thank you.

Just wanted to say a special thank you to all of you who sent cards and emails wishing us every happiness on our big day.

Birthday party and Safari

On Saturday we were all invited to Warren's wife's birthday party, we had a great time and met some lovely friends of Monica. We all sang happy birthday but we got a bit mixed up with the "English" version and the "Spanish" but it sounded quite good. The food was great too!!! We all came home and chilled.




Sunday we visited the Safari park at Elche it was a fantastic day out, and we all had fun, especially on the go carts.






whacky races!

Finca supporters By Kevin and Derek

The night of the fires of Saint John, I found out my son was going away for a week with his uncle and aunt and I needed to pick him up around the 30th June and bring him home.
A plan was hatched, It went something like this. If Warren is going to Madrid why don't we all go to Madrid.
Over the next few days the plan grew and developed into a three day two night camping trip, the main purpose to visit the real Madrid stadium, a football Mecca the club with the most trophies in the world.

So in the middle of their holidays Derek and Kevin packed a small bag each and Warren packed a tent four sleeping bags, air beds, BBQ, cool box etc.
At about midday we set out on our road trip we arrived at the camp site of our choice just half an hour from the centre of Madrid.



It was a lovely site so we put up the tent, blew up the air beds and set the BBQ.
We dined on burgers and when we could eat no more we explored the camp site there was a shop a bar and two swimming pools.



The football was about to start so we made our way to the bar to cheer on Spain. It was a great game, Spain won and the bar erupted in cheers and shouts and banging on tables.
Exhausted we went back to the tent and settled down for the night.

After a good nights sleep Derek and Warren got up, showered and had a cup of tea before setting up the BBQ.
Kevin and Dale floated out of the tent like the Bisto kids when they smelt the sausages and we all tucked into our breakfast, before going into Madrid.



We had a great day in Madrid. Our first stop was the Real Madrid stadium to take the tour.


We took lots and lots of photos.


We are the champions!


When it comes to having a great time we are no substitutes








Then it was time to meet Cuco, Anna and Beto for lunch in an all you can eat restaurant and we ate and we ate and we ate, then we made ourselves ice creams (some of us had more then one).


The wonders of Madrid awaited, so with heavy stomachs we made our way by car to the oldest part of the city.
Then we set out on foot to explore with the aid of our guides.



We walked through the grounds of the palace and roamed old streets to the Puerta de Sol, which is the very centre of Spain.

We refilled our water bottles then continued to the Plaza Major with its painted façades.


Exhausted we arrived at the park, where we hired rowing boats and cooled off with a water fight (Dale lost).


At 10.30 we got back to the tent and went to bed.
After a good nights sleep, well you already know this bit except it was the smell of bacon this time!
We had breakfast then packed everything away before having our showers and starting our way home.
A great time had by all.