Spanish Siesta .....

Hola everyone, at the start of May it was Mr 40somethings' 40th Birthday, so he too is now in the cool club.
His 'big' day was on the Sunday before Mayday so we decided to go to a hotel where we could have a golf and spa day. Golf for him (more about my golf in another post) spa for me.

We settled on a nice hotel with great facilities but unbeknown to him I was planing a big surprise. His favourite place is Lanzarote and so after a bit of furtive laptop use and emailing to get him a day booked off work my plan was hatched and a trip to Lanzarote was booked.
His boss even scheduled a meeting for 8.30am on the Tuesday morning so he wouldn't rumble my plan.

Keeping a secret from him for 2 weeks was a nightmare and many a time I nearly let slip when he was chattering on about the weather in Lanz or some other Lanzarote titbit he'd seen on their Facebook page.

I managed to keep the secret right up until the night before when we all went out to Frankie and Bennys for a family meal...his face was a picture , he really didn't believe me until I showed him the confirmation on my phone.
We had a lovely meal at Frankie and Bennys and he had a cake with candles and they did the obligatory lights down staff singing Happy Birthday which he was mortified over lol.

We flew to Lanzarote with Monarch and had a great flight, because we know the place so well we knew that by just after 7pm we would be in the Spanish Square or Pueblo Marino in Costa Teguise with a pint in hand at the bar we call the Euro bar - as the beer used to be a euro - no longer alas - but is actually called Orient Express.
...And that is what happened ....in the bar by 7pm seeing all our old friends who were shocked to see us 'out of season' as its usually Christmas when we go.
We had a fab time - The Mr even got to play golf as I booked his golf clubs onto the flight and I got a day on the beach with my Kindle.
We were there from Saturday early eve until 9pm on Tuesday and it felt like a week, with a 4 hour flight some would say not worth it but as i've proved before a drive to the lakes can take us 5 + hours so this was a dream trip really.

We didn't want to come home and can't wait to go again , our next scheduled trip is December  but you just never know......
And on a final note Welcome to the 40's club Mr.
Come on in its blooming great ...:)


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