25th July

Sam received a phone call from Rebeca around 9 o clock to let us know that Valentin wanted to meet up with us and that he would meet us at the Chanel at 11 o clock. We waited for him and he finally arrived. Valentin doesnt speak a word of english so we really had to focus in to what he was saying, we all did really well between us and made out he was asking us if everything was ok and how we are coping. He said that me and Gemma where brown, Carah was red and Sam had a touch of glow to him, we all laughed and he soon was off on his travels. After this Gonzalo asked for all of our help to move all the canoes onto the other side of the canal,he wanted us to do this as there where a group of children which were going to go on these shortly after there bike ride and he wanted them prepared for when he got there. This was such hard work because they are so heavy and in the heat it was a challenge, i felt like i was on the worlds strongest women, althought i wasnt doing much of the carrying, Rafa was as he was alot stronger than me!
When we got to the other side Gonzalo gave us a gaterade each which is a energy drink which we all needed by the end of it!
After Siesta me and Sam came to Matallana for 2 hours where Sam was researching medieval plants to put in the Garden at Matallana and i was doing this blog

After work Rebeca had invited us to her Dads house for tea, we met her at our apartment at 7.30 and we followed her in the car, further up she pulled up and told you Gonzalo and his husband was going to come too, so we waited for them and firstly Rebecca took us to the local village and we said hello to her friends, after this we pulled up outside her Dads house and went inside. It was totally different to anywhere you would see in England and it was a traditional farm. When we got there her she explained her fathers cat had just had 3 month old kittens, we had to stand a distance from them as there mother was very protective.
After this Sam was fascinated by the big tractor so him and Rebecca got in the tractor and had a picture taken


We then went inside were immediatly what was on the kitchen top caught my eye...



A pigs leg!! Gonzalo and Rebecas Dad started to cut peices of and put them on a plate so everyone could eat, i gave it a try but it really wasnt my thing so soaked it up with a big gulp of my drink.. Kas, Kas is a drink in Spain which you can get in Lemon and Orange.
Rebecas Dad then cut cheese for us and different sorts of meat and sausage.
When we was driving through this village everybody was looking to see who we were because they hadnt seen us before.
On the way home we dropped Gemma of to have a massage (previously in the week Gonzalo had booked it for Gemma) so while she was having a massage me, Carah and Sam decided to have a drink in the bar nearby after dropping the car off at home.
When Gemma had finished her massage she was telling us all about it and the person who gave her the massage was english speaking so it was quite a good experience. We then went to the Irish bar were we saw Gonzalo and Teresa, we sat and had a drink with them.
I was shatterd and so was Gemma so that night me and Gemma walked home and had an early night... early being 12 o clock!!