hello from Lanzarote

The computer has been a nightmare (as only computers and children can be!) All I can confidently say is that at the moment it is working! We all arrived on time and with our tons of baggage. The boat has gone down significantly with all of us, and our stuff onboard. The weather has been great until today when it actually rained. We have taken the boat out of the marina once, and went along the coast to the beaches at Papagayo. It was a sizzling hot day and we all went swimming off the boat. The main entertainment of the day was watching mum trying to get herself back onto the boat. It would seem that my knees just don't bend the way they are supposed to! Amazingly enough we are managing ok with the four of us on the boat. It is a little cramped, especially with the kids being completely unable to cooperate on anything (!) , and I wouldn't want to do it for any length of time but at least it means we will really appreciate the villa on Sunday. The Marina Rubicon is a great place, with a lovely big heated swimming pool, bars, restaurants, shops etc. It is about a 20 minute walk into the main drag of Playa Blanca so quite doable if you get fed up with eating in the same places. If this continues to work I shall get a few pictures on over the next few days.