We all arrived safely 11 days ago, with our belongings  reaching us the following day. Surrounded in boxes we started to find the items we would need, for Sophiea her books and toys, for us our work clothes. The house was the same as we had left it but the grass and surrounding land had grow considerably so our initial task was to get mowing and restore some of it to a manageable height before we could sit back and relax and enjoy the weather and wine!

 

Two initial problems for us to sort out! Keeping our appointment with the poo man, to looking into the drainage of our septic tank and drains. After  initial inspection it was decided to give them all a good clear out a new and exciting experience for us, not sure he was too impressed with me snapping pics all the time though. Our second problem was when we arrived we discovered the phone/ internet was not working and our initial thoughts were we had been cut off, upon further investigation we found that the phone line had been severed at the entrance to the field next to us, most probably by accident by one of the large harvesting machines, so no phone or internet for us! The telecoms  engineer arrived 2 days after we reported it and the line was promptly fixed (with a large knot) and communications restored.

The pool is now up and some of the boxes unpacked, Mr P returning to the UK tomorrow leaving us girls to soldier on alone.