At 0645 the bloody alarm went off and so a quick shower and cup of tea and we headed off to the terminal at around 07.30 and it was quite a lot busier than the previous evening however going thro security was not to bad although Jennifer had mistakenly left a liquid container in her handbag rather than in the plastic bag which travels separately thro the scanner and so when we got the other f the security check where you gather all your belongings, belt, shoes, mobile, computer, vibrator etc Jennifer suddenly realised her handbag had gone and immediately feared somebody had nicked it only upon ask the security guy he said it was sent for extra checking i n case there was a nuclear bomb inside or something.
We were looking for a Costa coffee shop, there were two but at the end of the long walkways and so we settled on a cup of tea and Jennifer had a breakfast bar. We looked at the sandwiches and they were all brown bread or the limited amount of baguettes contained ingredients not suitable for Noel so he skipped breakfast and also lunch on the flight as not wanting any more lower body issues of the type experienced yesterday unfortunately.
We boarded the British Airways flight and the first stewardess looked like she had just experienced the end of the world, not a smile just holding a tray of hand cleaners , and so I said Hi cheer up its not the the end of the world and she looked at me strangely so I added with ‘not yet’ what a miserable young lady sent to greet customers, if you don't like your job get another. Last time we travelled on BA Euro Club or what ever its called as against Club World for the long hall flights, all it is they have the same layout as economy but don't fill the middle seat and then serve which they don't know the ingredients of so this time we elected for the cheaper seats and as it happened Noel had an empty seat next to him with same knee room but half the price.
The flight was just under four hours to Arrecife and we landed just about on time and there a few aircraft on the tarmac unloading passengers and so I feared for a delay in immigration but wrong I woz again, they had all these immigration passport readers and we were through in about seven minutes and waited a further ten for the luggage to arrive, quite slick really for Spain.
The car to take us to the Hotel was called and we arrived at the Hotel Fariones in Puerto del Carmen which is the same hotel as we stayed in October 2021 shortly after Noel had his knee updated and at that time long distance walking was a problem but today, although perhaps being partly supported by baggage trolleys he lasted for a long while. We had to wait a short while for the room to be ready and then discovered that the room booked via the airline was not quite the room we had ordered and so after some discussion we will change rooms two days later as the hotel is quite full.
We had a rest in the afternoon as both of us were a bit tired and then for dinner we stayed in house and enjoyed a salad in the bar / restaurant of the hotel although the salads were in bowls big enough for two rather than one but very good all the same and then back to the room for a couple of hours of TV and then learnt of the shock defeat of Liverpool to Real Madrid, I guess the scousers are all in mourning and contemplating suicide or something…
The final tv of the evening was documentary about the really terrible Austrian guy Herr Fritz who locked up his daughter for 24 years with continual sexual attacks producing four kids, makes you want to cry when people do this
Ah well tomorrow is another day
