At times, quite simply, La is a delight. A peaceful and relaxed family member who adds mostly humour to the proceedings.
For the last few days she has replied:'Yes please!' to every suggestion. Ok during the holidays most suggestions are quite amenable.
She managed to navigate the much dreaded passage through T5 with the utmost of ease. Every official-looking uniformed person La encountered was told, 'I want to go home'. The security guy checking our hand baggage and shoes for bombs could see the funny side. The BA woman on the check-in gate, not so much.
La loved her breakfast in a Madrid bar. It was full of men reading the sports reports while they munched on churros. La lurched into their personal space hoping to make a grab at their reading matter but with a quick waft of the hand she got the message ok and moved onto the next candidate.
Only two horrendous moments so far. The first in a supermarket in the middle of nowhere where the locals were so intrigued by the eccentric stranger in the shop they gathered in huddles to stare and blocked the aisles. I'll admit, panicked by the fact that I didn't know how to say 'excuse me' in Spanish I had a mini meltdown. So actually it could have been the mad mother who they are still talking about there.
The second event was when she leaned on a display cabinet in our holiday home and brought some glass ornaments smashing to the floor.
One day, how we will laugh....
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