Las Hojas Beach

Sunday 8th June 2014

I've been wanting to go to the beach for a while but the weather has been rainy (which is odd for El Salvador). But on Sunday we finally got the chance to go and it was REALLY hot.We went to Las Hojas beach which we've never been to before. We spent most of our time in the pool because Chloe loves it.

We went onto the beach a bit too but Elliot didn't like the sand at all and Chloe didn't like it when the water moved over her legs.

We had a lovely meal with a view of the pool and beach while eating.

Both kids were exhausted by the time we got home (about 4pm) and had a nice long nap in the afternoon.

Trip to Furesa

Saturday 19th April 2014

On Saturday morning we went to the zoo (Furesa in El Salvador). It was both our kids first trip. The place was made in the middle of mountains so there was a lot of walking involved which meant both kids were carried most of the morning and gave us a good work out. But it was worth it to go right to the top because look at the views. 

The zoo mainly has wild cats and most of them were sleeping during our visit and we couldn't even spot them in their cages. There were parrots, peacocks, raccoons, monkies, hippos, foxes and some other animals too though.
There were two hippos who were in the water when we got there but they both came out and had a bit of a walk around.


We had to go up a huge hill to get to the monkies but I'm glad we did because they were Chloe's favourite bit and she was singing "monkey monkey monkey monkey" and pointing at them a lot.
Before we left Elliot made friends with a turtle.

Royal Decameron Day 3

Monday 20th January 2014

We got up early again to go for breakfast and hang out by the pool. Armando played beach volleyball while I sat with the kids on the beach to watch. We went in the pool again after that and Chloe had a great time riding around on Mummy's shoulders and back. 

When we got out of the pool we went to pack all of our things away and check out before going for dinner. We spent our last few hours walking around and went to the park again just before leaving at about 2.30pm.

Royal Decameron Day 2

Sunday 19th January 2014

We got up early and went for breakfast. Armando stayed in our room with Elliot while he napped and Chloe, his Mum and me went down to the beach before the sand got too hot to walk on. Last time we went to the beach Chloe was scared of going in the water because of the waves but since Decameron has the sea blocked off by rocks there aren't any waves, the water just slowly moves over the rocks through the day. When Elliot woke up him and Armando joined us down at the beach. It wasn't Elliot's first time to the beach but it was his first time going into the water and he kicked his little legs the second I sat him down. 

After the beach we all got ready to go for dinner. Chloe wouldn't eat much because she was too excited to get back to the beach and pool but she did eat an ice cream cone. Since it was pretty hot around the pool at that time of day we decided to take the kids over to the park for a little while. Chloe loves slides so much but there aren't really any decent ones in the parks near us so she just went up and down on the slides for a while. Elliot went into a swing for the first time, I was holding him up because he can't sit by himself yet (we're practising).
We went back into the pool in the afternoon when the sun was starting to go down and Elliot joined us too. We put him in the blow up float that we bought for Chloe a few years ago and he was ok floating around for a while but then got bored of it. As soon as we took Elliot out of the float Chloe decided she wanted to go in it. After the pool we went to get ready for our evening meal again. This time Elliot slept through the meal while Chloe was awake and playing. We went to see a show that was on the stage after that. It was Arabian themed, they had lots of dancing and even got some women up from the audience to compete - the winner got at shirt.

Royal Decameron Day 1

Saturday 18th January 2014

We set off from our house a little after 6am and got to the resort at 7.15am which was faster than we expected to get there since there was no traffic. We hung around in the lobby area until 8am (check in time). After checking in we changed into swimming costumes and put our bags into the storage area (we couldn't get a room until the afternoon). We had a bit of a walk around and had our first dip in the pool. Chloe enjoyed it much more than I expected. 

We ate dinner and then went to get our room and all had a short nap. While the kids slept Armando and I went into the jucuzzi. When we went back to our room the kids were awake so we went to eat and saw someone drawing character pictures so we had one done of all four of us before going back into the pool. 

When it started it get dark we went back to our room and got ready for the evening meal. We put Elliot into his pjs straight away since we figured he would fall straight to sleep. He slept while we had a few drinks then woke up while we were eating but Chloe fell asleep instead so at least we only had one child awake during the meal. After we'd eaten we went to see the fire/water show they had in one of the pools. They had dancing on platforms floating in the middle of the pool and fire poi and other things. We didn't stay right to the end of the show because it was getting late.

Day At The Beach

Saturday 21st December 2013

This morning we went to the beach. It's still crazy to me that just a few days before Christmas I now live somewhere that's so sunny and hot enough to go and walk along the beach and splash around in the sea. This was Elliot's first time at the beach and he enjoyed rocking in a hammock (as he has been at home too lately).
Chloe was fine walking along on the beach at first but then as soon as she went near the water and started getting splashed by the tide she cried and didn't want to even walk anymore.
We played a while in the pool before eating.
We walked along the beach to find a shell to keep in Elliot's keepsake box (for his first time at the beach).
It's such a beautiful place and I'm glad my kids get the chance to grow up somewhere with such beauty and so many great places to make fabulous memories.

London Trip - Buckingham Palace

Tuesday 19th November 2013

We would have liked to be able to go and see the river Thames, London eye and some other things but we didn't want to be rushed and end up missing our coach home. When we arrived at the coach station there was still a few hours waiting time so we decided to look up how far away Buckingham Palace was - it turned out to be about 10 minutes away so we walked over there to see it and get some pictures. We saw some horse drawn carriages and the famous Royal guards.

When we were done being tourists it was time to head home. Our coach set off at 4.30pm and it was already starting to go dark at that time. Both kids slept pretty well on the way home and I even nodded off for a little while. When we arrived back to Liverpool we still had to get a bus back home so we arrived back home at about 11pm and all went straight to bed.

London Trip - Madame Tussauds

Tuesday 19th November 2013

On day two of our trip to London we got up early to have breakfast before catching a train to get to Madame Tussaud's. We were waiting outside before the doors were opened so we got in pretty fast.
It really is amazing how life like all of the figures are. We took pictures with all of the celebrities we know (Armando took photos of the rest too even though we had no idea who some of them are).

Chloe was really staring at and trying to touch some of the models, I'm not really sure what she thought of them but she seemed to like it (especially Emma Watson for some reason).
There are all kinds of different celebrities there. Lots of current film and music stars, some iconic figures like Shakespeare and Albert Einstein, sports stars, musical legends like Michael Jackson and the Beatles, the Royal family, the American president and lots of British political figures. There was even a dungeon section that was supposed to be scary, Chloe jumped when she heard dogs barking on a recording but we stayed out of the main section (while Armando went through it).

The last part was a Marvel section which had Spider-man, the hulk, wolverine and some other characters. In that section there was a 4D film with some super heros getting together for a meeting, the special effects were pretty good - even Chloe kept her glasses on to watch the whole thing.
We had a look around the Madame Tussaud's shop and bought some gifts and suvenirs before eating and getting a bus back to the area of the coach station.

London Trip - Warner Bros Studio

Monday 18th November 2013

On Monday morning we travelled to Liverpool to get on a coach that took us down to London. It was a long journey but both children slept and were well behaved. Chloe was sick all over herself and Armando but it was just because of the movement since she was fine for the rest of the day.
When we arrived in London we got tubes and trains to get to the Warner Bros. Studio where we were going on the Harry Potter tour. We got there with plenty of time to spare, picked up our tickets and wandered around the shop before the tour was set to begin. We took a lot of pictures of everything.
The first thing we did was sit and watch a short video in a cinema then the tour started off in the great hall of hogwarts.

After the hall the others doors were opened up and we were free to walk through the rest of the tour by ourselves. There were lots of boards with writing about each thing - what scenes certain costumes were worn, what inspired certain things in the films and things like that.

I was carrying Elliot in his carrier and Chloe also wanted to be carried around for quite a lot of the tour.
There was an outdoor section to the tour which had some of the vehicles used in films, like the bus and the Weasley's car.

There was a room full of all types of fantasy creatures and wax works. There were some wax works of people from the films - the most realistic was one of George Weasley, it could easily pass as a person.

One of the last parts of the tour was a huge hogwarts piece that you had to walk all the way around. It was covered in snow since our tour was during the Winter theme.
After we finished the Harry Potter tour it was about 6pm and we got the train back to the area of our hotel but still had to walk for about 50 minutes to get there. It was really cold out and by that time we were super hungry so as soon as Elliot had been fed and both children were dressed in pjs we went for a meal at TGI Fridays which was right next to the hotel. The meal was lovely and by the time we were finished and back in our hotel room it was a little after 9pm so both children went straight to bed.