Sunday

I had a leisurely birthday lie-in till 9am, only to find that I’d missed today’s drama.  The house was deserted with everyone out on the terrace or around the pool giving advice on how to roll up the pool cover properly.   It seems it got stuck as Eunice and Tony where trying to open it, but with half a dozen opinions it was bound to get sorted sometime, later if not sooner.

We had a late breakfast after everyone had calmed down and then took a short trip into Javea  and walked around the port area.  Lunch was taken at a great café on the front with a very varied menu (anchovies to scrambled eggs with veg which was my choice). 

After lunch we walked across the road to the Church of our Lady of Loreto (commonly known as the boat church), which was just emptying after a first communion ceremony.  It was extremely busy and noisy for 15 minutes or so and then the church was deserted.   It was really nice to see the enthusiasm for the first communions, but also to see the contrast once they’d left, calm and very peaceful (or creepy according to Sal).

After a visit to the supermarket on the way back we abandoned Sally by the pool while the rest of us had a walk out to Cap Prim.  This is only a short drive and a short walk, but the scenery is stunning.  It was quite windy, but with temperatures in the high 20s it was very pleasant.  My gel buff came in very handy!

I had a quick dip in the pool before getting ready to go out for supper to Montgo’s.  Not being sure of the way, (we had no Richard with us) it took three navigators, but we got there in the end.   This is a very friendly and relatively cheap restaurant  (menu del dia 11.75€) with extremely large portions.

Back  at the villa it was stargazing from the penthouse suite (our room) and then lightning spotting over Ibiza.

Memory of the day:  watching a peregrine falcon (or similar) from the balcony searching for supper.