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| Breakfast in bed |
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| mum's BFF - Best Friends Forever |
On the 15th of November it was mum's 50th birthday. During the week Steven, Jaap and I were preparing Mum 50 party. We were
waiting for the last weather forecast, because this week was not to be expected to be the sunniest week. At the end it was not too bad. On Tuesday Steven went alone by bus and train to pick up Opa
& Oma Muts (grand ma & pa) from the airport of Malaga. They
arrived with airbeds and many presents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We checked the hotel and
restaurant and the bar for the evening with drinks and tapas. On Thursday Ellen & Marga
(mum's BFF = Best Friends Forever), Ernie, Oma Muis en Lex arrived in the
morning in Antequera and settled in their hotel.
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| guided tour around Antequera |
We gave Mum breakfast in bed and she could watch for 30 minutes her favorite Dutch program (DWDD). At 11:00 we had presents for her (even though she said that she really did not want presents and only wanted us to be good and not misbehave) and coffee.
We were all sooooooo excited to know if our big birthday surprise that we had organized worked or if mum found out something was going to happen!!!!
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| mum holding a speech |
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| Hanging out with friends of Antequera |
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| with local friends!!! |
At 13.30 we walked with 4 of us and Opa & Oma to the restaurant to have lunch and our friends were already installed and had the wine ready!!! When we arrived the friends were sitting there and mum was completely surprised. Mum held a speech made for the 6 of us not knowing we were with more, but it was beautiful and very well prepared. Thank you mom! After lunch we had a guided tour through ancient Antequera with Mireille, who is living in Antequera for more than 6 years and works for the tourism board. We visited the castle and after that we went to the soccer field to see Steven playing soccer and me playing tennis. Germaine skipped her Pilates of course to be with her BFFs.
The day went fast and at 20:30 we had our party at the Casino, the bar next door to our apartment where we are regulars. We had our European friends and our Antequera friends all together and with around 30 people Germaine said she had a dream Birthday party with a lot of drinks and tapas of course.
Friday everybody had to recover, certainly the birthday girl! :). The (hard core/doorzetters) Ernie, Lex, Opa Piet, Oma Mieke and Jaap continued in the evening with drinking and partying. Because of his nominations Opa Piet was chosen as " Sir Pierre " that evening. 
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| Oma muis upside down in a tree |
Next day we had another surprise. We went to the beautiful city, Ronda. We were guided by Jose, a colleague and friend of uncle Lex who works with him in the plant and flower business in London (see sponsor- "plants for London"). Jose was on a week holiday back in his home town. He just arrived and he was guiding us and every 2 minutes he had to stop and greet his friends! He showed us every plant of Ronda and the beautiful landscapes and history. He also showed us the 98 meter waterfall, which was absolutely scary!!! He dropped us of at a tapas bar. It was very warm and cosy inside with many people. He had ordered a few tapas for us and after 4 rounds of delicious plates of tapas we were full, but there still was a lot more!!! " We loved it".
We were back in time from Ronda to go to a beautiful classic concert of Jose Luis Nieto a young Spanish pianist who played music from Sergei Rachmaninov. Here is a short piece of his music to enjoy!
It has been a wonderful week with all these big surprises. Thank you everyone for coming to Spain!
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| !!!!! Thank you for the surprise, hope you had a safe and relaxing flight, after doing all the activities!!!- |
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Monday, last week Steven and I waved Sinterklaas good bye when he left Spain to go to Holland. because of security reasons we are not allowed to tell you the exact place of his departure. He left with many Piets and we sang together "dag St Klaasje".
Hope they arrived safe in Holland and that nobody or no-one's presents fell over board.
(definition of Sinterklaas, http://dutchfood.about.com/od/s/g/Sinterklaas.htm)
Loes Lindiwe Kreeftenberg |
