First of all I apologise for not blogging for a while.
Life has been a bit hectic of late but mostly in a good way. The village is getting busier and the restrictions are slowly getting less strict, we are now allowed to do karaoke in the bar although singers must wear a mask and our capacity numbers are still at 40% inside and 70% outside, dancing is still not allowed.
This is where it gets a little difficult. You see the thing is, the Spanish government has allowed the tourists back in and its great, our little village along with the rest of the island is getting back to where it needs to be. However its almost like the they are saying yes! you can come but we don't want you to enjoy yourself too much while you are here!
Its very difficult telling happy tourists that they cant dance and that they have to wear a mask while singing. Many of these poor people have been cooped up indoors, some of them alone, unable to go anywhere for goodness knows how long, and now they want to enjoy themselves and let their hair down a bit and who can blame them? Rules are rules and we do our best to stick to them however, there is a fine line and none of us want to be the ogre and be the one to tell the people that they cant enjoy themselves!
We have actually been away and last week we took a trip over to Mallorca to meet up with my parents who we haven't seen since last year. It was emotional to say the least.
There is still a lot of paperwork to do with regards to travel and although its not particularly difficult, for the older folk who are not good with technology its not easy, in fact it is quite the opposite. We are all fully vaxxed, although Jack didn't get his second vaccine until a couple of days before we travelled so he was subject to an antigen test before we left home. He also had to have another test before we returned home. I actually feel very strongly that the elderly are being penalised as these are the people that are in their latter years, they enjoy a holiday and they are in a position to take them. The hoops they have to jump through are immense.
I sorted out all the paperwork for my mum and dad to travel and I had to do it remotely as they live in the UK and I am in Tenerife. With WhatsApp video calling and a lot of forwarding of emails between us I arranged it all, although even I was a little nervous in case I had missed one fine detail that could've meant them being turned back on arrival to Mallorca. Fortunately this didn't happen and we had a wonderful week spending quality time together. The paperwork to get them home was also sorted remotely as they spent a few extra days after we left and they are flying back as I write. I just hope I have done everything correctly for them to get out of Birmingham airport without any delays.
This brings me to my next subject........Airports!
I think that anybody travelling, except for the elderly or disabled or those with certain circumstances should be stopped from entering the airport until two hours before they're departure time. Its the ones that turn up three hours before that are causing all the hold ups, this of course is just my opinion.
Years ago, you would turn up two hours before your flight and everything would run smooth. Check in, security, a walk though the stores, maybe some refreshments, then on to your boarding gate and on to the aeroplane.
I do however wonder if the queues and the hold ups would be less if people just turned up two hours before their flight time, surely the airport would get a quicker through flow and things would generally move a little quicker for all involved, like I say, just my opinion.
One thing we do all have to remember is that Covid is still around, and its still taking lives. Just this week someone I know has lost a family member who was double vaccinated and still died from this awful virus.
Until next time, stay safe
H x
And now a few holiday pics for you!
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