Holiday 1 - update 1

Already on day four, we're now properly installed in our holiday accommodation in Playa Las Américas, Tenerife. All the travel went well and our hotel is just as expected, not too far from anywhere and with all the facilities. The evening entertainment has been a little on the bizarre side but great fun nonetheless.

Restaurants have generally been good, save for the first night in the (utterly predictable) Aberdeen Steak House on Avenida Santiago Puig. Subsequent meals in the Pompei and Tora Grill, both in Little Italy further down the same street, and lastly the Hong Kong Chinese buffet, just across the road from the last two, were all big hits. The kids have been eating loads to fuel all the running around, shouting and general trouble-causing that is required of them in the sun.

The rifle shooting was fun (I'm told my superior upbringing must account for my apparent innate prowess) and today has seen me swim for the first time in 20 years(!) in water that was just 20°C, certainly cool enough to persuade me to keep moving. The weather has been very pleasant, not too hot but plenty warm enough for the beach and to cause some pink bits.

Best of all, the talk around the poolside is of the snow in the UK. Let's hope some of it makes its way to the Alpes!