Matt did have a good sleep, phew, but wasn't feeling great - aching all over! He had a bath before breakfast to ease his troubles (I can remember doing the same a couple of weeks ago!), this isn't good.
So at Breakfast we were sat in Sandra's section again. This is significant, as Sandra is a waitress who has taken a liking to Tom. Tom gets all shy around her and blushes big time (we've never seen him blush before!!!!!) Every time she walks past she pats his head, says 'Hola Tom', or gives him a tickle! This morning she asked him for a kiss, but he turned bright bright red and wouldn't give her one, this didn't put her off though and she still spoke to him every time she passed us. He has pulled!!!!!
Anyway, back to the day, we had promised Tom that we would go swimming again. Matt wasn't up for it, so I agreed with some trepidation - it was grey and cold outside. Oh well, we are from Yorkshire and have done the same, going to the pool in Ingleton in the summer! We had the pool to ourselves. Matt came with us and read one of Tom's books on a sun lounger whilst just about not shivering. Tom and I got in and I did many lengths to not get cold. Tom went in and out and in again, I knew that as soon as I got out I wouldn't want to get in again so stayed in until Tom said that he didn't want to get in again.
We then went in for a hot shower to warm up. As it was going to be a nothing sort of a day (there is very little to do inside around here) we decided to walk back up the hill towards the Botanical gardens to a restaurant we saw on Sunday - a pizzeria with a 18 hole mini golf course. We thought it would be fun and not too arduous and we could do it in the rain if needs be.
We found a new nicer way to walk there today - a pedestrian alley away from the roads, with shops, restaurants and viewpoints scattered along it. We found the restaurant again with no trouble and headed to a outside seat under a roof (just in case it started raining), we ordered 2 pizzas between the 3 of us - wow they were big! We managed them though - what troopers we are. We think this is the German enclave of the town as everything seems to be in German first, the waitress was German and everyone around us was German. It's not often you are British and alone these days.
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Anyway, once we finished our pizza and then went to do the mini golf, just as it started raining - typical. Oh well, we were expecting it and had our waterproofs, so being the stoical Brits that we are, we played mini golf in the rain. Tom did way better than he has in the past, scoring only 6 more points than me (in the past he has been a good 50 points or so ahead). Matt of course won!
We were going to go in search of some more gardens and play areas afterwards, but the rain was coming down enough to put us off, so we went back to the hotel via the pharmacy to get Matt some medicine and had a lazy afternoon (Tom writing thank you cards), Matt collapsed on the bed. We then went out for a pre-dinner stroll, taking in the port of Puerto de la Cruz and the old town, not a huge amount to report, but Matt did manage to find a holiday T-shirt which he was happy with.
We came back, had another hot bath each and then played cards before heading down for tea - all the usual stuff, with cod, swordfish, entrecôte and turkey. Sandra was there too - Tom blushed as soon as he saw her, she couldn't resist a pat on his head. We then retired to reception so Matt could have his pot of tea and then back to our room for bed.
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