The Yorkies in Torra-bee-eka (Torrevieja)

[missyburd]

So we got back 5 days later than planned thanks to Mount Unpronounceable erupting, here are a few piccies for those of you not on fbook

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Look! A ginger pigeon!
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one of my fave shots from the holiday
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A hoopoe, love these birds
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some choppy waves
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a cool blowhole
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an old church
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some funky lampposts
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Another hoopoe
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GYKD on a seesaw :D
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i liked this a lot
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palm tree flowers
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lots of graffiti here, some of it was amazing
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like this
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me being daft
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;)
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A Spanish SV!
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YC wondering how he could fit one of these in his hand luggage...
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the harbour
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[missyburd]

a few more...

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these were weird, they look like bubbles on first glance but on closer inspection they appear to have a sort of translucent crest and funny little sticky out tentacle things, maybe baby jellyfish?
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a group of Spanish peeps having a singalong
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many palm trees
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that puppet in the bin on Sesame Street
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nature reserve
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wild flamingoes!
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more GYND's on kidsplayground stuff
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me holding on for dear life
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Torrevieja at night
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And FINALLY, the cause of 5 days being added on to our trip
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Mount Unpronounceable
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[missyburd]

And of course not forgetting our little travel buddy, Muffin the Mutt, he had a fab time :-P

Helping to pack, all set and ready to go!
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Early morning drink
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excited and in his comfy seat, the arm hole of my jacket lol
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Flying over some mountains
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Checking out some Spanish coast through the binoculars
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At a water fountain
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Looking a tad worse for wear in his travel seat
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First experience of Spanish tapas ;-)
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On the beach! Or rather in the beach :-P
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Sporting some very cool shades
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Making sandcastles
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He loves his beer, always drinking, what a rebel
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Very proud of sandcastle
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Trying out some state of the art transport
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how cool is Muffin!
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Early breakfast at the airport on the way home...
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...the unfortunate result of the aforementioned breakfast when we got home, really was manky, poor chappie, think he's learnt his lesson!!!
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Still had fun though!



Hope you enjoyed :smt082

[Geodude]

Some great pictures and im loving Muffin the Mutt :D

[Geodude]

I also have traveling companions who never miss a rideout

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[nik_nunez]

nice pics

[dizzyblonde]

that puppet in the bin on Sesame Street
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LOL, his name is Oscar the Groucho....showing me age:rolleyes:

[missyburd]

LOL, his name is Oscar the Groucho....showing me age:rolleyes:
OSCAR, cheers Dizz, been bugging me all bledy week that has, couldn't remember for the life in me haha

[dizzyblonde]

lol, Sesame Street was a somewhat cult thing when I was younger, suppose it is to our generation.

[maviczap]

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[missyburd]

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Err no such luck while we were there lol. Average temp about 19 degrees at the moment, so not much warmer than back here in the UK!

[maviczap]

Yep same happend to me once in Majorca. Still getting away from the UK is good, even though the weather wasn't as warm

[ChrisSV]

nice piccys :)

[chasey]

Nice pics.

I am in the process of planning an excursion to the same place!

[AndyBrad]

nice pics but thats the fist time i've seen yc not covered in oil and in combats.... What have you done with the real yc?

[missyburd]

nice pics but thats the fist time i've seen yc not covered in oil and in combats.... What have you done with the real yc?
haha, he was in combats for most of the holiday, can't tear him away from the things :) And yes it made a nice change not to have to remind him to wash his oily hands before getting into bed :lol:

[anna]

haha, he was in combats for most of the holiday, can't tear him away from the things :) And yes it made a nice change not to have to remind him to wash his oily hands before getting into bed :lol:

23º here right now... should have come to portugual ;)

Good photos though loving the cuddly toy, its like the generation game all over again ;)