A wonderful water park day.

Thirty three of us had a great day at El Camping Resort water par - about 20 minutes away. This DOES NOT mean they we have a really big increase in kids since yesterday! We invited the staff and their primary school kids and a few other people. Our great driver, Sr. Pancho, finured out just who would sit where and had the kids lined up and then sent them one by one to their seat - or to the lap of someone. WE got everyone in the van and the car. Actually, we were 34 as our cook brought her 6 months old grand daughter! We arrived at 10 (the opening hour) and since we had a group over 30 and had made reservations we received a big discount on the lunch (big hotdog or big hamburger with fries and a soft drink). Everyone had the opportunity to choose thier lunch form those choice beforehand - an experience they don't have very often.

Since a lot of the kids were in primary we staked out a place near the main kids pool area. This is an awsome pool. There are three slids of different hights and lengths, and a structure in the middle with steps and a slide to escape on. Water is shooting out of every possible place - holes in various places. There is also a long pipe running out with a cascade of water falling. Around all of this is a lazy river which has ring shaped flotes. Also some people can float on their own (sy delf for example). Some of the kids swim around it and it is also possible to walk in the water - with the current and against the current. There is a big central pool, a wave pool and three big, high slides of varying speeds.

At lunch time we were served our lunch in the wave pool area. At three we all got a soft ice cream - and again there was a choice of vanilla or fresa (thats strawberry).

There was not once that I had to speak to any kid stearnly. I got us three throwawy under water cameras and divided the kids into three groups to use them. I will develop them tomorrow which will be a lot of fun.

Tomorrow is the firt day of school. We have uniforms (black shoes, white or blue socks - depending on grade - dark blue skirt, white or medium blue shirt - again depending on grade. Until December now life will revolve around school and things will be a bit quieter. They get up at 6AM, eat breakfast at 7:15 after doing chores and personal care, study from 7:45 to 10:30. Get dressed and ready for school and eat lunch at 11. They leave for school at 12 noon. The gilrs in the youngest grades get out of school at 4:30 and home at 5. The other primary get out at 5:30 and the oldest ones at 6:05! They do some homework and we write down what special things esch needs the next day. They eat dinner at 7 and the youngest girls go to bed at 8 and the oldest at 9.

Tia Sue