Well I had to give up on the road trip to Spain idea. Two weeks wasn't enough time to be over there so we have booked flights/hotel in August to Mallorca. We will be in a quiet area away from the most of the tourist areas with "Full English Breakfast" signs everywhere. I just hope we will be with lots of Spanish families so our kids will get a better flavour of Spain. My Spanish is pretty good so no dramas on that score. Our kids have always greeted my wife and I with "Hola" instead of "Hello" since they were about 5 or six years old. I am so happy that we can finally travel again as a family; we haven't been away for ten years and they were still in nappies back then! In fact the last time we had a holiday, they poo'd into my scuda diving bag. We cancelled the idea of going to the Philippines because of the high flight costs. Onwards and sideways Renewing the kids' passports was a pain in the posterior as we had moved house into a different part of England and witnesses needed to know the kids for two years etc.. Renewing my passport was relatively easy. Where's the paella?