Stand off with Chucky

Today begin with the boy abandoning us in the big bad city while he visited the Bernabau so me and Esther hit the shops. He met up with us about one and bored us to death with what he saw. Best club in the world apparently!

We then ventured to the other side of the city to go to a restaurant we saw yesterday for Paella. It wasn't good Paella. It looked impressive with a whole crab sat on top but it was so small a borrower would have struggled to get meat out of those claws. The boy's garlic prawns were tasty though, despite the poo trails and yet another restaurant without a high chair. This is not a very child friendly city.

We then had a long walk back to the hotel passing Sol where a huge stage has been erected for World pride. Esther danced to the music with a small group circling around her admiring her moves, one girl even filmed her, Si suggested she could be the next internet sensation (proud Dad alert).

Another splash in the pool and drinks at the roof top bar before Esther hit the sack at 7:45pm just as the music started blaring out from the stage by our hotel. It was lovely to have entertainment so close. Thoughts did cross my mind about how safe we were when Arianna Grande's song was played. The crowds were vast and despite a lot of police presence in the city there were no barricades around the arena and the front of hotel was very vunerable being made of glass. I don't now if it's my hormones, the boy said I was being ridiculous, I used to be so chilled!