started at 5h30 when my sisters (who leave for the UK today after a month here) woke Raph and I up, made a flask of excellent coffee and we all headed to the cloudy but warm beach for sunrise. the water today was silvery blue with enormous waves and a gunmetal sky following last night’s thunderstorms.

then i left the girls at the beach, took Raph to school and headed to the x-x’s place where i crawled into his warm bed in my wet bikini and wished him Happy Valentine’s Day in a fairly traditional way (the bikin didn’t stay on long) before getting back to the beach for a final swim.

we’re all going for final tea and cake (well, Raph and I, the sisters, and mom and dad) before heading for the airport. i’m not looking fwd to this goodbye.

then when we get back the x-x is taking me for dinner and we’ll no doubt end the day the way we started it.