Majorca June 6th - 10th

Ages ago we booked a flight to Palma, Majorca (Spain) with easyJet (got a good price). We've put off booking the hotel (too much other stuff going on, was waiting to see if friends' had any recommendations (no), plus it was too hard to narrow down the choice with so many options out there. Eventually we settled on one and I booked on Monday. The link's here. It will be the kids first sand/sea/sun holiday and I'm happy to go somewhere kid-focussed (I think this place fits the bill!). We're doing half-board, so no need to worry about breakfast and dinner (oh, except for over-eating as both meals are buffet).

The only *slight* glitch at the moment is we don't have a passport for Lily. It was due to expire in July, so we got organised enough (just) to put in the application on May 19th (we had to wait for Lily's birth certificate to arrive from Adelaide - we ordered a new on from Births, Deaths, Marriages). Unfortunately we didn't put on the form (where there is a spot) that we are travelling on June 6th. So when I called the Consulate in Geneva today (after receiving an email saying the passport was completed), the woman informed me it's still in London. It still needs to be sent to Geneva to be validated and then sent to us. Today is Thursday, tomorrow is Friday, Monday is a public holiday and we leave on Tuesday morning. Yikes.

The woman in Geneva rang London, called me back and said it should be sent tonight so they should receive it tomorrow. She'll call me tomorrow when (if?) it arrives. Then we can decide whether MK drives to Geneva to pick it up or we trust the registered post to only take one day.

Fingers crossed. Nothing I can do about it now though.