Winter sea holiday - day 2

I woke up to a beautiful Tuesday morning and to a girl that seemed to have no earache - I was much relieved. We started the day with breakfast on the patio and some drawing while waiting for the temperature to just go up a wee bit.

The old tree in front of the Villa always provide a bit of a climbing opportunity and yes, every year we climb higher.

Happy to have conquered the tree we set off for the beach. It was a beautiful day and I posted this picture on Facebook

Bliss indeed - a good cappuccino, a happy Princess and a great book.

She had a ball playing on the beach and in a big hole and even made friends with a 10 year old boy with whom she scavenged for shells and other sea life.

All of a sudden she came running to me, crying that her ear was incredibly sore. We immediately went home and by the time we got there she started puking again - poor girl. I dumped her in the bath with a bowl to at least get rid of the sea sand and called reception for a doctor's number. A doctor in Margate was recommended and we I called - we could come in but be prepared to wait, he was fully booked. My poor girl, all the way there she was miserable and kept getting sick all the time. We walked into the doctor's rooms and the receptionist immediately took her to a room to lie down. They were so friendly and helpful - not 10 minutes later and the doctor saw us. Turns out she had a huge ear infection (her first ever) and that it was the pain and imbalance from the ear that made her feel so crappy. We picked up the meds and headed home, to only stop at the library to return DVD's and get two more as I knew that for at least until tomorrow morning or more realistic tomorrow afternoon we will be at home while she slept off some of the meds he gave her.

So we had a great afternoon sleeping (her mainly but me too), reading and watching DVD and went to bed rather early.