This Saturday: Family Bonding (The miraculous thirteenth post)

This Saturday I had a lot of fun. I went to Center Parcs with my Grandma and her brother's family (this is one of the funtimes mentioned in my blog's title). I was woken up at 7:40am and told I had twenty minutes to be ready before we left the house to go. So naturally I focused, and showered and packed in bullet time [yes that is an old matrix reference (only the first matrix film was good)]. After a decent drive we arrived at Center Parcs, and then had to park the car. Parking at Center Parcs is not easy! Getting back to your car once you have parked and been in the park all day is even harder. We spent at least half an hour trying to find our car in the dark. It didn't help that there seems to be no logic to the organization of the car park. Why does it go AE, AG, AH, and then AF?
The first thing we did when we arrived at my great uncle's chalet (and they are chalets not villas despite what Center Parcs say) was to head straight out to the pool. Shortly after chilling at the pool for a while my "sort of cousin" (it's too hard to explain how we are actually related, I'm not going to try in one blog post) and her family arrived. After hanging out with them for a while at the pool, and having general fun I headed back to the chalet. After a little bit more relaxing with family I walked to the country club with my "sort of cousin"  and her family and I was treated to a fine hot chocolate and some rather entertaining conversation. One hot chocolate and a snapped umbrella later we were in fits of giggles and again headed out towards the sports centre to meet more friends. At the sports hall I was given a choice of looking round shops with the girls, or watching football with the guys. People who know me will know I'm not a huge football fan. So, I opted to go shopping with the girls. After some more hilarious conversation I returned to the chalet; there I had dinner with my Grandma and her brother and sister in-law. It was a lovely meal of beef bourguignon pie, accompanied by a nice glass of rosé. All in all it was a lovely day filled with swimming, family bonding, laughter, fun, and any other clichés you can think of in connection with spending time at a holiday park with family.