Luis's 39th birthday was also the quietest birthday of his life I imagine. Schools are on oliday and everyone we know are away. Well almost everyone, Luis managed to meet some Ecuadorians from his childhood the week before and they joined us for a small celebration. But we had a great day full of scooting, market shopping, cakes, and dancing.
It was truly a fantastic weekend. The weather was great, the attention to detail and the service was beyond amazing. It was like being out of the city but in the city at the same time. The thing I miss most about Bangkok is space. The two other cities I have lived in, Basel and Quito, I backed onto mountains and fields of space. Here there is little space, I never get to see Sebastian run around and around. Here he had such a great time just running everywhere. And the service was like nothing I have ever had, I have to remember to write a view I was so impressed. We are now back home, the big day (Luis loves his birthday) is on Tuesday and then Sebastian and myself are off camping.
It has been one long week since my last post. The last week before the October break was super busy. Two full parents day, a huge amount of assessments, a tired little Sebastian, Friday could not come quick enough. The weather also took a very rainy turn and I was nervous for the plans I made this weekend. But the rain held, the sun shined and we had a wonderful weekend at Anantara Resort to celebrate Luis's birthday. The weekend was a surprise for Luis and it would never have been quite as good with rain. We were lucky. Friday we arrived and he was super excited, and then we were in the pool our Friday night guests started to arrive, he was over the moon. Chris, Kerry, Asit and Charu joined us for a great birthday dinner.
Luis had a work event planned for Saturday night, one that I knew might go a bit late. So instead of just hanging at home I decided to take Sebastian and Lola to a hotel on the river. Bangkok is huge, so although still in the same city it is a part we never get to go too. October is a fairly slow month in Thailand so there are some great deals to be had at hotels. We just went to a basic IBIS but the outside was beautiful and they were great with Lola.
