We have been told that with Alexander, our social lives will start to revolve around the kids he meets, and that is definitely true. Through one of Alexanders many girlfriends, we met Claire and David, a very nice English couple living for three months on the island. They are animators, with "The Amazing Andrenelini Brothers" being perhaps their most famous creation (it is about to debut on the Cartoon Channel here). They moved to the island a month ago, and live in an area called Palm Beach, notable to us by being the only area on the island that we need a map to find.
They live in a wonderful hilltop house. The only drawback of the house is a lack of driveway (they say a four-wheel drive could make it up, but I don't think so). So getting to the house involves 138 steps up a hill. David's parents (who are up there in age) are visiting, and they limit themselves to one round-trip per day. The view is almost worth the effort of getting up to the house. If we had lived there, Mike would have lost a lot of weight, and Ilona would have flown back to Pittsburgh at the first opportunity.
The party had a pirate theme (there is something about the island that causes people to think of pirates). It began in the house, then we went down to the beach to dig for treasure, followed by a vigorous workout at the playground. This is a great age and place: no need for "ChuckECheese"!
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