In Spain, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday are non-working days (public holidays), so if you ask for three days off, you can have nine days to go on holiday/vacation. I lost my job in January, so I didn't need to ask my boss for some days off. Unfortunately, my wife couldn't ask her boss for vacation days, so we just stayed at home. We live in a three storey terraced house located about twenty-five kms. from Madrid, which we bought last December. The garden had been completely unattended/abandoned, so there is a lot of work to do on it. I've spent two days renovating/refinishing our teak garden furniture that had been ruined by the weather, and looked dirty and grey. To be more specific, we have eight chairs and two tables. I bought a lot of sandpaper sheets of different grit sizes, and I sanded them down carefully. When I finished this, I oiled everything with linseed oil. I'm not particularly skilled in handiwork, so I'm very proud of the results!