It’s 13:30 hours on Monday the 7th of May 2018. The temperatures are well into the twenties (Celsius). The sun is shining. The clouds on the horizon are no serious threat. This is the boulevard and the beach of Bahia de Puerto de Mazarrón. Nobody. Not on the boulevard. Not on the beach. We are … Read more
Today, the weather forecast predicted rain from 13:00 hours. So we decided to go for a walk in the morning along the coast from Isla Plana to La Azohia and back. When we started the sun was shining and there were hardly any clouds in the sky. Since the first of May is a holiday … Read more
On the upper right in this picture, you see the pier of the Puerto de Conil (the harbour of Conil de la Frontera). It’s mainly a harbour for fishing boats. On the bottom is the beach Calla de Aceite (which Google translates ‘roughly’ as “shut up of oil”, no idea what that could signify). However, … Read more
These last couple of weeks the weather has been devastating. Cold, windy, and lots of rain. Lots of rain. And even more rain. For the reservoir at La Viñuela, it was a boon. Reserves went up with a year’s water for the city of Malaga. Driving along the small roads we already noticed that rocks … Read more
The wild parakeets in this picture live in the palm trees that border the promenade along the beach of Torre del Mar. They make an awful racket for such small birds. People who think that these birds belong in more tropical regions, better think again. Although the wild parakeets in Torre del Mar are not … Read more
We haven’t been out of the house very much these past few days, so today we went to the coast. Not to get a breath of fresh air – we can have that here as well – but to walk more easily and to do some shopping. Oh my, how the storm had an impact … Read more
Yesterday the picture showed a fine example of the lengthy walking boulevards there are to be found in many Spanish coastal cities and villages. Friends of us told us that the specific boulevard on yesterday’s picture takes a 4-hour hike, one way! Walking boulevards do not discriminate. Spanish people and those from other countries, handicapped … Read more