In the mornings, it’s coffee or tea with tostada. In the afternoon, it’s a cola zero or Schweppes with tapas. In this case, boquerones, which are sardines in vinegar. Over here life is pretty cheap, but they are sparse on the tapas. In Andalusia and Madrid, we always got a tapa with our drink for … Read more
Every house in ‘our’ street has a cochera. Nobody uses it because it’s very difficult to get in and out of it. It reminds me of a television item I once saw about the smallest garage ever. The owner did use his garage and in a very ingenious way. Marvelous! ^hm
This roundabout marks the start of one of the outskirts of Puerto de Mazarrón: El Alamillo. And at the same time marked the halfway point of our walk today. It was exactly an hour to get here, the same amount of time half of the walk yesterday took us. But since the route was a … Read more
Yesterday, during our daily walk, coming from the Playa de las Moreras, along the Playa Canina, and taking the direction of the boulevard of Bolnuevo, we passed Camping Playa de Mazarrón. During most of the year, there are a lot of campers and caravans from people that hibernate in Spain. But now during verano (summer), … Read more
We sometimes complain it’s too busy at the moment (as if we would be the only ones entitled to the beach and the sea), but because of the summer, it’s also very lively. There are all kinds of activities. Today we encountered a big group of women mimicking a handsome man in the front. They … Read more
Have you ever seen a YouTube video about the race for the best place next to the swimming pool? People get up before dawn – not to do their exercises like I do every morning – but to wait for the signal to rush to the desired spot, occupy it with their towels and run … Read more
“I don’t mind them coming to my table to sell something”, a friend said. Until he too experienced how aggressive some of the vendors are and how many pass by. Today none was aggressive, but there were even more than usual. At times no less than 3 vendors were roaming the terrace at the same … Read more
For some reason, the theme of today turned out to be smoking. Which is kind of odd since we are both avid non-smokers. It started with a business appointment in a small room where the owner obviously had just put out the last cigarette. Making me cough and not too keen to discuss health insurance … Read more
Nowadays we walk after 8 pm because of the heat during the day. Much to our surprise, we saw a traffic-jam northbound when we entered Puerto de Mazarrón. It was a real exodus, but we weren’t worried because our walk would last an hour and after that, we had to do some shopping. Ha, what … Read more
Time flies when you’re having fun. It was the last day of the family visit. Phew, a week is gone by quickly. Well, we celebrated the end of a lovely holiday in style: we all had ice cream in a chiringuito at Nares Beach. We’ll miss them dearly when they drive off tomorrow morning. On … Read more