Inbetweenmas.

Friday 28th December 2018 - Torre del Mar.

As I mentioned, David and Wendy have moved on on Boxing Day.

We spent the day cycling out to Benajarafe and Rincon de la Victoria.

Rincon is a decent sized resort half way towards Malaga.  We have enjoyed eating normally and not drinking any alcohol.

Yesterday we cycled to Nerja via Torrox Costa (opposite direction to Malaga).

Torrox had a nice promenade.......you know what I mean!

We also saw some rural farming methods......

They were actually cows, not bulls, doing the ploughing......it's nice to see the Spanish are taking the equality issue seriously and allowing females to do some hard work!!  You certainly get the feeling that in Spain their are still definately 'pink' and 'blue' jobs.  Men tend to be the waiters and I think I have only seen one female police officer.  Women work in 'reception' and in the tourist offices.  In the UK Equality is the new religion......it's like being branded as a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition if anyone gets accused of something non PC!  I suspect this doesn't happen in Spain, maybe it's just a British thing?

Whilst on the subject.....

Why are British people not so patriotic.  We rarely see the Union Jack or Flag of St George flown with pride unless it is at the Olympics.  The Spanish fly large flags in public spaces.  I suspect it is about multiculturalism and equality again. It's possible to be proud of your country (and not be a racist) and be welcoming to other cultures....lets have both.

Nerja is a place I have heard of lots of times before as my mother and father in law have been several times for winter holidays.  Janice has been here once before on a family holiday, 20 years ago.  It has changed a little since then.  It is a lovely town and has great views of the coast and the mountains.

The view from the Balcon de Europa (a viewpoint on a small cliff over the sea).

There were nice plazas and narrow streets.  It seemed quite busy with tourists and seemed fully open for business, probably because there are a lot of people who stay through the winter.

In the evening we broke our alcohol free vow by eating four chocolate liqueurs whilst watching 'Bourne Identity' on DVD.  You can tell we are bang up to date with our viewing habits!  I suppose watching DVDs could be classed as old fashioned.  We have got the rest of the trilogy to view.  We enjoyed it and checked to find it was released in 2002.  For a change it didn't seem too far fetched for a 'modern' film.  Normally, I get fed up with films by thinking they are unrealistic.

Today is a washing, cleaning, reading and shopping day.  The van is nice and shiny again....at least the sides are (I can't reach/see the roof).  We are back on the G&T's....it is Friday after all!