After my 2 very quiet weeks, i have been really hectic! Mum, Dad and Will came out at the begining of the month, we were so busy seeing things,we went to frigiliana on the first day, near nerja and the bacon de europe (balcone de Europe) . Its a very pretty village a little way up in the mountains. We also had a quick stroll around he's-a-nazi (iznate) and ate lunch in a chiringuito (beach restaurant) where dad got upset because no one would share a sea food paella with him.
On friday we set off to Almeria. It was a very scenic drive up to almunecar, then it was just polly tunnels all the way! Thousands of them. We found the desert, found a good hotel to stay in (all in spanish!) then went to get some a warm menu del dia, of which the choices were pork sauce with chips, pork in sauce with chips, or pork in sauce with chips. Luckily for me there were only 3 pork in sauce with chips left so i had rabit in sauce with chips instead.
There are 3 western towns to visit in Almeria which are all old film sets, the really not very touristy one (western leone) the a little bit more touristy one (texas hollywood) and the mega touristy one (mini - hollywood). We started with western leone. It was really quiet when we got there , and after declining the offer to dress up as a cowboy and have a wanted picture taken we were left to admire the views whilst standing in a deserted westen town with the sun going down and the soundtrack to the good the bad and the ulgy adding atmospherically to the scene.
We had a wander around and went for a drink in the saloon. Dad bought a very drunk man dressed up in western gear a beer and they did a little play for us in which they forgot the lines and the ques (after cries of Donde esta la sherif? they just shot the barman instead) and someone died very dramatically onto Dad. An enjoyable but slightly bizarre experience.
We spent the evening huddled on the double bed of the hotel because it was absolutely freezing, and because it was the only room with a Tv, and ate a packet of biscuits for dinner.
Saterday we did Texas Hollywood, similar but bigger and with can can dancers, and a longer and funnier play (all in spanish though of course) We all pondered on which buildings were used in
which westerns and Dad has promised to sent all the Dvd's out to me in the post!
William wouldnt let us go to mini hollywood because he said it was to tacky.
Michael took us to a tapas bar in Marbella on sunday, we had chorizo, old cheese, spicey potatoes and octopus, Everyone tried the octopus but im not sure it will be ordered again. Oh and of course lots of coffee.
We went out for a meal on monday night and then everyone went on tuesday morning. It felt like a short visit but a busy one at least. We had fun.
So, after all that gallivanting around i had a really busy week at work too, lots of patients and Junaly is off ill for who knows how long. This week will be quieter (you can tell because of the length of this blog) because Paul is in England, but i had conversation and coffee with maria jose yesterday, ive got Tai chi tonight and im going to gogas on friday to help her out with some cake making.
Its nearly christmas everyone!
