Our Friday fun-day adventure was to walk the 5km El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Path). It’s a walkway that clings precariously to the vertical sides of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, with the Guadalhorce River churning across the rocks some 100 metres below. If you’re afraid of heights, it’s the stuff of nightmares. The walkway … Continue reading The awesome and alarming El Caminito Del Rey
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and based on the thousands of people who flock to Costa de Sol beaches every day, there’s a lot of beauty to be found on the playas of southern Spain. This beach (pictured) is called Playa-Balneario Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Beach Spa of Our Lady of Carmen) … Continue reading Spanish Beaches & Restaurants …. I Will Survive
It’s an amazing place for people watching. I love to watch the Northern Europeans and the Brits as they straggle from the beach to the bars and restaurants. They glow pinkly from too much sun or too much cerveza, or both. Their feet are sandy, the shirts are off, and they grin widely as they walk along the promenade, volleyballs and beach umbrellas held hostage under sweaty armpits.
It has been a less than auspicious start to our holiday, as the following trio of bad news explains…… uno, dos, tres. Let’s go! Uno - Swiping right with Uber and Airbnb Compared to a hotel booking, the Airbnb check-in always has some complications around it, the Malaga apartment being no exception. We had arranged … Continue reading Bad news comes in Tres? (hopefully)
Sobremesa is a Spanish word that describes the time, after a meal, when everyone sits around the table, chatting. It’s about good food, friends and communication. The translation is 'sobre' (on or about) 'mesa' (table). After the meal, it’s usually the time for ‘el paseo’, the custom which sees Spaniards promenade leisurely through the main … Continue reading Sobremesa and El Paseo
Fifteen hours is not enough time to see Paris, especially when you arrive at 3pm and need to be at the airport by 6.30am the following morning. We only have ourselves and our poor booking skills to blame. C’est la vie - or as Ned Kelly would say it, such is life. Determined to make … Continue reading 15 hours in Paris & other catastrophes
When in Spain, be sure to order a small plate of pimientos de padron. They are little green peppers which taste similar to a sweet green capsicum, except that one in ten has a kick like a mule!! They are cooked in olive oil until they blister (about 1 minute) and then sprinkled with salt. It's a … Continue reading Pimientos de Padron
The Tepid Travellers 