Jenny (Mike's sister) & husband Richard flew in from East Midlands Airport for the weekend.
We took them sightseeing around Frigiliana village & then wore them out walking them back down the rio to Nerja (Mike & Richard were hurrying too quickly as they were anticipating a San Miguel!)
We were impressed to see that lots of new full size palm trees have been planted along the edge of Burriana Beach, where we four joined Sue & Graham E. for our usual Sunday Paella. The restaurant (Ayo's) was heaving & generally the town is busier this week due to UK half-term hols.
We all joined in with Richard's delight at Mansfield Town's away victory (4 in a row!) when we saw the UK football scores Saturday evening.
The highlight of their visit was the last evening when we went Tapas-ing. Jenny attracted the attention of a young(ish) local chap in a very Spanish bar, who gave her his seat, & asked if she wanted a 'novio' (boyfriend!) He took it very well when we decided after one drink & tapas to move on, kissing both Jenny & Sue goodbye. Richard was oblivious to all this, as he was busy watching local football on the bar TV, but we were both impressed with Jenny's pulling power - possibly enhanced by the rarity of fair haired ladies in Spain!
They have both arrived safely back at home now, & we are eagerly awaiting our next visitor, Jeannie from Plymouth. As we write this she has texted to say she is currently stuck in Malaga Airport due to the non-appearance of the scheduled shuttle bus (well, this is Spain!)
Spanish classes are continuing to challenge us - this week's saw the introduction of the indefinite pronouns/adjectives for 'some' - there seem to be approximately 15 words in Spanish for this!!! Ah well, I expect we can learn some of them!
We took them sightseeing around Frigiliana village & then wore them out walking them back down the rio to Nerja (Mike & Richard were hurrying too quickly as they were anticipating a San Miguel!)
We were impressed to see that lots of new full size palm trees have been planted along the edge of Burriana Beach, where we four joined Sue & Graham E. for our usual Sunday Paella. The restaurant (Ayo's) was heaving & generally the town is busier this week due to UK half-term hols.
We all joined in with Richard's delight at Mansfield Town's away victory (4 in a row!) when we saw the UK football scores Saturday evening.
The highlight of their visit was the last evening when we went Tapas-ing. Jenny attracted the attention of a young(ish) local chap in a very Spanish bar, who gave her his seat, & asked if she wanted a 'novio' (boyfriend!) He took it very well when we decided after one drink & tapas to move on, kissing both Jenny & Sue goodbye. Richard was oblivious to all this, as he was busy watching local football on the bar TV, but we were both impressed with Jenny's pulling power - possibly enhanced by the rarity of fair haired ladies in Spain!
They have both arrived safely back at home now, & we are eagerly awaiting our next visitor, Jeannie from Plymouth. As we write this she has texted to say she is currently stuck in Malaga Airport due to the non-appearance of the scheduled shuttle bus (well, this is Spain!)
Spanish classes are continuing to challenge us - this week's saw the introduction of the indefinite pronouns/adjectives for 'some' - there seem to be approximately 15 words in Spanish for this!!! Ah well, I expect we can learn some of them!
