Thursday, March 14, 2013

Almuñécar and Nerja, Spain

So, I feel I haven't done as much correspondence with everyone as I had hoped.  I could give several reasons for this but mostly it is due to my computer/internet ineptitude. My plan now is to compose most correspondence off-line then upload. Also, I am going to use a blog like we did when we were in Thailand.  I assume rightly or wrongly that you are all extremely interested in what we are up to. :-)

Anyway, this way you can check the blog when and if you want, then send an e-mail reply or comment on the blog, if you wish. Right now we have wi-fi (pronounced wee-fee here) at our apartment where we are for the next 3 weeks and easy access elsewhere close by. Sometimes it is slow in the apartment and the wi-fi is only set up for one device, the laptop but not the i-pad. My intention is to do frequent entries in this period.
I broke our camera when I dropped it on one of the many lovely marble floors here. We can take pictures with the i-pad but can only import one picture at a time so far. I am checking out buying another camera.
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We have seen Flamenco twice so far. Once in a bar with 2 female dancers and one male with taped music with Fran & Rich. The other time with Chris & Barbara at the cultural center here in Almunecar. One male dancer, Antonio Fernández "El Farru", 3 male singers, guitar, percussion and flute.Quite spectacular!!

Next week we are going with C&B to Nerja to see a female flamenco dancer again at a Casa de Cultura. Lots of towns have these centers with music, dance, art exhibits etc. On Saturday we are going there for a Tango show.

Our apartment only has Spanish TV but thru it we listen to a flamenco radio station 24-7.

These three photos below are from the roof terrace of our first house in Almunecar. We have also stayed at Casa Marcella (in Nerja with Fran and Rich) and are now on the 8th floor of an apartment building called Los Gondolas, with sea views (Mediterranean) and mountain views (Sierra de Almijara).

David (not Elaine)






1 comment:

Paul said...

Hello from Paul and Lise. The pictures are beautiful, and the food looks and sounds delicious. Thank you for the news. We are missing you. We visited the folks at Parkland this weekend, and your names were mentioned a few times. Mom was sick with a cold. From Wednesday to Sunday, she did not leave the apartment and ate only soup and yoghurt. Dad was having balance problems when we went for a walk at the lake. Peter will probably tell you all about the shop news.