Today! This morning a trip up to Alhaurín for drinks with the girls.. woke to a sprinkling of dirty rain, and on the drive through the mountains a few drops... But nothing much and dry within moments..

Two coffees and a té verde later... a quick walk around town and down to Fuengirola, parking in my usual spot, the Sohail end... 

Now in Bar Luis, of course, always, why change what isn't broke.. like I just said on my Insta .. until either their doors close, or mine!

Avocado y olive oil on brown toastado... A Nestea..  and full healthy tum! I say laughing.. should be healthy! For a healthy person!! 

Something we noticed yesterday in a particular British bar in La Cala..  half empty when we left.. shootings tend to have that effect on places I guess! 

I'll not post yet! Day still in full swing!

After Luis's I came off the paseo marítimo and walked straight down and through Las Rampas, Dunnes is still open, the real estate agent where we rented the apartment from is closed, Snr Lorenzo has been gone from there many years.. signs on the window say 'Been in business over twenty years', but that business is no more... Just the gates and steps down to the tower we lived in for six months, seems another lifetime ago..

The tattoo place I got my angel done, April 1st, 2003.. that's gone.. most of the bars, clothes shops, other businesses here above in Las Rampas have gone.. it looks so sad.. the day earlier wasn't too bright then either, adding to the overall look of gloom and despair.. at that time it was 85% humidity, the air was bad.. 

Sun came up about 3pm.. brighten our day..

So, okay! I walked a long stretch of the main high streets through Fuengirola.. up one road, down the other... Past where the fish market was, opposite the train station and the mermaids roundabout.. past my favorite tattoo place.. up to where the horses roundabout is and turned right... Left at the crossroads and along as far as Anthony's jewelry store, and back... Stopped in a place and bought a tea cup!?! One for fresh tea! I don't know why?? And when I went to wash it earlier, it actually has Fuengirola written on!! Oh dear! Shaking and hanging my head now! Really!?!

Then! I carried on along past the church, thought I'd have a coffee where we, the boys and I used to have chicken sandwiches.. it's gone! It looks gone for a long while, because two stores are there, both look old, closed, and run down! How long ago did the beautiful restaurant close?

So, back through a small cut-thru, where a long long time ago two gypsy girls snatched some pesata notes from my wallet, and we grabbed them back and upset their tray of roses! 

Out onto the main road by the wonderful, thankfully still open, pastelería.. filled with beautiful cakes and aromas of them.. 

Back and along past the old ayuntamiento, (town hall), and police station and down to the car..

Drove back to La Cala the back way, like I was going home.. why does life hurt? 

Came home here instead... And the fur baby and I cwtched a while.. 

She is so loving.. 

M.

“Don’t be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.”

Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray