i don't think i posted this photo of Pippa on my blog did i! i'm sorry she does look a little cheeky there.... but she was actually relaxing [on the sofa] watching the football, and proudly supporting my team!

not much in the food for chatting today feeling a bit head-achy and cant seem to spell (no difference there!) but actually its not spelling which is the problem its the typing and typos that go with it when my head hurts... all the way down to my toes! and every joint in between!

may have done too much yesterday, friend and i thought we would go to Malaga airport for a recky... you know see how it is these days, we arranged this last week and i didn't know i would be going on Sunday! i also took 3, even spaced out before you yell! travel sickness meds, but i wonder if they are making me feel bad now, i felt bit weird when i got home...

anyways....
Sunday Franco and i took Maria and their Mom to the airport for their flight back to England... car parking has changed... not actually where it is, just how you get into it! now you drive past it and come back down the road and in from the opposite direction! so not rocket science, we parked at the very top, the 4th level, under the car port type covers they have there...

before i go... this is added later, we stopped for coffee at the bar in Terminal 2, begins with R... cant remember its name, but its the only one there... anyway, after check in, we wanted 3 café con leche y un té... easy order? the tea was green tea, alright if that's what you ask for, but when milk has been added its pretty yuck! Maria changed it for another coffee just in case, all the coffees were different, Franco's was good, mine was tasteless, Maria's horrid, and their Mom's... heavy on the sugar! but that's because Franco had put it and not stirred it! Ummmmm honey!!!

exit 2 is still departures and 0 for arrivals.... well i say that! but although departures terminal 2 is still the same there are no arrivals underneath it! as when we landed in March you only come out of the new terminal 3 building, you can come outside and walk along outside if you want! but if you use the elevators or lifts you go up and either walk or use the moving walk thingy to get yourself along to the car parks!

so i guess its exit 2 for departures and then you make your way following the many many signs along to terminal 3 and ground floor for meeting and greeting!

have i made that sound confusing? it isn't.... departures is just extended really is the best way of looking at it, the check-in desks have more than doubled in number, and the security/passport control is all down at the new end... passing Starbucks etc, its in the bottom left hand corner, big and open and much much better now...

from that end there are stairs etc downstairs which take you directly to arrivals, you can wait for people inside, or out side... you can even peer in to the carousel area and see who you might be waiting for from there! there is also a restaurant there, the old restaurant in the old arrivals area was cheap and cheerful, a coffee and cake was within easy reach to all and sundry! i usually paid under 2€ for them! this place is 1€50 for a coffee, 10€ for a wrap and many other delights at delightful prices!!! it might be cheerful but not cheap, and where have those old guys gone... on the heap no doubt with their old bar and accessories!

the airport buses are all outside the new terminal 3, we, well i, got us on the wrong bus! we asked for Malaga bus station, but it went to the port... handy, for the port! so we had a 15 minute walk to the bus station on the way back, the charge was 2€ to get there, but only 1€.50 to get back, i wonder if that's because it was the port, even if it is further to go? who knows!

still lots of construction going on, the new rail station for nearer access to the airport isn't finished, the new run way of course, still not done, but its looking good! photos tomorrow, i really am struggling here, so i am going...

TTFN
Marian