Jan. 6th Sunday- Saturday night we heard a crackling sound coming from one of the elec. outlets. We got a hold of the landlord and he said he would be up at 10:00 sun morning. It made me nervous as you could see it ark in the dark. Sure enough he was right on time and changed out the outlet. Said it was an issue a month ago and had totally forgot about it. Church was at 1:30 back in Benalmedena. We hopped the train and went a little early to have churros and chocolate first. This was the English service. The priest right from Ireland. A nice short service with a great message. After returning back to the flat we went for a walk to try to find Aldi’s. Our landlord said it was just down the street a ways. We headed out and sure enough we found it after a 15 minute walk. But guess what? It was Sunday and they were closed. Blah. Forgot about that. We got a nice walk out of it and got to see some of the other neighborhoods. All good.
Jan. 7th Monday- Today we took the train to the end of the line to what used to be a small fishing village but now is a great tourist town. The closest to the ocean, only two or three blocks from City center. We found where the fishing trowlers unload their catch but not a place to buy fresh fish off the boat. Hmmmm. A nice walk around the marina and town. Stopped off for a little refreshments seaside of course. We were seated next to a table of 12 Britts. Their accents are truly hysterical to listen to. After a full glass of Sangria on an empty stomach, Kathy a little tipsy, needed a little bit to eat. We strolled along and stopped at what we would find out to be a Swedish place. Probably one of the best club sandwiches I have ever eaten. A nice thin chicken breast instead of shaved turkey on it. Now it was after three and we headed back thru town to the train. Time for a nice siesta.
end of the line 
too cute 
fisherman’s row 
Jan. 8th. Tues. On the train we have passed a beautiful park and thought we would hop the train to MONTEMAR to find it. The space is wonderfully manicured. Tree plaques describing where the trees came from, fountains, playground for the children, boats for the adults, all lit for night time use. I imagine on week-ends it is quite busy.
A nice walk downhill through some nicer neighborhoods led us to the ocean. After a short walk past shops I spied a pearl store. I had the intention of bringing some black Majorican pearls back but found a pair of cute little earrings.
What so you do after jewelry shopping you ask? Well get a piece of dessert of course! A lovely little raspberry tart. The crust was made of a light cake and the filling was yummy.
$2.50
Continuing on down the boardwalk it was beer thirty. And per Frank’s request Bill has been trying all of the local beers one at a time…LOL We popped a squat at the Banana Beach Club and had a plate of fries and watched the people walk by.
view at Banana Beach Club
More sand castles along the walk way. These guys really put a lot of effort into their projects. Nice viewing along the boardwalk.
Jan. 9th-Wed.-Our adventures took us three bus stops down today to El Pinillo. Another quaint village about the same as the rest. Quite a walk downhill to the ocean. About 12:30 saw a sign for coffee and bailey’s $2.00. How can you beat that? So i had one…no wait two! There was a couple there we got chatting with, Norma and Ron. She (82)from So. Whales, he (85) from Ireland. They bought an apt. here 16 years ago. What a chatty couple., very nice. Bill found out from Ron that he had been a fighter pilot in the Korean war! I bet he has more stories than we had time for.
Walking along one street over from the ocean I found a shop that sells the lovely had painted tiles I love. I will be stopping by there in March to pick some up. I fell in love with them in Panama but was never able to find them there.
3:00 found us close to Posiden restaurant so guess what? Fish and chips again, yea. Only instead of peas we got a small salad, wonder if that was because we are Americans? We haven’t run into or heard any speaking since we got here. The lady at the store where I bought my earrings said Americans used to come here a lot before 9/11. May have to ask around some more to confirm her suspicions.
Jan.10 Thurs- We have two more sections of the boardwalk that we haven’t walked yet. So we decided to pick them off and finish them this week. The first section is really the first section closest to the airport. Plaza Mayor. Here there is huge outdoor mall with high end stores from France, Italy, etc. Even the grocery store was a little more expensive than the rest. How odd to be standing in the middle of an open air mall and have a jet fly overhead. I popped into a nail salon to see how much a fill would be, because they are nice and close, and the gal said $35.00! Now that IS high end. I can get a full set for $25.00 at home. I think i will go down the beach a little farther where the rates aren’t so steep.
Jan. 11 Fri. WE DID IT! we now have completed all the boardwalk from one end of the train line to the other. Over 20 miles. We approached this leg from Torremuelle. And actually this had breaks in the boardwalk where there wasn’t any. So, some of the walking was on the beach itself and some 50-100 feet above the ocean on the side walk. Nice rocking shore line there with the sound of the crashing waves. Actually the first waves we have seen. There were even a few surfers out there. We stopped about 1:30 for lunch which was actually an English breakfast. Two eggs, two sausages, Canadian bacon, hash brown patty, two roma tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, and toast. $5.50! We also did a load of laundry in the morning as it sits out on a rack to dry. Tidied up the apt. as Dani will be coming on Sat. Can’t wait for that!
The Lauers Travel 