March 10, Sun- Church day. Church didn’t start until 11:00 so we had a nice quiet morning as Eric and Lori finally “hit the wall”. They didn’t get up until 11:00. We tried to get a load of laundry started to no avail. The landlord and his mom and dad came by to see if they could get it going. After puttzing with it for quite a while the mom said it was no good. So, we have a new washer coming on Tues. We had a nice walk after church down the boardwalk. A ton of people out and about everywhere. I never would have figured it to be that busy in a residential area. We had a nice dinner in and took an evening walk.
March 11, Mon- We where going to go up to the Botanical Gardens north of town. We took the bus but missed our stop. So we had a nice ride to the university area. Big place. Nice library. Heading back to town, we stopped for an after noon coffee and found out the gardens were closed on Mon. Which wasn’t stated on the website. I would have been super bumbed if we would have gotten all the way up there and they weren’t open. By the time we got back to the apt. everyone was ready for a little rest, so I got things ready for nachos for dinner. Lori and I skipped the evening walk.
March 12, Tues- Bus and train ride up to Las Boliches for the flea market. What a crowd. I can’t believe how many more people that were there than in Jan. Lori bought some cork purses and fruit and veggies. I bought my pottery ware that I had scoped out in Jan. and some strawberries. It is the season now for them and they are very cheap. $1.00 Eu for one kilo. Same for lemons, and mushrooms. We headed down to the beach for a bite to eat and walked around some. Headed back to the train about 3:00. It would be nearly 4:30 before we would get back to the apt. A nice salad for dinner and a short walk afterwards.
March 13, Wed- Bill and I went for a nice morning walk into new territory. We found a used clothes store I had found online and a “vintage” store with nothing old. LOL. We bought a new load of pastries for the house, had churros and coffee. Then Bill took a nap while I headed down to the beach for a couple of hours. Then after noon drink time. Eric and Lori took their own walk to the grocery store and to mail a post card. Eric made a nice chicken and mushroom dinner and an evening walk to get copies of Eric and Lori’s passports.
March 14th, Thurs- Day trip to see the Nerja Caves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_of_Nerja We took our local bus to the Marina Port stop and transferred to a regional bus for the 50 km ride to the caves. Most of the trip was along the ocean side towns with a view. A lot of cliffs. The caves have scheduled visits as they only allow so many people with a guide in at a time. I would have loved to just been cut loose to explore all of the nook and crannies.When the young boys found these caves they must have felt like they found heaven. We were allowed to take pictures but without a flash only as not to degrade some of the green material growing there. The short time of 40 minutes that we were in the cave was not nearly enough time to enjoy it all. A short 10 minute ride downhill into the town brought us to lunch time. Eric and Lori had paella and meatballs while Bill and I feasted on tapas of potato salad with tuna and garlic chicken. We went to the Cave museum which is in town and not on site. They had some great artifacts there as well as some bones and teeth. Upon returning back to the apt. Bill and grabbed a nibble and then took a stroll on the boardwalk to watch the sunset.
March 15th, Friday-Bill and I got up and walked into town. About 7 km. A nice stroll along beach all the way in. It took us an hour and a half. Walking this stretch was one of my goals after moving over to this side of Malaga.
We stopped for a coffee and juice along the way. We walked to Marina. There was a lovely two mast sailboat from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Walking about I spied a neat t-shirt for Bill. Something very different and out of the ordinary. We popped in to get a better look. Turns out that this shop is maned by Veterans and the money is used to help vets as well. Pretty neat. Anyway, the man there, Jesus,(go figure) is a graphic art designer and had spent years in the service. We talked with him for quite a while and found out that he had designed the t-shirt we first saw on the sidewalk for the 100 year anniversary. They had gotten permission to use the crucifix from the cathedral for the center and one soldier on each side of it. Along the bottom are all of the coat of arms. Bill spied a different shirt in the back behind the counter that was very unique as well. This one was not sold by the bulk. Only made up one at a time when asked for. Bill bought the one on display. Now it’s lunch time of course. We ate on the side walk of a mom and pop joint. Very good food. We had tapas of potato salad and chicken stuff red peppers with tomato sauce and fries. Super yummy.
After lunch Bill wanted to find Cruzcampo, a beer maker here that has a nice brewery in town. I believe I spoke of it back in Jan. Anyway, Bill wanted to see if they sold t-shirts. No they do not. But I told them about all of MI. breweries and how the shirts would be a hit for those that like the “brew pubs”. Anyway, we made it back to the bus station. When back I loaded the washing machine up, swept and mopped the floors, cleaned the kitchen, hung out laundry. Had dinner and took a walk to the resale shop to buy a book. A nice day all around.
March 16, Sat- Bill and I took a walk up in a an area near us. Bill had been in some of it when searching for a particular grocery store earlier in the week. We sort of buck weaved our way along the middle of the hill through some residential area. Nice view of the ocean from up there.I like getting a different perspective. We saw a funeral procession in the street approach a church as we were checking out the service schedule. The family and friends of the deceased were walking behind the hearse. A nice old ritual. After lunch I headed down to the beach for a couple of hours while the crew took their siesta. Bill and I went to a different church for 7:00 mass.
The Lauers Travel 