March 24th. Sunday- our last moving day. 12:00 was check out time and our next residence wouldn’t be ready til 3:00. Eric longed to have his grilled Sardinas one more time, so off to the beach we walked. And really with nothing else to do what better than to sit at the beach eating seafood and drinking? I got a clam shell that had a mussel, scallop, “crab” bites, and shrimp in it along with giant grilled prawns. Bill and Eric had the sardinas, Lori a salad. Our next land lord called at 2:15 and said our place was ready. So, we got a cab and loaded all of the luggage in and headed to town. The new place is in the historic district and had limited car access so we were let out a block and a half down the street. Perfect. The new place is an old building that has been re-habbed. Nice and long, new floors, modern furniture. Lots of space for eating and sitting separate from the rest of the flat. Bedrooms are on the ends. Great layout. After un-packing the two couples went our separate ways for eats. Bill and I chose to re-visit a place Dani had taken us to in Jan. Marchanas. Turns out the man that owns the place has carried the “float” for Semana Santa for decades. The place is filled with all sorts of memorabilia and posters and such. Including some old “helmets”. Really neat stuff. No late night lingering tonight. T.V. in bed.
March 25th Monday- off to re visit all of the shops that have been closed when we walked past them. A good share of the town is closed from 1 or 2 til 5:00. Some yes, some no. I had spied a couple of antique stores and a re sale shop that I wanted to get into. The re-sale shop I had bought a sweater in back in Jan when I was freezing. Three were a pair of flamenco dresses for $15.00 each that I would have loved to take home. However, they are so heavy and large I would have had to purchase another suitcase just to get them outta here. The gentleman at the antique store was a wealth of information and history. He had some of the most lovely scarves and wraps all silk all hand stitched and very expensive. Mostly from the 19th century. Some beautiful hand crafted furniture, and ceiling lamps just to name a few things.
After coffee we popped into another “vintage” store. Most of the dishes and glassware were from Germany and France with a few from the Orient. The owner was out for the day and lucky for us her husband was looking after the shop. Arnoldo was looking for someone to talk to being bored in his wife’s shop. Lucky for us! Arnoldo was/is a colonel in the army. He is on reserves for four years before being able to retire fully. He has served in many wars and has been to many countries including Bahrain, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan. He was a field commander. He showed us pictures on his Ipad. We must have talked for over half an hour. He was a very nice and funny man. He said of all the people he has worked for his wife is the toughest.
LOL. Some left overs for lunch then changed into shorts and tank for some sun time in the park and at the port. A little rest time for all then all four of us went to Japanese for dinner. I was looking to get the shrimp and veggie tampura that Eric and Lori had last week. Yum. Lori all of a sudden didn’t feel well so she and Eric went back to the room. Bill and I strolled about a bit. Hitting some of the side streets we hadn’t been on. Everything is all lit up at night and pretty.
The Lauers Travel 