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Life and living in Southern Spain by David Robson. July 2007 The adventure begins - 2 We had booked a couple of nights at the 3 star "aparthotel" in Benalmadena Costa, (the True Spain??). After spending a couple of days acclimatizing and working out a plan, as well as visiting local 'beauty spots', such as Mick and Tracy's Guinness bar, we decided that this part of Spain was definitely not for us! We set of inland towards such garden cities as Alhaurin El Grande, Competa, Coin, Pizarra and Alora. Don't get me wrong - I am not knocking these places. To each, his own. Far be it for me to run down towns which find much favour among British ex-pats, it's just that they weren't what we were looking for as an idyllic spot to retire to. We had this vision of the "Real Spain" or at least as seen through the eyes of the curvaceous Amanda Lamb, and "A Place in the Sun". Not for us the 'kiss me quick' hats and English pubs serving Cornish pasties and fish 'n' chips for lunch - we wanted to speak the lingo, fraternise with the locals, walk the walk, live the dream. My wife, Anne had read "Driving over Oranges" by one of the erstwhile pre Phil Collins Genesis drummers, so a decision was made to head east toward the province of Granada. If we didn't like what we found there, we would head for Almeria, and up the coast of the Costa Blanca toward Valencia. |
For anyone
interested in photos of these travels, and various other. and subsequent
jaunts around Spain, - Watch this space for up-coming various links to places
as diverse as Motril and Cordoba to Valencia and Seville.
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