You know that "really must do that today, OK definitely will tomorrow” scenario it's been mine all week so my blogs never quite made it to the page creating more work I now have a weeks worth of Benalmandena experiences.... is the memory that good I ask!
Firstly the weather (always a popular subject with the Brits) many years ago I watched an interview on British television with the American comedian George Carlin he was commenting on how we Brits always talk about the weather being somehow shocked at how cold it can get in the winter he made a statement that was both funny and profoundly realistic …..
“Have you people ever looked at where you are on the world map? There's absolutely NOTHING between you and the North Pole and you wonder why you get lousy weather” http://www.georgecarlin.com/
With that statement who needs to listen to any meteorologist …...... but we're not in the UK we're in Southern Spain where temps have been hovering in the high 20's that's celcius. There's something very “Like Button'ish” (Facebook action) walking at 8.00 am with a new four legged friend dressed only in shorts, tee shirt, flip flops and of course sun glasses. Winds that have been incredibly high through the week one evening I walked with Bruno and could hardly keep my feet, face lift speeds:) it was really quite scary but then again the house we're sitting is halfway up a mountain (well very high hill) so to be expected really, now if this had been Vancouver Island we'd have been without power for days, here didn't even lose the wig (joke)
We always like to stay close to “home” at the beginning of any assignment with pets makes them feel more secure also helps with the bonding especially on a long assignment, it's so rewarding to see pets happy and settled, gives us a warm fuzzy, job well done feeling knowing they're not stressed and missing absent pet “parents” We have the opportunity to really spoil them simply because we have more time, no pressures of family, work and all that daily life involves our “job” is exactly this … Bruno and his home full stop!
On a very personal note I did manage to find a good nail technician in Arroyo de la Miel http://solnails.50webs.com/hair.htm having my nails done is just a small thing I've gotten very used to and isn't it the little things that mean a lot?
Then there are my teeth like many I'm one of those post war children who suffered at the hands of butchers, disguised as NHS (National Health Service) dentists, as a result I have a debilitating phobia just writing about it my palms are wet. I have to be almost euthanised just to get through the door thankfully my dear husband has escorted, nay carried, me through many surgery doors, staying with me for sometimes hours, even though I am comatose, he knows my dental work as well as any dentist brave enough to have worked on me. Two years ago I had extensive work carried out by my lovely dentist in Vancouver my new teeth are brilliant, I love them only drawback they wont stay in my mouth, veneers have fallen out (same two) six times, now seven counting this Thursday. Lost one in New York, London, Las Vegas and San Francisco …. a song perhaps “I left my veneer in San Francisco, from the restaurant it calls to me ….. la la la” and now Spain. Point is I'm always miles from Vancouver when this happens. Poor John now has the trauma of not only finding a dentist willing to work on a gibbering idiot but one that speaks English then he has to get me there and very soon I hope as “I can't smile without my veneer …. la la la” (Barry Manilow “Can't smile without you”) I wont name my dentist or the practice as I'm sure it's just my bad luck ... I know I'm too nice:)
We did take a day off and go to the annual wine tasting event recommended by our home owner Michelle at http://es.birdievinos.com/ in Fuengirola http://www.visitafuengirola.com/index.php?lang=en it's obviously very popular with locals and ex pats alike, Brits, Germans, Italians etc. Ronda is approx 100 klms fom here and on our list of places to visit is quite a large wine producing area I'll go into more detail in a separate blog meanwhile the following link has some great info for wine enthusiasts is at http://www.turismoderonda.es/gastronomia/eng/productoseno.htm John stocked us up to the point that we either need many wine loving visitors, to open a wine bar or pace ourselves over the next few months whatever route we take we'll enjoy getting there.
Firstly the weather (always a popular subject with the Brits) many years ago I watched an interview on British television with the American comedian George Carlin he was commenting on how we Brits always talk about the weather being somehow shocked at how cold it can get in the winter he made a statement that was both funny and profoundly realistic …..
“Have you people ever looked at where you are on the world map? There's absolutely NOTHING between you and the North Pole and you wonder why you get lousy weather” http://www.georgecarlin.com/
With that statement who needs to listen to any meteorologist …...... but we're not in the UK we're in Southern Spain where temps have been hovering in the high 20's that's celcius. There's something very “Like Button'ish” (Facebook action) walking at 8.00 am with a new four legged friend dressed only in shorts, tee shirt, flip flops and of course sun glasses. Winds that have been incredibly high through the week one evening I walked with Bruno and could hardly keep my feet, face lift speeds:) it was really quite scary but then again the house we're sitting is halfway up a mountain (well very high hill) so to be expected really, now if this had been Vancouver Island we'd have been without power for days, here didn't even lose the wig (joke)
We always like to stay close to “home” at the beginning of any assignment with pets makes them feel more secure also helps with the bonding especially on a long assignment, it's so rewarding to see pets happy and settled, gives us a warm fuzzy, job well done feeling knowing they're not stressed and missing absent pet “parents” We have the opportunity to really spoil them simply because we have more time, no pressures of family, work and all that daily life involves our “job” is exactly this … Bruno and his home full stop!
On a very personal note I did manage to find a good nail technician in Arroyo de la Miel http://solnails.50webs.com/hair.htm having my nails done is just a small thing I've gotten very used to and isn't it the little things that mean a lot?
Then there are my teeth like many I'm one of those post war children who suffered at the hands of butchers, disguised as NHS (National Health Service) dentists, as a result I have a debilitating phobia just writing about it my palms are wet. I have to be almost euthanised just to get through the door thankfully my dear husband has escorted, nay carried, me through many surgery doors, staying with me for sometimes hours, even though I am comatose, he knows my dental work as well as any dentist brave enough to have worked on me. Two years ago I had extensive work carried out by my lovely dentist in Vancouver my new teeth are brilliant, I love them only drawback they wont stay in my mouth, veneers have fallen out (same two) six times, now seven counting this Thursday. Lost one in New York, London, Las Vegas and San Francisco …. a song perhaps “I left my veneer in San Francisco, from the restaurant it calls to me ….. la la la” and now Spain. Point is I'm always miles from Vancouver when this happens. Poor John now has the trauma of not only finding a dentist willing to work on a gibbering idiot but one that speaks English then he has to get me there and very soon I hope as “I can't smile without my veneer …. la la la” (Barry Manilow “Can't smile without you”) I wont name my dentist or the practice as I'm sure it's just my bad luck ... I know I'm too nice:)
We did take a day off and go to the annual wine tasting event recommended by our home owner Michelle at http://es.birdievinos.com/ in Fuengirola http://www.visitafuengirola.com/index.php?lang=en it's obviously very popular with locals and ex pats alike, Brits, Germans, Italians etc. Ronda is approx 100 klms fom here and on our list of places to visit is quite a large wine producing area I'll go into more detail in a separate blog meanwhile the following link has some great info for wine enthusiasts is at http://www.turismoderonda.es/gastronomia/eng/productoseno.htm John stocked us up to the point that we either need many wine loving visitors, to open a wine bar or pace ourselves over the next few months whatever route we take we'll enjoy getting there.
