Will we ever be able to face another winter in England I wonder? Each morning, since our arrival 10 days ago, we have woken to clear blue skies and sunshine - the day starts with breakfast on the terrace where we have a beautiful view across to the sea. It would be so easy to sit with a book in the sunshine all day but there's so much to discover and things to get to grips with. We've explored the local shops and already established our favourite for the cheapest vino and wonderfully fresh and tasty fruit and veg. We're back to our 3 x weekly workouts and trying our best to eat wisely - oooooh, but that is a challenge round here! We were in little outdoor cafe by the marina in Marbella last week and ordered a very healthy chicken sandwich, plus the obligatory glass of vino. Sadly however, I then let myself down rather badly when I discovered there was homemade chocolate brownie on the menu - a huge portion served with 2 dollops of ice cream - they did, however, provide 2 spoons so M had no choice but to help me out! It was the best choc brownie I've ever tasted - shame about the 2 spoons!
We had a hiccup couple of days ago when we found a totally flat car battery and had to call out the breakdown guys - thankfully we did manage to get hold of an English speaking operator but the fun came when the mechanic arrived in the correct road but didn't seem to be able to locate our address - it is a particularly long road that winds around everywhere! Not sure who was chasing who around for a while - Michael or the mechanic in his little yellow van but they eventually met up and managed to get by without speaking each other's language and in no time we were mobile again - another little challenge highlighting our inability to speak the language! But we haven't wasted any time there and have found a teacher and have Spanish lessons twice a week - with lots of homework and walls plastered with flash cards (glad I packed the blutak!).
Yesterday, we drove out to Lake Vinuela, an area surrounded by mountains, and picnicked under the shade of the eucalyptus trees before taking a walk down to the waters edge and some distance around the lake. A really beautiful area with some pretty scary steep roads with very sharp hairpin bends - I was relieved to be the passenger in our own right hand side drive car - meant Michael was on the sheer drop side! Much to my delight I found an evangelical church just up the road and went to the afternoon service today - where I received such a warm welcome and look forward to making some friends there. So all in all, we are having the time of our lives and feel so very lucky to be blessed with this wonderful opportunity and the promise of what the following weeks and months hold for us.
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