Blogs from Nerja, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

We spend the morning doing very little, something our cute apartment is very well suited to - double glass doors opening onto a large terrace with stunning views down over Playa Burriana. Eventually I succumb to itchy feet and head out for an aimless wander. It feels a bit on the warm side, and it seems that this would indeed be an accurate assessment. News outlets are reporting that southern Europe, particularly Italy, Greece and Spain, are in the grip of a massive heat wave, with the head of the World Health Organisation tweeting yesterday that “in many parts of the world, today is predicted to be the hottest day on record”. The weather system that’s causing all of this has been dubbed Charon, after the mythical Greek boatman who ferried lost souls off into underworld, ... read more

Today we bid a sad farewell to our cute little Malaga apartment as we head fifty kilometres or so east along the coast to the town of Nerja for the next leg of our Spanish sojourn. We’ll be taking the bus, so I take a few minutes to check the tickets just to make sure everything’s in order. And just as well I did. The rules include “avoid talking to other passengers”. Huh? I tell Issy that in the unlikely event of us seeing any long lost friends on our chariot we must just ignore them and look the other way, or we risk getting kicked off. I’m now also starting to wonder if we're even allowed to talk to each other. We board in silence, to find everyone else chattering away across the aisles with ... read more

As we are on holiday and had very little sleep yesterday Claire let me have a lie-in today so she didn't set the alarm to go off until 7am. Spoilt I am! We were soon out and about in our Toyota Nogo but not very fast....especially up hills. We headed first for some caves at Nerja and soon had a bit of a shock as it actually stopped raining. The day remained predominantly dry too. Curiouser and curiouser.... As it had stopped chucking it down we of course undertook an indoor activity as we went underground in Cuevas de Nerja. An introductory film showed us some wonderful sights that we wouldn't get to see and we were all given one of those audio things that you have to hold up to your ear. On entering the ... read more

Po wyladowaniu w Maladze i odebraniu samochodu z firmy nastapila szybka decyzja, ze jedziemy zwiedzac jaskinie w Nerji, ktore leza na polnoc od Malagi. Hotel natomiast mamy na poludniu w Manilvie. Plan byl bardzo napiety I to byl jedyny mozliwy dzien kiedy moglysmy je zobaczyc. Nerja lezy ponad 50 km od Malagi. Zajelo nam to niecala godzine. Drogi w Hiszpanii sa bardzo dobre I jazda samochodem jest sama przyjemnoscia. Bez nawigacji byloby ciezko, ale w dobie dzisiejszej technologii nie jest trudno sciagnac sobie odpowiednia aplikacje. Dojechalysmy do Nerji po 14ej i postanowilysmy zjesc tutaj obiad. Nerja nie byla w planie naszego zwiedzania. Znalazlysmy parking i wyszlysmy poszukac restauracji. Okazalo sie, ze zaparkowalysmy samochod w samym sercu Nerji, na Plaza de Espania, a stad juz tylko pare krokow do najwiekszej atrakcji jaka jest deptak Balcon de Europa ... read more

Travel Companion – Michael Brown (more commonly known as Jagger) Duration – 5 nights Movies Watched – none (we flew Easyjet) Travel Companion – Jagger (playing on his phone whilst I slept mouth open) I landed at Heathrow on Wednesday evening and had a 24hour turnaround before boarding a plane to Nerja, Spain. This was a date that had been in the diary for months. We were hitting Andalusia for the wedding of the lovely Justine Watson and handsome John Smith. We sat in our transfer, time hitting nearly 1am, eyes heavy and me telling Jagger I could not wait to bed. Jagger answered a call and bed did not happen till early hours. We met a few very drunk friends in a derelict part of village and all in holiday mode the drinks continued well ... read more