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Published: September 6th 2016
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It feels like all i've said for the last 8 weeks is “i cannot wait for the end of August” and lo and behold, that moment has finally arrived! Those who have read my previous post will understand my reasons! Honestly, it was like a mass exodus from Santa Pola as soon as it hit the eve of 1
st of September, and all of a sudden there was a beautiful row of empty parking spaces outside of our house… And the noise has diminished to less than half it's previous levels. This is the time when we can enjoy the beach and the pleasant temperatures without being whacked with sun umbrellas or lilos as you walk by, or have to listen at mama screaming at little Jose on the beach who is crying because, well, just because. One of the downsides though is that the mosquitos are back in town (and it's also fly breeding season) and I am still one of the top rated restaurants in Santa Pola for the little creatures.
Whilst it's been a busy and full-on summer, we've still managed to relax in between working (and moaning about not being able to park outside of our
house). As we've not had any visitors from abroad this month, we've spent our days off catching up with friends and having BBQ's, picnics, trips to the outdoor cinema, bowling, and trips to the ice-cream shop (omg nutella and bailey's flavoured ice-cream… what can I say but YUM!). And on the last day of August we took a trip to the Fonts de'Algar just outside of Benidorm. It's a set of natural waterfalls and pools that you can swim in. It's so pretty but absolutely freezing! But very refreshing at the same time. On our way back we stopped in Polop (the little town made infamous by the TV programme Benidorm) for a coffee, with beautiful views across the valley below.
We've been seeing a lot of our next door neighbours over the summer holidays and they are a lovely couple who are very quiet (so you can imagine we like them very much indeed). Turns out they have some land where they like to grow fruits and so have been lavishing us with bags and bags of figs and apples! So i've discovered a hidden talent of jam making. But i'll be quite glad to never see
another fig again, for a while anyway.
The customers at work are also starting to change now that the schools have gone back, and the families are now being replaced with couples, stag do's and old people in wheelchairs. Many of the latter are travelling on their own and I do wonder how some of them manage it. Yesterday we had a party of 25 'seniors' travelling, with a total of 7 wheelchair assisted people in the group. And someone managed to lose a set of false teeth on one of our buses too!! You see it all and I actually do enjoy when the older clientelle come through as they are usually much more friendly (no screaming children to contend with!) and listen intently, smiling, when you do your see off speech on the bus. Many of the evening flights will start to tail off in the next week or two, so there hopefully won't be as many late finishes for us which is a bonus, and in just in time for our next round of visitors. Bring it on Autumn!
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