Thursday, 5 March 2015

A farewell to Spain

Oh dear. It's been a while.

Cast your mind back to the beginning of last December, and here are the rest of the photos from Spain.


We stopped off at a churros place on our last full morning. It was always heaving, so I assume it was good, but I have to admit I like the idea of churros more than the actual thing.


We had planned to go to a bird of prey centre, but it was on the top of a very steep hill/small mountain and was closed due to gusting winds. We got back on the commuter train and ended up in Bioparc Fuengirola, which was well worth the trip. Flamingos just inside the entrance.


You can't see them very well, but there was a pile of lemurs on the island.


Some exotic, yet awfully familiar birds.


A sparrow is a sparrow is a sparrow.


Incredibly glossy black chickens of some sort.


And hanging from the roof beams, fruit bats.


Mouse deer.


No idea, but it looked like it was made from felt.


Well played.


Iguana and giant tortoises.


A pile of porcupines - they slept while the meercats played outside in the enclosure in the daytime, then swapped places at night.


Small groups were allowed on to the lemur island - lemurs really don't care. The member of staff was very clear that we would all get kicked out if anyone touched a lemur, and there were a few close calls with young children, but overall it was amazing.






There were the well-known ring-tailed lemurs as well, but they seemed to prefer the treetops.


Not sure why the whole of Spain is not obese.


Malaga has some excellent graffiti. 


David tries the Tiny Rebel Hadouken - we were a bit upset to find out that Tiny Rebel is the brewery, so the beer is just called Hadouken.


They had a very, very big book of beers.


Kernel panic.


The shelving on one side...


... and the other.


Highly recommended.


And on the last day...


More boquerones!


And wondering how Spaniards stay so slim.



Saturday, 6 December 2014

Sun, sea, boquerones!

We're enjoying sun, sea, and - well, lots of food in Malaga!


Amazing boquerones al limon at Pura Pescaito in the old town.


Equally amazing home-made desserts, turron and rice pudding flavour cakes.


A drinking establishment, I assume.


As opposed to fake sugar?


The indispensible buttocts pad.


And push-up de silicona.


But no Google ice cream.


We're sure we've seen this tree before, but maybe in different colours.


The main lights on Caille Larios.


And from underneath.


One just for mom!


The moon seen down a side street.


Little acrobats on a pipe across the road.



This didn't quite come out - a weathervane highlighted against the moon.


Pkles of poinsettas everywhere.


Tree trunks wrapped in lights on Paseo del Parque.


Looking up at the amphitheatre and fort.


A tree made entirely of lights.


All the jamon!


Some things never die.


Official Hello Kitty fan.


Note the rose in her hair instead of the bow!



Lots more jamon at Cote Ingles.


A new first for us - aspirational toothpaste.


It's a long way ftom the spelling I know.


You're just making that up.


Back at Puro Pescaito. This was EUR 4.00. The rest of Europe is doing it wrong.


Beautiful wall tiles.


No. 3 is the best craft beer name we'vd seen yet.


Beautiful tree in bloom near the harbour.


Hard to believe this is December.


DIY SOS - the box contains equipment for winching someone back to shore.


Slightly Dali-esque bouncy castle.


Looking out over the port, with naval vessels and tugs on the left.

Friday, 5 December 2014

Catching up in the sun

We're in Spain!

We kept threatening to go away for a long weekend somewhere, and David was away on a business for his birthday, so we combined the two snd are in Malaga for a few days.

Zurich was looking very Christmassy before we left, but oh so cold.

Red leaves near the universities.


Pop-up gluwein bar at Stadelhofen.


Christmas beers in the station.


Even Mongolian beer!


Not sure what these are, but they always appear around Christmas.


Not sure if this is the same Kona as coffee or cotton, but I like "liquid aloha".


Lights on Bahnhofstrasse.


The neighbours are taking lights seriously.


We took my friend Gerry to Miyuko's and were given a little freebie! ^__^


Red leaves in front of the local supermarket.


That's all for now - photos of Malaga to come!