We're fortunate that our mate has said we can stay here on the Costa del Sol until almost the end of January - so having a rest generally which is nice. James turned 52 on the 8th and we went for dinner to our 'expensive' local restaurant. Used to be 12 euro for 3 courses for dinner... gone up to 15 - holy moly - that's insane. And we've only been gone a bit over a year, patently rampant inflation. Our usual haunt for outings is a lunch joint that's 3 courses fo...

Truly it could be a four word blog to cover Christmas and New Year 2016 - Peace/Quiet/Food/Drink. But that would be a) just too short and b) boring. So to that we could obviously add pressies to each other (new watches and some jewellery), long walks on the beach which we love (though strictly speaking on the promenade next to the beach - so much better without sand in shoes). There are our usual outings too - the Saturday flea market and the Tuesday 'new' &...

The time since we arrived in Spain has zipped by. Proof that we are utter foodies was our 'to do' list - visit our fave bargain breakfast cafe - ham & cheese toasted roll with a coffee and juice 2.75, visit our little hole-in-the wall coffee shop, go out for a three course lunch for only €18 between us (managed that three times - officially regulars now as our wine glasses are always filled to the brim). Been to the Tuesday fruit & Vege market and been ...

Monday, 28 November 2016 - In our humble opinion 3 pm is the best possible time to ever book a flight. Anything up to 10 am means getting up foolish-early and quite possibly in the dark. Not to mention wasting part of your hotel time by checking out early. Anything in the evening seems like a cracking idea... until you realise you'll be traipsing about town and tiring yourself out all afternoon - not to mention arriving late into your next destination. 3 pm is ...

Phew! Full Irish breakfast this morning and slung the last of our bits and pieces into our bags - off to Dublin for a day looking at the Christmas decorations and lights and decompressing before we launch off to Lisbon, Portugal tomorrow (for the very first time). It was a grey old day in Dublin which was perfect for our purposed because it was essentially dark by 4.30 pm - all the better for seeing the lovely Christmas lights. We were full from dinner and brea...