We made it! It only was a day later than planned after Etihad would not let Sally and Tony get on the plane in Abu Dhabi. It seems that they over booked the flight. It was a surprise as we had booked the tickets in February and paid in March, 7 months earlier. After offering us a compensation package of $400, hotel and food for a day, the flight we were booked left without us. Then that package got changed to a $300 voucher on Etihad airways. A bit pointless r...

I could write a novel on our first 3 days in Marrakesh but after you read about the sights, smells, souks, and food, you would be no wiser than if you read Trip Advisor. So I will write about us for 3 reasons. 1. Trip Advisor will be more accurate 2. Nothing I could say would be as good as coming here 3. You are reading this blog to hear about us. Even if we are "rubbish tourists" The arrival. The first person to be insulted was Tony. Our ...

How do you fill in 2 weeks in a small town on the Costa del Sol in Southern Spain? At about 8am the sun gets up closely followed by the industrious Miranda. After a cup of tea she is off for a run or swim. An hour later Sally surfaces, followed by the lazy and now feeling guilty for sleeping so long, Tony and Debs. Over breakfast Miranda returns and lunch or brunch is taken, depending on the time and food consumed. The pool is visited by everyone with books ...

In Spain you get meat in a cone. True. Chopped up, cured meat in a cone. Meat is everywhere. I've never seen so many pork products in all of my life. Spaniards love their meat. And their meat is delicious. Beautifully cured, finely cut and available everywhere. Not so good for Debra and Sally but Tony and I were happy. Nom nom.

In order to see the city as a whole we set off on an open deck bus tour. In the process we found out that the next day was a region wide holiday and everything would be closed. Armed with this we powered through the bus tour stopping only to see the Miro exhibition and then a late lunch in a random café. Even more random was singing happy birthday to a 6 year old boy in the café. Our attempt at harmonies scarred the poor boy for life and brought the rest of t...