After breakfast, I checked the sermon on my laptop, and scribbled down some precis notes. I was satisfied with what I'd written on the significance of Christ's baptism, and thought it better not to ad lib and risk losing a thread of ideas about solidarity. When I emerged from the apartment, it was mild, sunny and bright with only high level decorative cloud. I enjoyed the drive up into the sierras to Alhaurin to celebrate the Eucharist, meeting again the worshippers I started to get to know last time. After the service a handful of us sat in bright sunshine outside the bar in the main street where church folk gather to socialise, and chatted for half an hour before descending to Fuengirola.
Before returning home and making lunch, I stopped off at what I think is a Chinese run domestic hardware supermarket called Hiper Sur which I got to know back in November would be open on a Sunday. All the other Spanish run supermarkets in this region close on Sundays, leaving the trade to just a small number of foreign owned open all hours mini-markets. I needed a couple of wine glasses, and even more importantly a cafetiere to ensure I'm not drinking sludge in the mornings. I bought these for the princely sum of €5 and drank wine for lunch from a glass rather than a tumbler.
Rather than sleep away the afternoon, I took myself and camera for a stroll down the promenade and sat in the sun until tea-time, waiting until sunset to pop up to the church office and get on line to catch up on the day. It's good to be back here again, picking up where I left off at the beginning of Advent.
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