I woke up tired today, having not slept well again. Ann had to switch bedrooms as one of the local dogs started barking in the small hours and others joined in. Fortunately noise from the valley is absorbed by the house on the road side of the terrace, which is far noisier by day when there's lorry traffic to the but new apartment complex building site which seems totter on the crest of the hill above us.
The day started in sunshine but clouded over slowly. I made breakfast, and we ate on the terrace. Clare and Ann went for a dip in the garden pool. I had a lovely email exchange with Basma, still waiting for official confirmation of her UK residency, thinking about future plans, and volunteering at St German's, where Fr. Jarel is stimulating fresh initiatives already. Great to hear.
I cooked lunch, and took Clare for a walk to the top of the urbanizacion, to see the view from on high for the first time, then we drove to Maro for a sight seeing ride to introduce Ann to the locality. We did some food shopping at Carrefour and Aldi on the return leg. It's not easy to get everything you need in one place even though each caters for a wide range of diets, mainly European of course, they're not all identical.
Later on, I walked with the rubbish bags to the bin at the bottom of the hill, and walked along the cliff top footpath to the Mesonera de Nerja restaurant. For the first week of my stay it was closed. Then Kath saw someone cleaning the terrace after the winter recess. This past few days, internal lights have been on, and today the closed notice has been replaced by an interesting looking spring menu. All three of the nearest eateries are not open for business.
Clare and Ann took over organising a salad for supper, then we passed the evening chatting and drinking until bed time.
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