Thursday, September 3, 2026

26 August 2026 Fuengirola: Touring Our New Apartment

 


The apartment saga has been going on for a month or more.  There is a website, Idealista, that lists all of the places for sale or rent.  Leslie searched repeatedly and kept up the search while we were in the US.  She also joined several FB groups and one of them mentioned another rental site, Pisos, where she found this beauty.  We met with the local agent and toured the place in the morning.  We loved it and started the process of putting down a deposit so we can move in in November.  We already had a AirBnB booked for October so the timing could not be better.  In addition it is a six month rental so we will be able to travel out of Spain over the very busy summer months without paying twice for our lodgings.  The walk through went very smoothly and we took a walk around the area before heading back.  Our relocation agent told us that this was the nicest place she has ever toured, we are so very excited.



We took the trail to the Torreblanca stop and walked along the water to get to the building


A fish sculpture stands where a building once stood.  Google images still had the building in half of it's images so we thought it was a 50/50 chance it might still be there.


The beach is quite nice here


Folks out fishing in the morning


The top knot on these umbrellas is cute


This will be our building


Our future place


A wire fox terrier says welcome


The pool os 2.3 m deep!


This is the deep end


This photo was in the lobby


A long corridor


My future bedroom with sea views and shutters to block the light


A storage area


Washer


Looking out from the main bedroom


New bathrooms


A great sea view


The kitchen is workable


The living room


One the walk we saw the big bull billboard


Pronouced Fwenky-roll-eh


So very large!


From thiss angle it looks like it is on the top of the building


Oh no a large reptile


Just the sand



Niice entry way


Lots of places to snack at along the beach


Not the name of the building next doo, it is a beware of the dog sign


More sardine cooking


Salty and tasty





  It has been 4 years and 76 days since we began our Migration

25 august 2026 Fuengirola: Work Zone in Our Apartment




A crew of three showed up to fix up the apartment.  A plumber, his assistant and a guy to chip off all the ice.  They worked diligently and did a half decent job.  The plumber and his assistant finish up the job completely.  The ice chipper guy did not get all the ice and I did not catch it before they left.  The final ice removal was done by us.  Also a cleaning lady was dispatched to scrub the mold off the day before.  Finally new pans were delivered to the stay but they were not compatible with the induction over that we have here.  


Not your standard foucet attachment


One big block of ice



The professionals have arrived


Big mess at the freezer


Chip chip chip


The new faucet!


The last of the ice had to be chipped of by us as the worker did not see the ice on the top


Scratched pans?


New pans!  It is a shame that they did not work on the induction stovetop


A cleaner also showed up to scrub the mold away



We were ready to scrub it ourselves



 

  It has been 4 years and 75 days since we began our Migration

23 August 2026 Fuengirola: Sunday Funday


We took the bus to Lidel for groceries.  It was a quick "in and out" trip for the basics, bread, meat, fruit and veggies.  We were back on the bus and in the apartment within an hour.  Not bad for our first outing.  We put everything away and had some lunch.  Then we went out to explore the streets.  



We will have to make one of these tile signs


A car wash mascot


One big tuna can


Not the stuffy champagne houses we are used to


The reptiles have a Sunday off


Great logo


A passageway tpp the beach right by our house


Pans to buy if the host does not supply any


Looking at the pedestrians from our window



  It has been 4 years and 73 days since we began our Migration