Saturday, September 5, 2026

29 August 2026 Fuengirola: Full Moon and Exploring

 


This afternoon we walked the promenade all the way to the river. There is a castle and a river with a pedestrian bridge.  The sun was bright and hot.  On the way back we had a fine time walking all the back streets and seeing all the unique things all around town


A claymation car


Cats behind bars!


Mighty Missouri


Dog and catfood


Don't look too close, it is vary shiny


A palm tree sized splinter, ouch


These young men are enjoying their dominoe game 


Two young entrepenuers caught Leslie's eye and made a sale


A wide variety of items were offered for sale


The grey ghost...Mr. Weinheimer


The castle in the distance and the pedestrian bridge


This bridge over the river is quite busy


A Eurasian Kestrel


The lone bloom


One worker one supervisor


It is GnT-30


In a theater near you


Yes this is a full moon, and then some





  It has been 4 years and 79 days since we began our Migration

27 August 2026 Fuengirola: Yo, Fritzter, it's Your Birthday

 


The Patagonia Steak House offered a 600 gram ribeye steak which was ideal for my birthday dinner.  We arrived around 6 PM and got a fine table without having a reservation.  The restaurant soon filled up as this street was lined with restaurants and there was even a roaming troubadour.  His smooth guitar riffs made for a pleasant eating experience.  As we were checking in with the head waiter, Leslie let slip that  it was my birthday, so dinner started with champagne!  She ordered a Queen Tenderloin and it was big enough to make dinner the next evening.  We lingered and enjoyed the atmosphere.  The adjacent table ordered dessert and it arrived with a burning sparkler.  It was his birthday too! We shook hands to toast our shared birthdays and were rewarded with a four of shots of Irish Cream for the two tables.


We considered eating an entire ham


Funny sigh at the Spanish Sim card provider


Amazing tilework can be found nearly everywhere


Nautical themes prevail


Venus de Tattoo


A raman monster!


The troubadour 


The Queen geta a Queen steak


Mushroom sauce bor both of us


The big ribeye


All this beef has me daydreaming


Next year perhaps I could fight the bull for my dinner!


No need for a doggie bag


Still some wine to finish off


Leftovers


Dessert


So many choices


Lots of fancy man hole covers to admire...maybe I did not need that second glass of wine!






  It has been 4 years and 77 days since we began our Migration

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