6 November 2026 Torreblanca: Interview Time

 

When we we signed up with the with the lawyers in Barcelona all those months ago, we also got the relocation package.  It was a great decision as we were assisted in getting a spanish Bank account and in getting the lease signed for our new place.  The Barcelona team got us in touch with Julieta who works in the Fuengirola area.  She was very instrumental in our efforts to get a place.  Right after we arrived in Spain with our visa, we met Julieta at the apartment we wanted and she gave us the tour.  We said we wanted it and she took care of everything else. We posed for pictures with her and she put them up on her instagram site.  Fast forward two months and we are firmly ensconced in Casa Liepee.  Julieta messaged us again and asked us to sit for an interview.  We must have been so photogenic that she wanted more. We said yes, once again, and we met on a Friday for the shoot.   We really loved giving an interview while we were in Sunderland England back in 2023, so we let history repeat itself here in Spain.

Julieta and the Videographer

Getting ready to shoo the B-roll

The assistant

Hey!

The parakeets are very vocal

They picked a great palm to nest in.

Flowers

We saw a group of folks having a tournament of sorts

It was beach paddle boards using a volleyball net

We will eat the sardines one of these days

Sitting on the balcony again!

This spot is [popular with the surfing instructors

We were impressed that this little guy was able to surf on such tiny waves

Then we saw that the instructor would give them a push

Go buddy go!

The instructor set up these poles so they could launch themselves

A surfing debrief session

   It has been 4 years and 153 days since we began our Migration

4 November 2026 Torreblanca: Exploring to the North East

 

We walked to the north and east and we made it to the end of the beach road.  There is a little stream that flows into the sea and they have built a nice wooden bridge over it.  The landscape changes at this point and there are tall cliffs at the water's edge.  So the road stops, the next road inland takes a steep up hill turn that we will have to explore on another day.  That went so well that we took another walk to the south west later in the day.

The end of the road

It was very greed by the stream

Another pocket of development on the other side

The local saint

Back at the Casa we see this in the distance

A paddle board team?

Fuengirola!

Never a good sign then your upstairs neighbor's balcony is falling apart

The bull sign seen end-on

We are getting  into a good routine of beach side walking

   It has been 4 years and 151 days since we began our Migration

3 november 2026 Torreblanca: A Walk to Fuengirola

 

I needed to get the results of a blood test that I took the week previously.  Since the 2nd was a holiday in Andalucia, the clinic was closed and I had to wait for the third of November.  I decided to walk and it only took 40 minutes of so to do the walk.  The sunny day was perfect for a stroll.  Getting back was a bit trickier.  There had been a series of train incidents in Spain with a major accident with over 60 fatalities on the 28th of October followed by a less catastrophic but still fatal incident much closer to home.  Since the local investigation was still processing the scene, our C1 train was not running.  So I tried to take a bus.  As I got to the bus stop, I could see the #1 bus pulling away.  So I decided to walk to the next bus stop.  That one showed the next bus would be there in 23 minutes so I kept walking.   I kept going and passed four more bus stops when I arrived at a plant shop that we had seen days earlier.  The owner had told us that more plants would be available on Tuesday and it was Tuesday all day long.  I sent pictures to Leslie to see what plants to buy and we ended up with more herbs!  As I finished paying I saw another bus drive by.  Oh well I'll keep on walking.  By the time I was tired of walking I found a bus stop with a bench so I sat there and waited.  The bus finally arrived and as I was trying to squeeze onto the bus the driver told me to take the next bus.  I did not heed her command and got on anyway.  I stood for two more stops and them moved back into the center of the bus where I grabbed a seat as soon as one opened up.  I rode the bus all the way to Carvajal stop where I was able to come in the back way to our Casa.  I had a rough idea of where to go and I was following a couple also carrying bags of goodies.  As luck would have it they were also going to the Sun Ray building and I followed them through a maze like series of doors and hallways right to our area of coomplex!

The part of the walk where there is no beach

No bull!

Always looking  for sushi places

The lone beach goer

A stature for the Rotary Club

Rotations!

Very futuristic

Palms and a statue

Fishing boat with a seagull export

Beach maintenance 

Trach can maintenance 

A beach scene in bronze

Very international

The fact that art is everywhere makes me so happy

Got the test results and I was suffering from cannabinoid deficiency, time to fix that 

Heading to the bus stop

There goes the bus!

Flowers or herbs?

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Herbs win out

Cilantro, mint and a four leaf clover 

We know where to go for a Christmas tree

Finally on a bus!  Hopefully my deodorant was working

   It has been 4 years and 150 days since we began our Migration