El Tintero, Malaga

This is a most unusual restaurant on the beach in Malaga. They serve fresh fish, shell fish and paella among other delicious food, served "dim sum" style. The noise of the servers as they walk around carrying freshly cooked platters of food is deafening as they literally yell out what they have. You just call for the ones you want and "dig" in.
We went with Karla and don and Suzanne's sister Linda and our brother-in-law Roy.
All the plates are stacked up on the table as you finish them and at the end they charge according to the type of plate and the number of them. Lots of fun and noise and absolutely delicious!

More Pictures from our visit to the Alhambra

Here we are sitting outside waiting for our scheduled time to go inside the Alhambra.

This is just a tiny peek at some of the architecture and magnificent stone work.
We saw many cardved ceilings like this. It is hard to imagine what they were like before all the colors faded.

The Alhambra

Here are a few shots of us at the historic Alhambra built in 1338-1390.



More pictures to follow

Granada

Here we are in the restaurant at the Parador Hotel in the grounds of the world famous Alhambra, enjoying a simply sumptuous lunch and having the greatest time before touring the ancient palaces and gardens.

Suzanne in the courtyard of the restaurant at the Parador.

Our Friends Arrive

At last after weeks of anticipation, our fabulous friends, Karla and Don, arrived in Spain. The notice they are holding up says, LLI Pre-Summit Conference, Keyser/Silver party of TWO. We were just thrilled to be together again. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

A Day Out in Marbella

We went for the day to the playground of the rich and famous, Marbella, here in Southern Spain. Our first port of call was to Puerto Banus. This is where you can really see "abundance". The sheer size and quantity of magnificent yachts was breathtaking.
You can see Suzanne standing by just one or two of the small ones.. The weather was perfect and the cars were incredible, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, in fact the Mercedes and Porsches were quite commonplace! All around the port are every upmarket store you could think of and beautiful restaurants, one after another.
Our next stop was in old town Marbella, the ancient district. Here you can see one of many pretty little streets with potted plants all the way along outside the houses.
This is Orange Square in the heart of the old district where the aroma of orange blossom is quite overpowering. We sat here outside and had lunch with the most impeccable service and delicious food.
Of course we had paella, what else?

The Brits go to Ronda

We decided to go up to Ronda which is a very old town high up in the hills above Marbella. It was beautifully sunny but rather cold. Here is Suzanne in front of the fountain in the square.
Ronda boasts one of the oldest and most prestigious bullrings in the world. At this time of the year we were able to explore the whole complex and actually go into the arena. You don't realise how big it is until you stand inside.
There is a museum built into the cloister around the arena and here are two pictures of traditional costumes associated with bull fighting.
As you can see the colors and detail are magnificent.
In the evening we ate at a very old restaurant right opposite the bullring where Orson Welles and Ernest hemingway would eat and either comiserate or celebrate with famous local matadors. The bulls head on the wall compared to Suzanne sitting in the corner gives you some idea of how big the bulls are. All the pictures are of celebrities from Spain famous for bull fighting and flamenco dancing.