We're just returned from our annual winter week in the sun.
This year we went to the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. And very pleasant
it was too. A nice hotel with great weather & scenery. But things went a
bit wrong on the way back. If fact it turned into a version of the comedy movie
"Planes, Trains & Automobiles".
On Saturday snow fell at Glasgow Airport. It seems that it
wasn't serious but the runway had to be closed for two hours. This lead to a
knock-on delay of five hours to our flight back. Problem was that the crew had
run out of flying hours and we could only make it to Málaga. After much hanging about we finally got to
bed just after 6am. We were in Torremolinos, a Spanish resort developed in the 1960's.
It was interesting to visit
southern Spain in winter. We've been there many times in spring & autumn
(summer is way to hot for us) As it turned out it was very pleasant. It was a
bright sunny day and about 17C/63F. There are some ugly old concrete buildings
but also a charming old town. With few tourists that this time of year we
joined the locals for a stroll along the seafront. It was funny for us
northeners to see them wearing coats and scarfs in conditions we found fairly
warm.
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| Our travels |
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| Buenos
dias Torremolinos! I suppose there are worst views to wake up to. |
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| This
was actually a very nice hotel and a lot better than sleeping on an airport
floor! |
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| On
the beach - you do do a lot worse than spend a winter down here. |
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| It's
not called the Costa del Sol for nothing |
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| Locals
fishing |
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| Nice
sculpture - nasty architecture |
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| The
old town |
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| The
Casa de los Navajas is a moorish style mansion. Now surrounded by
'60's concrete |
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| Gwen
joins the locals enjoying their Sunday afternoon paseo (stroll) |
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| But
it's always nice to get back home (groan) |
Hmmm, the weather on holiday looks better than back home.
ReplyDeleteIt's to be expected. In US terms Glasgow to Malaga is about the same distance as Boston to Miami.
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