Monday 9th January
We are definitely coming back to Mojacar next year so have decided to
find our apartment now. The one we are
in is OK but the balcony is very small and even though we have a lovely sea
view the sun goes off us about midday and the apartment is very dark and can be
chilly. So today we started our
search. We would like 2 bedrooms, maybe 2
bathrooms but not necessary, large outdoor space which gets the sun most of the
day (nowhere really gets it after 4pm here) and of course dog friendly.
We went up to the Parque Commercial where we had lunch and then went
across to visit Coastal Properties. The
girl in there suggested Oasis del Mar which we rather discounted straight away. We then went to two more agents with the last
one taking us to see two apartments. The
first one was lovely and we would have been more than happy to have stayed
there but it didn’t have an oven – only a hob, which is crazy! The second apartment wasn’t for us but it did
get us interested in the development which was Oasis del Mar! It was then back to the apartment to mull
over what we had seen.
Tuesday 10th January
We were up VERY early today – 7.30am.
Betty was flying home and Sue was accompanying her so 12 of us met for
breakfast at Cafe Moca, which is run by Brits, so we had a good old English
breakfast :-) It also gave us a chance to
say hello to Roly and Bev who had arrived yesterday. If you are a regular blog reader you will know
that we met them last year and did the River Wey with them and Sue & Andy.
The best part of our early morning was the sunrise – it was amazing.
We said goodbye to Betty and au revoir to Sue and then we started our
apartment search again – bring on Escape to the Winter Sun!! There are lots of
apartment agencies and each one has its own apartments – none are duplicated. We had arranged with Roly and Bev to meet
them at La Cabana for tapas along with “home alone” Andy! We met up with Andy but Roly and Bev never
made it! Still the tapas was good.
We were both tired and on our return to the apartment Richard fell
asleep whilst reading his book so I went and laid on the bed and before I knew
where I was it was an hour later!
Wednesday 11th January
Muffin always comes up on our bed while we are having our “early”
morning tea and he rather blends in with the sheets!
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| Spot the dog! |
We had arranged with Coastal Properties to view a couple of apartments
in Oasis del Mar II. There are two Oasis
developments – I and II, with II being slightly newer. However, the apartments in both blocks are
almost the same – seen one seen ‘em all!
I had done a lot of online research and found that Coastal Properties
had number 32 on their books which looked absolutely perfect. Sadly, it was occupied so we couldn’t view it
but we had a look at the outside aspect and it looked perfect.
We walked across to the Lemon Lounge where we had a coffee and mulled
things over. (I do love the café con
leche in Spain.)
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| It’s a bit difficult to see but it was almost 40°in the sun today |
I chased up a couple of the agents who hadn’t responded to us and then
did a further online search and came up with another perfect apartment but
this was an internet booking. I emailed
the owner immediately asking if the apartment was vacant for next year and how
much it would be. Finally, during the
evening, I got a reply asking if I was muddled as I was asking for January 6th
and it was already January 11th! Daft
chap didn’t look at the year and said that the cost would be 50% of the online
price. As the online price didn’t
mention the winter and mid term lets I replied asking – it’s 3pm on the 13th
and he still hasn’t replied!
In the evening 7 of us went to a very nice restaurant called
Sensations. They do a menu del dia
(menu of the day) for €12. The food was excellent for the price and a good time
was had by all.
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