Thursday
28th February
Today is
Andalucía Day or Día de Andalucía. This
is celebrated every February 28th and commemorates the February 28th 1980
referendum on the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, in which the Andalusian
electorate voted for the statute that made Andalusia an autonomous community of
Spain. People across Andalucía mark the
region’s annual holiday, with events organised to celebrate its history and
culture. Politicians and Andalusians are
set to gather at the parliament building in Sevilla City for a ceremony
commemorating the anniversary. It
features the raising of the green and white Andalusian flag and the playing of
the region’s anthem, the Himno de Andalucía (Hymn of Andalucía). The Junta’s president also hands out the
Medals of Andalucía to recognise work done by people in communities across the
region.
Muffin
took no notice of the special day as he just wanted to get rid of his woolly
jumper! The poor dog’s coat had grown so
long that a) he must have been hot and b) he was taking so long to dry after
being in the sea. He went to Belinda, a
lovely English girl, who has set up a grooming business here. He now looks and smells lovely! Belinda uses a selection of doggie perfumes
and used DOG (Dolce and Gabbana) on Muffin.
Some others are Jinny Chow Dog Pawfume, CK-9, Pucci, Arfmani and Timmy
Holedigger!!!
Belinda
told us that she had just realised that she shouldn’t be working today with it
being Andalucía Day. Only cafes and
restaurants are allowed to open and anybody else opening faces a fine of
€2,000! We had a look along the Playa
and there were a lot of places shut but also a lot open!
During
the afternoon I finally managed to get the blog up to date. So with that, the excursions sorted (well at
least on my part) and last night I got all the ironing done - so life is
good!!!
Friday
1st March
We went
in search of a dentist this morning as I managed to break a tooth yesterday –
these things always happen while we are away ☹ Trouble is that with Andalusia Day being on a
Thursday most businesses are closed today.
Apparently if Andalusia Day is on a Tuesday they close on Monday
too! I will have to be careful until
Monday.
As we
were driving this morning a woman started running across the road in front of
us from the other side. Richard slammed
the brakes on and just stopped in time.
She rushed round to Richard’s window, which was open, and I thought she
was going to have a go at him, but she just kept apologising over and over
again!! She said she lives here but is
always getting the traffic wrong!
I popped
in to Coastal Properties while I was passing but, again, all the good places
have gone. She said we need to be
thinking about 2021 now!!
As we
were driving up our road where the caterpillars are we saw a long string of
them so I jumped out of the car with my hair lacquer and sprayed them.
The solar
heating has been on in the pool since Saturday and I’ve dipping my toes in each
day to see if the water is getting warmer.
Today I can certainly feel a change 😊
We went
out for lunch to Levante. We hadn’t been
there before but it always looks nice.
We both ordered the same – a BBQ pizza with extra mushrooms. They were really good. I think a mouse had been at mine!!
We didn’t
have a pudding at Levante as the ice-cream parlour is finally open, so we
wandered down there. This was mine
And this
was Richard’s
I like
eating at lunchtime as it means I don’t have to worry about cooking! I didn’t have anything else to eat and
Richard cooked himself a couple of boiled eggs.
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