Here we are again in sunny Spain.  We drove down  and stayed just outside Poitiers the first night – opposite Futuroscope – but other than that it was uninspiring.  We spent the second night in Burgos, very near the heart of the city, and, despite being very cold, it was lovely – lots of gothic architecture.  So lovely in fact that we hope to stay there on our way back in July.  We stopped at a service station in Jaen to refuel and have a cup of coffee and ended up with 2 extra passengers squashed into the back seat amongst the new duvets and sheets.  They were 2 English university students doing a charity hitchhike to Morocco and were grateful of a 3 hour ride to Nerja.  We even managed to  top up their mobile phone on the in-car charger.

Nerja greeted us with its customary sunshine, despite the fact that it seems to have rained almost non-stop for the last 3 months.  During the last week we have been to the beach twice – one of which was a nudist beach, we’ve never seen so many places to park our bike!  Needless to say we kept everything firmly (I use the term loosely) covered up. We’ve also tried out a couple of new restaurants – one a Brazilian bbq, offering unlimited amounts of different barbecued meats for a set price – fantastic for the Atkins diet!  We have also caught up with the yr 10 school trip.  It was great to meet up with the teachers and see some of the kids, most of whom we had taught between us.  However, it didn’t make us feel envious and it was quite nice to walk away at the end of the day without any responsibilities.

We are also painting again – this time a different set of wardrobe doors, in anticipation of friends visiting in the near future and a new set of single beds being delivered.

We are aware that we need to integrate a bit more into daily life and plan to start putting out feelers for teaching the odd English/Spanish class or starting up Dan’s tapas tours.  We also plan to join the local sports complex and do some exercise to tone our bodies for the next visit to the nudist beach!