GIBRALTAR

Mon/Tues/Wed.2nd/3rd/4th April.
Well on Monday at long last the scooter was picked up and taken to Estepona
by our friendly garage repair man who does't speak a word of English but we
get on like a house on fire!Fingers crossed!! We went for our regular swim and
the water was very warm-then we popped out for some shopping.On Tuesday
we went to Gibralta and got caught in the bank holiday traffic,so when we got
into the town center the car park was full-we drove around the one-way system and
when we arrived back at the car park we drove straight in! We stocked up with
the duty-free and went and had some lunch on the waterfront,Pan fried Calves
Liver with onions and mash!! When we returned we found out that the garage
repair man had called in with the scooter on a test run!,so on Wednesday we
went and picked it up,the problem was that the wrong spark-plug had been
fitted when we first broke down in Manilva.Its now going like a bomb again!!
This week is called Semana Santa in Spain and is the time when all the local
brotherhood parade thru the streets carrying on their shoulders the elaborate
sculptured thrones and dressed in Tunics,Hoods,and Capes in different
colours,with bands playing the very slow music as they work their way around
the narrow streets during the day and in the late evening - watch out for the
pictures after we go down on Good Friday !! The site is filling up with holiday
business inc.lots of children,mainly Spanish for the bank holiday festivities,
and we have kept the hire car for another week and we will get out and about
as the weather is forcast sunny over the weekend