WEDNESDAY 23rd/ OCTOBER
2019.
Just a little lie in this morning and after
a quick toast & tea we got ourselves freshened up, suited & booted, in
our ‘ Sunday Best ‘! It was then time to set off on our travels to ‘ Alhaurin
el Grande ‘ – behind Malaga to meet our dear friend ‘ Joyce Baby’ – we go along
the coast road to Marbella and then turn left up the mountain road past Ojen,
Monda & Coin, a very fast two-lane ascent round a hundred+ bends, with
spectacular views on either side! We then turn left to go along to ‘Alhaurin el
Grande’ - which is on set on the side of the ‘Sierra de Mijas’ - overlooking the ‘Guadalhorce’ valley and the
mountains behind.
We arrived at the ‘ Venta Los Chavos’ –
where we meet Joyce – it’s on the outskirts of the town – were we had our breakfast,
Tostado with Tomate /Garlic & Oil for Brenda, with Coffee, Two ‘ Campo’
Fried Eggs with three rashers of crispy local Bacon for me, with Tostado, and ‘Te
Sin Leche – Tea no milk! Joyce then arrived, she had had a nasty fall, outside
her house, on the head, above her eye, so we administered an ice-pack! We then had a good old catch-up with all her
news, as she relaxed and took things easy for a little while.
Joyce then took us along to ‘ Alhaurin de
la Torre’ ( Tower ) – which we had not been to before, it’s 10 kms, further along
the side of the mountains and is a spectacular town, larger then ‘Alhaurin el
Grande’ - it has over ten roundabouts, along and through the main part of the
town, all with various centre pieces designed by a local architect, there are
lots of designer Shops, Bars & Restaurants, as it’s close to Malaga (17
kms) – with good connections, and is the main commuter/residential area, with
lots of grand villas and developments.
See below;
The tree now has 'Pink Umbrellas' hanging all over it!
The tree now has 'Pink Umbrellas' hanging all over it!
Joyce
then showed us to the grandest Garden Centre ‘ Guzman’ in the centre of the
town, it’s unbelievable, with all the ‘Halloween’ displays/decorations,
artificial flowers, furniture and goods departments, as well as all the flowers
etc! It’s the largest and finest one we
have been to, the flower prices were also very good, we bought two special ‘Begonia’s’
( Orange & Yellow) as well a new front door mat!
See above some pictures of the ‘Garden
Centre Guzman’ – starting with the ‘ Four Witches’!
We then headed back to ‘ Bar Restaurante
Venta Los Chavos ‘ for or lunch, it’s packed everyday with locals, the car
park was full, they were doing over 100 hundred covers on the ‘Three Course
Menu Del Dia – 10 Euros’ – it has over 30 starters, 30 main courses and 10 desserts!!
( see the menu below) – Joyce had the ‘ Seafood Soup’ and we had the ‘Prawn
Cocktail’ with diced fruit, Joyce had a large ‘Fillet of Hake a la Plancha’ Brenda choose the ‘ Secreto of Iberico Pork’-
a special cut of meat, behind the shoulder, only found by the top butchers, I
had the ‘ Entrecote-Sirloin Steak’ with a creamy ‘Peppercorn’ sauce with fresh crispy
Frits, as you can see below, all very good, large portions and tremendous
value, with of course ‘Tinto de Verano ‘ – the desserts we had was the ‘Rice
Pudding and Tarte au Flan’ – both traditional and very tasty!
Next we headed back into the centre of the
Town and stopped at the best ‘Patteserie/Bakery’ for some cakes, to have back
at Joyce’s house with a nice cup of Tea, she lives in a very old three-story
townhouse, with just a front door entrance, it’s an ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ – on a
very steep/stepped street ‘ Calle Rodahuevos’ – Rolling Eggs ‘ – each year they
roll Hard Boiled Eggs ( Campo) down the
street in a race!!
See below;
It was then time to head back down to the
coast, as we hit the main mountain pass/road in started to drizzle, as it was
going dark, it was a very dangerous decent, as the traffic/lorries coming up
the two fast lanes has their headlights full, on with the spray hitting us, at
the lower steepest parts, there are over twelve gravel run-offs – if needed!
We ended up back in sunny Manilva having
missed the heavy ‘RAIN’!
A memorable and ‘ Helluva’ day out, down
and up in the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ with our
dear friend ‘Joyce Baby’ – until the next time!
PS; Hope the head bump in OK – black eye ?!
PSS; All the rest of the pictures to follow due to a technical problem with storage capacity??!!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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