Where have the lions gone?

On Saturday morning we piled into the car and zoomed off to Granada for the weekend. It's always nice to get away and head into a big city (it's rather quiet where we live).

We had been to Granada before but we fancied going back to take the kids to the excellent Parque de las Sciencias, and for Susan to do some shopping of course.

I just really wanted to go the Alhambra palace. We didn't manage to get in last time as it was too busy and you are supposed to pre-book. Being more prepared this time we still didn't pre-book but did manage to get in...

Now, since I was a little boy (about 25 years ago) I always dreamt of going to the Alhambra to see the famous lion fountain....



But, after all those years of anticipation I was greeted with this...



Where did all the lions go??

Well, it seems they were having a rest and will be until the end of 2008!

I suppose we'll have to try again in 2009 then.

Still, we had a great weekend there and I took a break from my diet and stuffed my face with burgers, chips and cakes....wasn't all bad really!

Ikea in Malaga

I've never known a furniture store to create such a huge amount of interest when opening up.

This week Ikea opened it's doors to the public in Malaga and driving past the store yesterday the huge car park outside was absolutely packed full of cars. The place was heaving.

In fact, Malaga town hall recently stated that they expect huge traffic problems over at least the next three months with everyone flocking to the new Ikea store.

I don't know about you but I can't seem to get excited about it myself. We've been having a bit of a silly discussion on the forum about Ikea in Malaga which fell apart totally when we started discussing the meatballs you can buy there!

But I suppose it's the type of store that people in the area having been crying out for. We have always though that furniture here was way too expensive so Ikea opening up in the area is a decent move, although some on the forum may disagree (Rixxy!!)

I may even pay a visit to it myself soon....mmmm...meatballs.