Rain, Rain Go Away - Part 11 of Our Story
Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 8:58 PM
One thing we really weren’t expecting when we arrived out here was the rain. Everyone we spoke to back in the UK kept telling us how glorious the weather was there, whilst we were dodging showers here. I’d even left my little fold up umbrella behind, thinking it wouldn’t be needed. Big mistake! Since we’ve been here, there has been rain, floods and an earthquake! Last Thursday in the very wee small hours of the night I was woken up by a massive clap of thunder. I lifted the shutters in our front room and stood out on the balcony in my dressing gown storm watching. It was pretty spectacular with lightning flashing across the mountains to my left and over the sea to my right. But there was no rain at that time. Then a flock of seagulls took off and headed off into the distance squawking the whole time & only then did the heavens open. It was like a scene straight out of “The Day after Tomorrow”. Eerie but fascinating. We watched the news the next day and saw one poor Spanish town trying to cope with the floods. We were jokingly calling ourselves Jonah.
We were advised to get the “tourist” bit out of the way in the first few weeks. Then we could concentrate on the hard bit – earning a living. So we spent some time being touristy. We walked the length of the beach and struggled up the hill to walk around the castle. Talk about spectacular views. We spent time sitting on our gorgeous beach congratulating ourselves on where we were. We visited Torremolinos and Benalmadena with its beautiful Paloma Park. We went out for meals in the evening with our friends and checked out a few bars. But the fun part has to come to an end and now the hard work begins.
