Tales from Taberno

Date 28-7-2006 Friday
What a challenging week. We did not calculate on how busy we would be in the first period of time in Spain.
Each day we have had a schedule to conform to so that we are recognised by the right people at the right time and all in Spanish.
We are on a very steep learning curve but we are managing with support. This business is more than compensated for by the dream like pleasure of a cool drink under a shaded umbrella in the afternoon, a dip in the pool after being in Mojacar doing business until 2pm, a dip in the cool pool at midnight before we sleep;-)))
It has dawned on us that this little village called El Pinar where we are residing at the moment is an out and out British enclave. In fact so far we have not met one single Spanish family in this area. It’s wall to wall ex-pats which we really did not want. However as we are here on a temporary basis, we will grow used to meeting Michael, Frank and Ralph at the one and only commercial premises in the village, which is the little pub/café/restaurant with a very large swimming pool. It is the meeting place for the whole village. It is run by an nice Australian chap with an Irish wife. So much for ‘the real Spain. This will all change with a vengeance when we move up to Taberno.