Wedneasday & Thursday 27th & 28th September. I think??

27-9-2006 Wednesday
We were sorting out boxes again, I feel that we will be doing the very same for at least three months. It’s like a very big and heavy rubic wall where you can only get to the box that you want by moving at least three other equally heavy boxes up, down or side ways.
Last night was a sort of ‘turn’ night at Lentisco’s. Lots of folks that we are now acquainted with had said that we should go down there because ‘it is a good night’ with food laid on.
So we got showered and changed, when we could have turned in, and arrived in Taberno at about quarter past nine to find the place in full swing. The place was packed to the doors with English people and a few Spaniards were sat out on the terrace. The artist was an old guy who sang to records from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. We had a few drinks and were introduced to more people. We settled down with a table full of people to sort of endure the evening. BTW when one buys a drink here they don’t believe in using measures. Elayne asked for a Baileys with ice and I had a tankard of lager. Elayne’s Baileys arrived in a very wide whiskey tumbler and it was over half full of Baileys. Any way needless to say we had a super evening, the artist was very good and we made some more new friends. We danced, laughed and drank until about half past one before driving very slowly home in a concentrated manner. The road seemed more twisty and windy than normal so I drove at about five miles an hour all the way back (one cannot call a taxi here so you drive or you walk).
The pictures were taken last night (if our new friend Angela reads this, it would really pay her well to buy the negatives from me of the pictures that we are not showing).
Thursday 28-9-2006
We arose slowly and rather late this morning. We breakfasted on coffee and orange juice back down at Lentisco’s before going once more to see our architect, with Bob, to try to get to the bottom of the delay with the house planning. Angel the architect is insisting on seeing our building approval documents before he will do further drawings because to continue if we have not got building permission would be a waste of his time. The building approval documents were sent away with the change of ownership documents about four weeks back , so are stuck in some government office awaiting recording onto the land registry. However Bob has persuaded Angel that we do have the building approval (although not quite up-to-date yet) and he has now agreed to have amended drawings ready for us to collect on Tuesday next week (we’ll see).
We drove back via Huecal Overa where we did some shopping and we are now in chill out mode for the rest of today.
We need to conserve energy because there is another ‘do’ at Lentisco’s tomorrow night. This time it is the Spanish men and ladies playing traditional Spanish music on their own guitars and dancing. And also there is a fiesta in Albox on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. What a life.
BTW again. The weather is now a little cooler, than in August , with temperatures in the mid twenties. It’s very nice and we are still in shorts during the day although when the sun goes down we are very quickly into long trousers and jumpers.
The picture today is of The Editor in Chief and her adoring lackey before we went out last night, just in case you don’t remember what we look like.