Estapona at Night and Work Day

Last night (Tuesday) Dawn, Riley, Brittany and I tried our luck with the bus system again. We took the 8:00 bus to Estapona to try and find a place for dinner/entertainment. I talked to two Spanish men on the bus and tried to get information on good places to go in Estapona. We found a nice Italian style restaurant for dinner, I had penne carbonara, it was very good. After dinner we walked along the strip, there were a few people out an about. We went into a pub that was playing some American music. Once in there we found out that there was going to be a live band. Two men played guitar/bongos…it was traditional style Spanish music/Flamenco, they were pretty good. We were entertained by a man dancing wearing a red fleece. He was attempting to get anyone around to dance with him, and wasn’t having much luck. A group of older ladies entered the pub later and I met a 67 year old party animal. ;) I had a really hard time understanding her but later found out that she was from Ireland. Immediately we entered political conversation. She did not have very nice things to say about the Republican Party, it was very entertaining.

Today we woke up late, I experimented with laundry. There are so many unfamiliar dials, but I think everything turned out alright. The drier wasn’t working so well so I ended up air drying most things.

Later on Brittany and I walked down to the pool area. She worked on some standards/her Student Impact Project while I did some speed agility drills and stretched. (Have to make sure I’m ready when I get back for softball season). The weather here has been cooler lately, about 60 degrees F, so it was too chilly to go into the pool. If it warms up again some day soon I will definitely go for a swim.

When we got back to the house we made mashed potatoes and salad for dinner. I really need to figure out our grill. Hot dogs, and hamburgers are alright on the stove, but they could be so much better!

After dinner, we decided to watch a movie. Riley thought it would be fun for us to all write which movie we wanted to watch on a piece of paper and draw it from a hat….the majority would win. We all gave him a hard time, because if majority wins there was no need to draw from a hat. But I guess this is how we entertain ourselves. The four movies that we had to choose from were: Memoirs of a Geisha, Dodgeball, Hook, and Shawshank Redemption. Memoirs of a Geisha “won.”

I set up a tour tomorrow for the five of us plus Tim to go to Ronda by an old fashion train that was built over 100 years ago. We will see mountain scenery by train with villages and Victorian stations. Once in Ronda we will explore the old Moorish town, including the 18th century bridge over El Tajo Gorge. We should get back around dinnertime. By dinner time I mean normal American dinnertime 6-7, not Spanish dinnertime, 10-12.