The weather has turned to winterish. It's been foggy and cool here in Juzcar. Today, Ronda was quite nice, sunny and clear. Here in Juzcar, it was kind of sunny this afternoon but it is now definitely December weather.
Our French Bulldog had six puppies last week. Today, they are a week old and are all doing nicely.
Juzcar is getting a bit of a face lift. New iron benches are being installed around the village, the fountain near the hotel has had a complete face lift in the last couple of weeks. The mirador across the road from the hotel is about to be redone eliminating the ugly chain link fence and installing a nice brick one with the new bench for sitting and enjoying the view. The green iron fence across the road from the hotel is also being removed in favor of a brick one which should be a big improvement.
We had a very busy weekend for the holiday weekend last week. The hotel was full for 3 nights and we had some trade for lunch as well. We had a nice group from Cordoba here for 3 nights. Now, we are in a very quiet period and have few bookings at all. The wine weekend is not really taking off like I was hoping. Perhaps it's just the wrong time of the year. WE have noticed that Spaniards are not out and about so much of late and we think this is due to the increased interest rate on the Euro increasing everyone's monthly payments to the bank. I know our house payment has gone up considerably in the last couple of years so everyone must be feeling the pinch and cutting back on recreational expenditures.
We went down to Malaga yesterday to do a bit of shopping and have a day out of the mountains as well. It was brilliant weather there too.
We also decorated the bar and terrace for Christmas. We have a big tree on the terrace and we have put all the lights on it in the last couple of days. The bar is very Christmas-ie, lots of decorations including a Santa Claus suit pegged to the front of the cigarette machine, finally a good use for that machine (which has not worked in over a year). Looks good too! We have a small tree in the bar with blue lights and lots of gold trimmings which Ivan did... also looking quite festive!!
Happy Holidays!
