Friday, 24 November already. Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the USA and I was hoping to have a turkey dinner myself with Ivan and perhaps a couple of friends but that was not to be. We had to go to Malaga for the day because our bank that provided us with a mortgage required Ivan to have a physical and that had to be done in Malaga. So he had an appointment in Malaga at 10 AM which required us to leave Juzcar at 8AM. His second appointment was at 7PM, oh so convenient for us.... so we had to spend the whole day in or near Malaga.
The first appointment only lasted about 40 minutes and was on time as well so that worked out OK. We decided to go to Nerja afterwards as we had sold one of our puppies to someone who owns a hotel there and we wanted to see how she was doing. Our French Bulldog, Bandit, had 4 puppies in April 2006. We sold a couple of them, kept one and gifted one to Ivan's sister up in Castilla Leon. So off we went to Nerja, roughly 50KM on the east side of Malaga, a beach front resort town. As neither of us had been there before, it was a good chance to see another town in Malaga and to see the hotel as well.
The puppy had been purchased by Carlos for his daughter. When we arrived, Maria Carmen, Carlos' wife, was in reception and was very pleased to meet us. She told us they were very happy with Reina and that she is just adorable. She had grown of course since we last saw her several months ago but she appeared to remember us. Carlos told us that he had not seen her so excited before. Their hotel is quite nice as well. Very close to the beach, on a plaza so I'm sure they do a very good business.
After we left there, we had some lunch and then headed to Churriana. There is a dog "hotel" there and we are looking for a place to put the dogs while we go on holiday during Christmas and in January when we plan to close for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, they were booked up solid for Christmas but we made a booking for them for January. A very nice kennel with lots of space for the dogs to run around and they offer training as well which our German Shep could use. He's a big dog and wants attention all the time so he jumps up on people and many don't want a big dog on them, including me. So that all should work out nicely.
After that, we picked up some more plastic bags for vacuum packing as Ivan has been going crazy with vacuum packing. He also found out that there is a technician in the area who he called. The technician said he would pass by here one day when he is in the area as he understands Ivan's need to learn more about the machine.
We got back to Ronda around 9.15PM so we picked up some Chinese food for dinner and got back here to Juzcar around 10PM... a very long day indeed.
Here are a couple of photos of the area today with clouds, fog, fall colors and damp appearance:
The first appointment only lasted about 40 minutes and was on time as well so that worked out OK. We decided to go to Nerja afterwards as we had sold one of our puppies to someone who owns a hotel there and we wanted to see how she was doing. Our French Bulldog, Bandit, had 4 puppies in April 2006. We sold a couple of them, kept one and gifted one to Ivan's sister up in Castilla Leon. So off we went to Nerja, roughly 50KM on the east side of Malaga, a beach front resort town. As neither of us had been there before, it was a good chance to see another town in Malaga and to see the hotel as well.
The puppy had been purchased by Carlos for his daughter. When we arrived, Maria Carmen, Carlos' wife, was in reception and was very pleased to meet us. She told us they were very happy with Reina and that she is just adorable. She had grown of course since we last saw her several months ago but she appeared to remember us. Carlos told us that he had not seen her so excited before. Their hotel is quite nice as well. Very close to the beach, on a plaza so I'm sure they do a very good business.
After we left there, we had some lunch and then headed to Churriana. There is a dog "hotel" there and we are looking for a place to put the dogs while we go on holiday during Christmas and in January when we plan to close for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, they were booked up solid for Christmas but we made a booking for them for January. A very nice kennel with lots of space for the dogs to run around and they offer training as well which our German Shep could use. He's a big dog and wants attention all the time so he jumps up on people and many don't want a big dog on them, including me. So that all should work out nicely.
After that, we picked up some more plastic bags for vacuum packing as Ivan has been going crazy with vacuum packing. He also found out that there is a technician in the area who he called. The technician said he would pass by here one day when he is in the area as he understands Ivan's need to learn more about the machine.
We got back to Ronda around 9.15PM so we picked up some Chinese food for dinner and got back here to Juzcar around 10PM... a very long day indeed.
Here are a couple of photos of the area today with clouds, fog, fall colors and damp appearance:
Alto Genal, above Juzcar, 24 November 2006
Village of Cartajima, 24 November 2004
Today's weather is cool, grey, cloudy, a bit wet. It rained all last night but no leaks yet in the bar. All the chestnut trees have changed their colors now... lots of yellows of various shades. Not much in the way of reds or flame but nevertheless, it looks quite good.
