More about Spain

We took a while to get to lunch on Wednesday because the car was not where Garry and Steve had parked at midnight the night before. They had parked between two cars on a street. Unfortunately they did not know that everyone else knew to move their car before eight am!

The boys on a donkey while we looked for the car

They talked to the tourist bureau people and found out where the car had been towed, not far but it cost 176 Euro to get it back! In cash to the police. They went back up stairs to check if giving it in cash was legit, but eventually we were on our way. The boys were excited about the first of their places they wanted to eat and we did some shopping, I got a pair of running shoes for 11 euro for all the walking we have been doing. We bought frozen stuff to cook in the oven for dinner that night at a British grocery store.


We went down to the seaside and got wet feet when a wave snuck up behind us while we were taking a selfie. There were big waves Wednesday. Garry went for a walk after we got back, and found the bullfighting ring here in Mejas.

 We discovered we had no oven that evening at dinnertime and cooked our frozen food in frying pans and the microwave. The car was parked in the one euro a day parking garage, we have been moving it every day, just in case it goes up after 24 hours.

The next morning Garry and I went for a walk and got coffee at the bakery. Confused the guy one coffee and two pastries. We watched the kids walking to school with their mothers.We were back at G42 in the morning, Steve and Jo spoke to the students about their mission experiences since they were here and perseverance. stick-to-it-ness in mission work when things don't go as planned. The students and staff prayed for them before the lunch break.

We went for lunch with Caleb (one of the interns that were in Zaporosia with the Harders this summer) and ate some real Spanish sandwiches.


After lunch we hiked around town a bit, Garry went up to the church on the hill with everyone, but I sat down on a rock for a bit, my sore knee is taking a bit of beating with all the stairs and uphill walking. They thought they could maybe see Africa from up there, but my view of the sea below was pretty good too.

Later in the afternoon we went back to the seaside. It was warmer so we went in t shirts. We walked along the path and the boys climbed up some cables attached to the walking bridge.

Nobody is worried as they go up

I was a little behind the guys

Then we walked up around an old fort. The boys got to peek in the windows. We are enjoying the palm trees and tropical plants and saw a flock of green parakeets land overhead as we climbed uphill.


There were hardly any waves. The boys got their feet wet and some seawater on their rolled up jeans before we went for fish and chips (did I say there are lots of Brits around? Mostly retired people).


The food was good, but we discovered a parking ticket when we got back to the car for 60 euros, we had not seen that it was paid parking after 4:30 pm when we parked at two. Luckily Jo found out at their friends that evening we could pay in less than 72 hours with an app and it was less than seven!

We are really careful where we park now.