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Spotted at Almería airport (LEI): Why? What’s it doing? Surely I’d be too busy paying? (The funny thing is that when you do go over to the “cashdesk” there is a sign saying “please use ATM machines to pay your ticket”) Please “attend” to the cashdesk before you remove your vehicle
After a recent meeting with Chris (no drink involved this time!) we adjourned to D-bar, which is his local, almost at the foot of Almerimar. Almerimar is a nice place. Not too touristy, small enough to walk everywhere and has a range of different types of bars. I was going to steal some photos off Chris’s site but he hadn’t uploaded any good ones, so here’s one of the rather large English breakfast Chris insisted Continue reading D-bar, Almerimar
Aguila is a workers bar in Albox. But by gum, it’s a good one. Inside, in a main room, darkened by the windows which are tightly shuttered against the danger of the summer sun, wizened men and worker foremen sit hunched over the bar, drinking their carajillos. A low background murmur from conversation is constantly audible – the minute you look to see where it’s coming from the conversation stalls and you find that the Continue reading Cafe Bar Aguila, Albox
Just for fun, I rang Teléfonica yesterday and said I was going to change our ADSL lines to a new provider. With no quibbling, they offered me six months at half price, and upped the bandwidth to 6 mb. Worth a try!