A friend in need is a friend in deed!

   Marbella is beautiful! I spent the last two days just relaxing and lazing around. I read in the the park, on the beach, in Orange square while drinking coffee, while eating tapas, in seaside restaurants. You name it and I have probably been there, read there. I've been eating a lot too. Mostly ham on bread, ham on bread with cheese, serrano ham on bread, iberica ham chorizo grilled.... ham ham ham. So much ham that I just want to eat a salad! Of course aside from the ham I also had the best calamari of my life yesterday. Big, thick tender slices of calamari with a perfectly crispy, light coating drizzled with lemon juice. Not those rubber little loonie sized rings hidden amongst batter you find in most Canadian restaurants. This calamari was sublime. 

   Today I went on a big walk today. I spent about an hour and a half walking down the seawall and back. It wasn't as warm and sunny as yesterday but it was still warm. We just seem to be getting hitting with crazy wind so it cooled things down a bit. I took a break from the tapas at lunch and had Italian food... in Spain. It was so, so. The actual pasta its self, as in the pappardella noodles, were wonderful and fresh tasting. They were just prepared in a way that was lacking excitement. Plain old under seasoned cream sauce with such thinly sliced mushrooms they almost didn't exist. Some more salt and pepper and maybe some basil with perfectly sauteed, tender slices of mushrooms would have made me a little more enthusiastic about the meal. I think if you combined Pagliaccis pasta preparation with the fresh, tender noodles from this place then you would have a match made in heaven. Side note: Yes, I do love Pagliaccis but I really think they should take a step in the right direction and start using fresh pasta instead of the boring, chewy dried stuff you can buy at any supermarket. I expect more from a place with bread that good!

 Remians of an Arabic castle.

 My favorite blue.

 Paradise. Windy paradise today...

 My dream home. A one room casa on the beach. Of course the yard needs some work before its ready for me.

The seawall walkway.

  When I arrived back to my guest house today there was a new person chatting with the ower. Turns out its another gal from Canada so we are going to grab some dinner together tonight. It will be nice to have someone to chat with since the last couple days have been just me, myself and I! The one and only thing I really miss about Canada are all of my friends and family. I have realized that because I have so many different friend groups that I really have certain friends for certain occasions. I have friends that I see live music with, friends I laugh like an idiot with, friends I catch up with after extended periods of time apart, friends I eat indulgently with, friends I party with, friends I beach with, friends I cook dinner with... You all know where you fit in and I miss you all!


   Anyways, I had better prepare myself to brave the weather tonight. It started to rain about an hour or so ago. After two weeks of sunshine and warmth I have been completely spoiled. I can no longer bare the idea of wet shoes and wet hair! Wish me luck! xo.