Meanwhile here in Spain
Yesterday I was in Orgiva, a small town in the Alpujarras and did have my camera. I'm not a good photographer, though.Pics - Orgiva is hot enough to shade its main street - I do enjoy the effect when towns do.
This particular bit of road is watched over by this gent. I have no idea who he is. I did walk round him looking for a plaque.
The reason I was in Orgiva was to put my 9-year-old UK car through the first and vital stage of becoming a 9-year-old Spanish car - the ITV test. Since its last MOT in the UK it has driven to and around Spain, been used as a mini truck for building supplies, lived in the street and been bumped and scraped and peed on by dogs and crapped on by birds and not had a single service. It passed. Damn I love this car.
The ITV station is not in Orgiva, but nearby in the mountains. I don't know what other advantages the site may have but the view is good while you wait your turn
and now for something completely different. I live in a town, without a garden, and the townhouse has 10 foot walls. I have some plants in my atrium, at least 40 yards from the nearest garden, and they have been there a couple of months. These chives have died and I think this is the culprit but - how the hell did he get here?
I did say I'm not a good photographer.
Comments (63)
No not only. Buses even.
I like Orgiva, it has a nice laid-back feel to it. Probably due to all the hippies that live there
Bubion is my favourite of the Alpujarra villages. Nice shops and cafes. But the air is Capileira is fabulous. It is so clear and sweet. Well worth a visit.
Your car is still looking pretty good after all the punishment you have put it through
I dont have pics but quite a few towns up here have covered streets, most with water misting systems to keep the cafe patrons cool.
I like that car. I especially like the 2 black spots on the front grill. Cool!
Good to know that your car passed everything there and that you had fun.
My own town - or village, I suppose you would say - doesn't have an ITV station, or a notary, so to me Orgiva seems quite a metropolis
I LOVE water misting systems! In Granada most pavement cafes have them, pure absolute bliss in July and August. My town got the street misting systems temporarily for their fiesta (a week only) and I was really sorry when they were taken down again. I'm still wondering whether it would be worth building one into the terrace here but my problem is always champagne dreams, beer income, twenty places to spend every euro and when I can mist myself from a bottle I keep in the fridge, it is obviously something that will have to wait until I win the lottery
I had a suspicion if my numberplate showed some puckish soul on CS would phone the Spanish police and report the car stolen
We gotta deal? make your counter-offer
As indeed I said earlier, this is something to be installed when I win the lottery
Driving to any of the villages in a little car would be totally different to driving there in a camper van!
Make her spend that 1k
Now? I have showers
Heat has gone out of the year for now, I will address the misting problem next June if that fella with the scythe spares me that long.
Right now I am boiling my brains trying to prioritize what needs to be done next on a budget of bread crumbs while working with a perfectionist who loftily demands only the best materials.
Awesome photo, though.
He was saying 'tranquila'
Chill
I'm very sorry to hear it, I was delighted by the word I thought I heard
Looks like a very peaceful place...the mist sounds like a good investment...forget the bucket...