~October Newsletter ~

Sue says ...

I am very interested in ... FAMILY TREES

Over the past year and a half I have become heavily involved with family trees and because of this my husband and I have met up again with Sue (Ivyvilla WM) - one of our long lost cousins.... Michael has not seen Sue for over 40 years but the years have just disappeared.

Working on this new hobby has put us in contact with many family members and only last week we travelled up to Benidorm to meet up with a  cousin of my father.  They emigrated to Canada in 1953 and lost contact with our side of the family .  They didn't know about me and I didn't know about them. 

It was a very moving and happy day for both of us and even though we have been communicating  via modern technology  we now feel very close and I am enjoying sharing our lives.

                  

Mike's Almeria Up-date

Well the fiesta season is almost over (so perhaps some semblance of normality will prevail)

The nights during the summer are punctuated by the pyrotechnics from each pueblo in turn  ...often not finishing until 6 a.m.

Even the smallest pueblo  puts on a display that would tax the budget of the ministry of defence back in England.  When our son and daughter in law visited they intended to enjoy one of the festivals but failed when they discovered it didn´t start until midnight and even then would ofcourse be late...

The fans have been put away - the summer duvet has been put on the bed and the parasols are back in store.   Day time temperatures are still well over 30c in the afternoon - but at night we are down to a chilly 18c. 

 The grapes in the garden are just about finished although we will enjoy our home made raisins with cheese and a glass of wine in the winter evenings.

The first rain of the season came last week and the ramblas (dry river beds)  were flooded along with a number of cars.  99% of the time

 Ramblas are used as roads, town car parks, market places, etc.

Whilst we are technically in Europes only mainland desert (official definition under 10cms of rain per annum)  what they don´t tell you is that it can all come on one day.

Our pueblo (village) is currently in a state of chaos as mains drainage is being installed along the main streets. 

Out here we should shortly have landline telephones, ...well at least the poles are up. 

This after being told 2 months more than 6 years ago!

 We have learned that the phrase books are wrong ‘ Mañana’ does not mean tomorrow, in fact it means not today!

Actually this is a bit of a myth (sometimes) When the fancy takes them the Spaniards work extremely quickly and efficiently.

 

Is there no end to progress?

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