Travelling to Spain and settling in to the Cortijo

We had a very early start this morning to check in at Gatwick at 6am.  All went smoothly and we were on our flight on time after breakfast.  We arrived at Malaga around midday and went to collect the hire car after collecting our bags.  The car is a 1.6L diesel Hyundai i30.  It's very boring and wallowy but I guess it will do the job.  It seems very economical too with the gauge hardly having moved after a 110km drive.  The hire company did charge me 90 Euros for a full tank of Diesel though!

We got to Algámitas around 2.30pm to meet Nieves who runs Cortijo Rosario for Bill & Anne. Nieves made us very welcome and we got settled in easily.  We also had a bit of a snooze after such an early start.  Nieves very kindly made us a fire in the sitting room, which the dogs enjoyed too.  The temperature drops rather rapidly at this time of year after sunset (around 6pm).

Around 8pm we wandered into Algámitas and had a lovely tapas dinner and a few beers at Bar Galicia - one of our favourites.  It's nice to be back in Andalucía for the fourth time!

Bill and Anne are away at the moment and back at the weekend so we have a few days to ourselves before enjoying some time with them on Sunday - Tuesday.   It's very kind of them to give us the run of their lovely house.