On my way to work on friday morning about 9.15.am who did I spy in the Pueblo having breakfast at a local bar but AWT.
I've seen him 2 or 3 times over the last couple of years (I've been here 5 years and only been back to the UK once)
Maybe next time I'll wave as I pass.

hi Mijas, we are coming over there for a holiday in May, do you know of any nice restaurants that serve a decent vegetarian meal - i do like spain but get a bit tired of omelettes and pizzas. We are staying near Benalmadena but like to travel up to Mijas.
Regards Porridge

Hi Porridge, it's really difficult to find vegi food in southern Spain as meat and fish are eaten at most meals. As for 'nice' restaurants it's very difficult to recommend somewhere as we don't really eat out in restaurants we mainly use tapas bars. I have seen a vegi restaurant in Los Boliches, which is between Benalmadena Costa and Fuengirola it is on the same road as the feria ground where they hold the enormous tuesday market. There is an excellent tapas bar in Fuengirola called Tomaquete, it is in a back street called Calle Palangreros behind the main post office which is just off the main church square. When you come up to Mijas ask for Calle Carril, walk down this street past all the shops and keep going along the narrow whitewashed street, it's quite a way but worth it, when you get to where the road splits, just in front of a beautiful old church, you will see a small lane on your left hand side, there is a sign saying Bar Alarcon, go into this bar and up to the first floor for the restaurant, it's very Spanish but very friendly.
If you need any more help just let me know.
Sue.

Hi there, thanks for the suggestions, we will try to look them up - by the way can you tell me how the weather is over there at the moment, we are coming over on Tuesday but I have heard it is raining!!!

Hi Porridge, weather forecast is rain for tues/wed/thurs then sunny again with temps in mid 70's, but they are often wrong, if we get a few nights with fairly strong winds then they blow the rain clouds away. This past week the forecast was rain for 3 days but it didn't materialise, it was still a little bit overcast and chilly (for me) with temps in the mid 60's. Are you staying in Benalmadena Pueblo or Costa ? I work in an office in the Pueblo and have to travel the back mountain road !!!!! from Mijas every day, be very careful if you're driving up that way it can be quite dangerous if you don't know the road, it can be dangerous even if you do know the road !!!!!. If you need any more help just let me know. Regards Sue Bowen

Hi Sue, we are staying on the coast and won't be driving anywhere as it is so close to the airport. I have been up the mountain road before in a cab - very hairy!!!

You are very lucky to live over there - that is my dream one day to retire to that part of the world - or the south of France - can never quite make up my mind!!

Please pray to the weather fairy to bring some sunshine for next week?
Porridge

hi i go to spain quite often in the year.. i stay in a place called coin... very nice there r two lovely restaurants there called santa fe. excellent and another called santiago in alhurin el grande... but in malaga there r loads of tapas bars that do many veg dishes, plus some very good restaurants...

Hi Sue, has the weather improved over there yet? Getting a bit worried about what to pack for tomorow!!!!

Regards

Hi Porridge.......sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the forecast is rain today/tues/wed/thurs then sunny after that, it's not too cold, the Brit tourists are still walking around in shorts and t-shirts with see-through plastic macs over the top, I usually wear a sweatshirt-type zipped jacket over a t-shirt during the day with cotton trousers (mid-calf length) but at night you'll need jeans and a fleece.
As I mentioned in an earlier posting we may not get all of the rain forecast so it's better to bring clothes that can go on in layers, so you can layer up or strip off, you will definitely not need swimwear unless you look good with purple skin !!!
I wouldn't bother bringing a brolly as all the cheap shops sell them at 6€ (£3.60) each.
Snoozy is absolutely right about Santiago's being an excellent restaurant, especially in summer when you can eat outside in the courtyard/orchard with tame pet rabbits running around the grounds, but I think it's only open in the evenings and you would have to get a taxi as it's probably about 25 miles over the mountains, plus it's one of the more expensive restaurants in the area.
I'll be checking for postings until about 5pm, your time, in case you have any more questions, if not have a good holiday. Sue

Thanks for all the info Sue - you have been very helpful - shame about the weather but at least I know now to pack my jeans and a jacket!! Fingers crossed the weather picks up by the end of the week then!!

Morning Sue, glad the weather changed, it has been absolutely beautiful since Thursday, we are just off for a walk down to Benalmadena harbour - thought I would just log on to the internet cafe and say hi
Porridge

Hi Porridge......glad you're enjoying yourself. Are you going to have time to take a train into Malaga and visit the Cathedral and the Picasso museum ???? and of course the old traditional tapas bars. Regards Sue.

Hi sue, maybe, we haven´t done too much yet, but have found a nice chinese restaurant and a beautiful Italian one so I am getting some veggie food, mostly lounging by the pool and catching the rays!! We did visit Sealife in Benalmadena the other day.

talk to you when I am home on Friday night

Take care
Porridge

Hi Sue, we are home now, had a great time and the weather was fab although it poured down on Friday morning as we were leaving - I didn't mind that too much though!!

We didn't get up to Mijas this time but maybe next year, we have a timeshare in Benalmadena so go every year. We managed a trip to Fuengirola and I managed to find a few veggie meals but took some food with us too and cooked in the apartment a few times too - had lots of nice spanish omelettes.

Funny enough I saw a program on UK Food this morning with AWT, they showed him having breakfast in Fuengirola and saw his villa up in the mountains in Mijas.

Talk to you soon
Porridge

Hi Porridge...........Glad you enjoyed your time out here, the weather has now changed and we're up in the mid 70's, time to turn on the air-con in the office. I saw the AWT programme, it's strange seeing him out and about shopping in the market where I go to do some of my shopping but I don't use the furniture store he was in, much too expensive and 'Hollywood' most of us don't live in designer villas either. Maybe one day !!!!! Regards Sue