we have a car !!!!
well whats happened since i last wrote my on-line diary....on friday "Dave the Taxi" was due to pick us up at 9.40 to take us to the solicitors....9.55 he arrives..spanish time i guess..got to the solicitors rushed in appologising to Sally who said it's not a problem..spanish time. we got all the necessary papers needed and headed off with Dave to the town hall to get our Padron ( which basically means we are registered as "in the country" and have the right to vote etc ), we were expecting this to be a long drawn out complicated process...10 mins later it was all done and dusted and graham and i left clutching the inportant piece of paper which to us meant we could now but a car. the lady who dealt with us in the town hall was absolutely charming and managed to say to us in english that she wanted us to be speaking fluent spanish when she next saw us.....pigs might fly the rate we are going
The rest of friday was spent with me hunting the internet for a car..success a car rental company located on sector A of camposol had got a Matiz ... i know its an old mans car but it is perfect for me and graham to pooder around in, i gave them a call and arranged to view it saturday morning and bless them they arranged to come and collect us rather than us walking..
1045 they collected us from the house and by mid-day we were driving off in our new addition (red), it felt really weird changing gear with the wrong hand and driving on the other side of the road...but i am sure we will get used to it.
It was Camposol's fiesta weekend so we went and had a nosey round and watched the lovely firework display from our roof terrace last night
other bits of news include...our oven works even though it had a sticker on it saying "not connected do not use" that was after we had arranged for an electrician to come out tomorrow...we have moved the garden shed to round the back of the house...went to a DIY store...garden centre...oh and we bought a fan to try and help with the really hot nights...done quite a bit of gardening and managed to create a lovely arc out of two very tall pine trees and cleared the rockery and made a purchase of 5 very pretty plants...
i think you are all up to speed now
barry xxx
Hi, Sounds as if everything is going really well, so pleased for you both. Won't be long before the boys join you. You will be pleased to hear it is tipping down with rain here!! Terry's op went really well, he was back home on Sunday!! He says hello. Sue xxx
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