A Slice of Life
Bill Lites
Day 2
When DiVoran and I arrived in Malaga, Spain there was some confusion at the airport, as people from many different airlines gathered to wait for transportation to our hotel, 30-minutes down the coast in Torremolinos. To make matters worse, we couldn’t find our luggage. We were finally told that our luggage had gone to Istanbul, Turkey by mistake. That was a bummer, as we had wanted to ‘travel light’ on our flights, so we had put almost everything else in our suitcases. It was two days before the airline delivered our bags to us. Hey, no surprise there, right!
Photo Credit: https://www.spanish-web.com/costa-del-sol/
Our tour group was bussed from the Malaga airport to the sea-side resort town of Torremolinos. The Bajondillo Apartments on the shore promenade, overlooking the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, there in Torremolinos, was our base location from which, most of our meals were taken, and our daily adventures started each day. It didn’t take long for us to get settled into our lovely fourth-floor apartment (nothing to unpack). It actually turned out to be a one-bedroom kitchenette with a sea-view balcony. By then, we were hungry, and were glad when they announced it was time for lunch. After lunch, DiVoran and I went to our room and had a long rest, to help us recover from the long overnight flights from home.
Photo Credit: https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/torremolinos-spain-bajondillo/
That afternoon we joined a group for a leisurely walking tour, with our Program Director, to get acquainted with the immediate vicinity around the Bajondillo Apartments, which included the seaside promenade, and the adjacent beach scene. When the tour was over and we made it back to the Bajondillo, we had time for another quick nap, before we were called for an excellent ‘Welcome Aboard’ dinner at the Cetus Restaurante, there in the Bajondillo, hosted by our tour company.
Photo Credit: https://www.atrapalo.com/apartamentos-bajondillo/torremolinos/
After dinner DiVoran and I took a stroll along the beach promenade to check out the shops and beach cafés. Then we sauntered down onto the beach to admire the many sand sculptures that were still standing after the tide had come in. We stopped to get a photo of DiVoran in front of one of the symbols Torremolinos uses to advertise their many apartment complexes there on the Costa del Sol. All that exercise (which we needed after those many hours flying from the U.S.), sun, and fresh sea breeze, was very relaxing and just what we needed to help put us in the mood for a long restful night’s sleep.
—–To Be Continued—–
Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 64 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing. He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville. Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.
One of Bill’s favorite Scriptures is: John 10:10
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