A Slice of Life
Bill Lites
Day 8
Today DiVoran and I had a free day to relax and do anything we wanted. As it happened, it was the time of the year for the local ‘Feria de San Miguel’ and Torremolinos was ready to celebrate. So, after breakfast, we headed into town to join in the festivities. We admired the decorative tiles as we strolled down San Miguel Street and enjoyed browsing the many small shops.
Photo Credit: https://www.gct.com/destinations/country/spain/
The streets were filled with people ready to have a good time. Many of the locals were dressed in festive traditional costumes and didn’t mind having their picture taken with us tourists. Many of the costumes related to the traditional Spanish Flamenco dancers for women and bullfighter paraphernalia for the men.
We had lunch at one of the local (approved) cafés, and then strolled back to the Bajondillo for a short rest. In the afternoon we joined many of our group, in the park, to enjoy the celebration of the local festivities, as a musical team lead singing to honor ‘Feria de San Miguel’ from a bandstand. As the excitement picked up, there were also several shikhat dancers in the troupe who performed flamingo dances for the enjoyment of us all.
After the performance was over, DiVoran and I took advantage of the tour’s ‘Dine- Around Program’ that set us up to visit a local family home and get to know them and some of their local culture. Neither DiVoran nor I spoke Spanish, so we were very lucky that the two ladies we visited that afternoon spoke good English, so we could communicate freely. The program had arranged for the host family to prepare a traditional Spanish dinner meal and to enjoy it with their guests. I can’t remember what the meal they served was, but it was excellent. What a wonderful time we had with those two ladies during that afternoon visit. After that delightful experience, we had a leisurely stroll back to the Bajondillo for a good night’s rest. It had been a wonderful day and we felt lucky to have been on this tour just when the ‘Feria de San Miguel’ celebration was taking place and to have been able to join in on the festivities.
—–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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