Windy Weather in Marbella

Wow, yesterday what a mess Marbella was in.  Firstly in our own house we have a tree that is huge come out of the ground.  Waiting for gardeners to come tomorrow to help put it back and hopefully will be ok.

Yesterday morning my OH went to the far end of Marbella and he said there were trees on cars and they were flattened.  On car showroom´s glass window was completely smashed in and all the glass was on all the expensive cars.

Later on we had to drive to Fuengirola and all along were trees blown down, signs broken and lots of other mess.

It was really quite bad here yesterday.  Today, its all a lot calmer with beautiful blue sky, sun, just a little chilly.

Fines for Dogs not on Leads

I heard today that the Police have been along the Paseo in Marbella, by Puente Romano Hotel and fining people whose dogs are not on a lead.

This is great news, because it has just got ridiculous the amount of dogs, big, strong dogs loose and also little schnips that look pretty vicious too.

But, my concern is the inconsistency.  Just the other day, the police were stopped chatting to their friends...whose dog was not on a lead.

Also, I hope they make sure they fine the people with these huge dogs rather than just the people with tiny little dogs.

For me, as I have mentioned before, I sit on both sides of the fence.  I do have a dog and he does love to be free and run around.  But I also run and bike ride and with more and more dogs loose its causing a lot of accidents.

So beware...the fines are pretty hefty at 300 to 500€urns per dog.

Movistar La Cañada Marbella

It looks like Movistar is opening up in La Cañada in yet another new position.  They are opening at the first entrance to Alcampo from Habitat direction.

Putin House Marbella - Vladimir Putin Marbella

Its all over the news that Russian Prime Minister is in the process of buying a house in La Zagaleta.  If you don't know La Zagaleta, well its a huge private estate where you have to be rather wealthy to live.  As you drive up the Ronda Road, its on the left hand side. The best way to see it is on google maps.  The houses are mind-blowingly huge.    La Zagaleta has 2 golf courses, an equestrian centre and a club house with everything you can think of inside.  Plus the most incredible views.  

Apparently Yuri Luzhkov, the ex Mayor of Moscow, already lives in La Zagaleta.Residents of La Zagaleta vote to whom can buy and not buy a property there.  So will they accept Vladamir Putin?  Would you? 

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Review of Apple Marbella - Apple Store Marbella

Here you can see the Opening of the Apple Store Marbella

I was a very lucky girl at the end of last year, when on my birthday, I received an Apple Mac Pro.  Although, and I know this may sound ungrateful, I didn't really want it and I would have preferred clothes.  I had seen these Apple Macs, but I didn't really need one and I quite like my pc with mouse in my office area.

The first week of January I really struggled with it.  The screen kept going strange, I kept loosing things, I just had no idea how to use it and I was peed off that it cost so much and I didn't want it.  Everyone was using it except for me.   Great birthday present!

But, along with the Mac, I was bought One 2 One, which were lessons for 1 hour as and when I needed for the first year.  My first lesson was brilliant, explaining about the track board and how the system works.     Literally within 1 hour, all of a sudden I was slowly converting.   Then I have gone on to have lessons on Photos, Videos, Music etc etc.  I love learning and those of you that know me, also know I will get my moneys worth and continue to go every week for a year!

I am there literally twice a week.  I just absolutely love it.  All the guys there are really passionate, young and cool, and whats amazing is that many of them have the ability to teach me  really well in English.  The other day my teacher was this young girl who was just absolutely brilliant.  Probably one of the best lessons ever about how to put videos together.  I came straight home and loaded up loads of clips of my daughter and made a video which we all love watching.

I was a bit skeptical about Apple opening and the Customer Service, as we all know...Customer Service etc isn´t a strong point here.  But the service is absolutely faultless so far.  I go there every week and every single time I am greeted at the door with a smile, I have found all the staff friendly and its a lovely atmosphere to be in.

When I first started I needed to know "if it can do this, if it can do that" on the Mac Pro.  It seems that there is nothing this product cannot do.    Its just amazing and think I may have been "Appled".

Restaurants for Weddings Marbella - Estepona

Hi Jo,

We are looking for a nice restaurant to hold a small wedding, somewhere between Marbella and Estepona. Somewhere with a nice atmosphere, good food and must be reasonably priced.  Would love somewhere where there is some music and space to dance in the evening.  Can you recommend anywhere?

Hope you can help

Tracey x

Marbella to Sierra Nevada

Pictures of Sierra Nevada

Yesterday, for the first time, we went to Sierra Nevada.  Well, actually its the second...kind off.  When we first moved here, we went out exploring loads and started to drive up to Sierra Nevada. My OH was driving up, but suffers pretty badly from vertigo...I was pregnant, hungry, dying for a pee and basically, not a nice drive up.  We got to a point where all we saw was sky and both felt pretty ill and had to turn around and go back down.

Pictures of Sierra Nevada Town

However, yesterday, after being more used to the windy roads, we got to the top...whoopee.  What we realized was, the first time, when we tried, we really were just about 5 minutes from the top, when we turned back around.  I was amazed.  It all felt really surreal, like I was in a dream.  I´m, we, are not skiers, never done it in our lives before.   It was full of people of all nationalities and ages, some in really cool ski and snowboarding wear and others like us, just dressed normal, seeing what its all about.

We just wanted to see it, and maybe in a few weeks we will go back and get some ski lessons.  We just wandered around and ended up queuing for about half an hour for tickets for the toboggan, and then had to queue again to go on it.  It was a ridiculous amount of time to queue for a ride no longer than 4 minutes.  But we had to try something whilst there.   There seemed to be lots of different areas for kids which was great.  The lots of different slopes etc.

Lots of choice of restaurants.  We sat at one called Tia Maria (I think), just had a sandwich but the food looked really good and next time will definitely go back.  It was the side overlooking all the mountains and ski slopes.

Advice

If you are a regular Sierra Nevada goer, I would welcome your comments.  Best places to stay, eat.  Best ski schools to go to etc.  Please leave comments below.  

Getting to Sierra Nevada from Marbella

We always take the Toll Road.  We went on the new big of road to Granada (as you get closer to Malaga). It really took quite a bit of time off the normal journey.  We just kept following the signs for Granada and the suddenly there was a small sign saying "Sierra Nevada".  We did miss it the first time, so wasted 15 minutes driving back.  Going there took us 2.5 hours.  On the way home, it really was 2 hours door to door.  

Elvis Marbella - Palacio de Congresso

Outside the Palacio de Congresso in Marbella is a huge sign advertising Elvis´Original Band 77th Birthday.  Its not very clear.  There is all this other stuff mentioned about Hard Rock and lots of different types of tickets available, including food, excluding food etc.

Im also not too sure January is the best time...noones even been paid after Christmas yet.

Date:  January 18th
Time: 9.30pm
Tickets:  from 31.70 (reduced visibility) to 156.20 for VIP.

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