Life in the Tor

Torremolinos is my favorite so far.  Just an incredible place to live.  The food is so cheap and the cheapest options are of amazing quality.  It never really gets below 40°F.  Plenty of Sun.  Well, and the beach of course.
A quick note: I know I left you with a bit of a cliffhanger in the last post, but I won't say anything more on that just yet. I don't want to jinx anything before it becomes more official...

Let's live somewhere else.  The man next door liked to laugh at 4 in the morning.  Since the wall on his side was so thin it was like he was in the same room with us. 

The new apartment! Our favorite features: big balcony with a view and no noisy neighbors. 

We went out for a drink!

Boquerones (fresh marinated anchovies) on the beach

There's a point along the beach path that has a really nice view.

We had to get a few things to make the house a home: a heater was my first item on the agenda. Despite the warmer outside temps, our apartment manages to be freezing (especially at night). I think it has to do with the stone tile floors and drafts that come in through the light fixtures. 

My external drive started making noise in Germany and finally died.  Actually the second Amazon purchase in Europe...I ordered a replacement exercise band in Germany.

Adjusting to tiny kitchen cooking: one-pot meals are the way to go to avoid cooking induced panic and dropped dinner ingredients. If you have any good recipes, send them our way.

The produce is incredibly good in Spain.  Super cheap and top quality.  We've been getting into large salads.

Gochujang Spaghetti: one of our favorite new recipes. Boy oh boy is this worth making. If you're interested, here is the recipe.

At the Carrefour mall they have a separate shop for the Jamón Ibérico. Now that is my kind of shop.

More beach time!  It's starting to get really warm some days.

Kenny wanted to test the water

I've never lived near a beach!  Gonna live it up.

The long promenade along the beach. This section is right next to a big rock that sticks out that we've deemed the "Cat Manor." For some reason, a colony of stray cats has settled on and this rock (kept well fed by tourists, I surmise). The promenade seems to go on forever in either direction and is lined with Tapas restaurants and shops. 

Kitty!  They're very friendly on the Manor.  A perfect place to colonize.

They utilize their environment to its full advantage.

Kenny has adjusted very well to the Spanish lifestyle: notice the expert integration of the siesta into his daily schedule.    

Mate time!  We put together a kit from provisions on hand.

We found an incredible amount of Argentinean products at the supermarkets. Kenny was able to taste his first Alfajor in Spain.

My new favorite snack.  Oh MAN the grocery stores!  The Mercadona has €0.40 baguettes which are phenomenal.  And the cheap olive oil is delicious and so is the €0.99 wine. 

One of Kenny's pretty pictures. Ladybugs are everywhere: We generally have a few buzzing around the apartment at all times.

Aline, our landlady, brought us flowers!

She also brought us a microwave! Sometimes you don't realize how much you've missed a machine until you get it back.

Kenny allowed me to do a bit of a photo shoot so that he could have a nice photo to put up on his new website (web development and site maintenance for hire: check it out!). The bottom right shot is my absolute favorite, but he didn't end up using it. The other two are the winning shots.