Day 8

Day 8
Another relaxing rest-day begun by sleeping in late and marked by another delicious lunch at La Vela Azul.  Due to wind conditions, we sat inside the restaurant, which is glassed- in on all sides with sliding-glass windows.  Lunch was disrupted when a pigeon flew into the restaurant and bounced off the window, landing on the floor next to a table of diners who screamed...the dazed pigeon was picked up and escorted back outside, and after a pile of feathers was swept up the lunch resumed. 

After lunch we drove again to old town Marbella to shop for souvenirs.

Then we went to the small city centre of Estepona, where we had planned to eat at a seaside restaurant that Jenny had found on Trip Advisor.  Unfortunately, they were closed when we got there (they had changed their weekly schedule to coincide with World Cup games). So we walked by the sea and then into the town center and ate dinner at 8:30. We found Rincon la Tuscan, an outdoor cafe, and had mini clams and pizza.
 

 s                                                               Streets of Estepona

                                                                     Dinner, at last

On the way back saw a huge fair with lots of lights and rides with many people. Too bad we were all too tired AND did not want to tackle finding a parking place, it would have been quite an experience to immerse ourselves as the only outsiders into the crowd of locals at a Spanish fair!
Buenas noches!