Goodbye Arcos de la Frontera

Sniff, sniff. It's time to say goodbye to Arcos.

For various reasons we have decided to leave Arcos and we have moved to Gibraltar. Yes, it is a bit sad, and it was a tough decision, but needs must.

Clearly, no-one in Arcos reads this blog, but I feel I ought to say it anyway......Thanks for the warm welcome, the support, the friendship and the great summer we spent with you all. I think we will always have very fond memories of Arcos and the people we met. I'd like to make special mention of the Viejos and Viejas (the fogies) of Arcos. I have to say I anticipated resistance to the influx of "outsiders" from these members of the community, but I was dead wrong. I think without exception, the old guard proved to be the most welcoming and friendly people we have ever had the pleasure of living side by side with. I'll never forget it.

Well, we've moved now, and we have landed squarely in the fast lane. No more putting things off til tomorrow, no more lazy afternoons of empty streets and sleeping off the puchero, no more drinks with old men in the pensionista, no more jasmine and orange blossom.........

Oh God, I should never have enumerated all the things that made that place, I think I'm getting a lump in my throat.

Anyway, I could end this entry with "adios", but I think I prefer to leave it with "hasta luego".

Nick