26th Milla de Navidad in Nerja
December 18th 2010 is the holding of the 26th Milla de Navidad Memorial Ruiz Miguel Prados’ (Christmas Mile) and the Fourth Christmas Walk, the events starting at around 16:30 on the Balcon de Europa.
On a glorious October day…
An absolutely glorious day in Nerja with clear skies, sun, calm seas and a lot of people milling around town today, particularly on the Balcon de Europa. Torrecilla, Calahonda, El Salon and La Caletilla beaches were also quite busy and quite a few people were enjoying a dip. Brrrr. Don’t know about Burriana, didn’t get down that far.
Free lunch syndrome…
One can only feel sorry for the poor souls when you see a happy, smiling couple, quite obviously at the start of their holiday, being led away for a four hour hard sell ordeal to collect their scratch card prize. You just hope it doesn’t spoil their holiday and that they don’t lose too much money.
Hot August night…
The Balcon de Europa was, as one would expect at this time of year, a hive of activity throughout the evening and into the night. Apart from anything, the lack of any wind at the moment, unusual for August, means it’s actually cooler to be outside than inside. Only one busker, an accordion player, milling around. Just a couple of …
Injuns, bars and other bits…
The economic crisis appears to have even taken its toll on the South American musicians playing on the Balcon de Europa, only two of them around last night, the rest seemingly replaced by cardboard cutouts. In a relatively short period of time, two to three years, they have gone from being groups of six to eight people in full regalia …
A busy evening
The bouncy castle is now in the Plaza Fabrica de los Cangrejos and operational during the evenings, as is the trampoline. More of the crafts stalls, the henna tattoo artists and similar are now setting up in the square during the evenings.
No way Pedro…
A delivery lorry tried to access the now totally pedestrianised Balcon de Europa at lunchtime and was greeted by PC Waggy-Finger.
Thursday wander…
Quite a few people ambling around on the Balcon de Europa today, the ice cream sellers doing quite well. They have also been doing a bit of painting, the metal parts of the seats and the frames of the cannons. Not that it mattered to one set of kids: ‘What does pintado mean?’ asked one child, already astride the cannon …