Balcón by night, July 20th 2014…

Plenty of artists and one lone classical guitarist on the Balcón de Europa on Sunday night, the guitarist having to compete with a baritone and a full choir on the stage.

Midnight meander…

Midnight and the Balcón de Europa and calle Cristo were fairly busy, people wandering, shopping or partaking of refreshments. Los Barriles, El Pulguilla and the Round Bar were particularly packed.

Quieter times…

Still excellent weather – long may it continue – but definitely a lot fewer people around at the moment and quite a few places, bars and restaurants mainly, have been closing or are closed for their winter break, some for as long as four months – Scarletta’s, Agape to name but three.

Nightly entertainment…

Yesterday, August 1st, saw the start of nightly entertainment in the Plaza Fabrica de los Cangrejos down by Torrecilla beach. Monday is ‘film night’. Lots of activity in the plaza, with crafts stalls, henna tattoo artists, trampoline, massage…