Sabrina had been told that Puerto Banús (aka Rich Person-ville) was a must-see. She was keen to walk there, but I was pretty shot after the previous day's walking. I know she was sick of buses, but it would have been 7km just to get there. She agreed to go by bus.
We were dressed for a beach holiday - since that's what we were doing - and it perhaps wasn't quite the dress code for PB. Never mind. We looked in the windows of the shops, and that was fine, because we couldn't afford any of that stuff, anyway.
Happily, looking at the yachts was free, and so was strolling down the beach, past all the exclusive clubs.
Then it was back on the bus to Marbella, where we wouldn't have to spend the earth to get a good lunch. And I'm so glad we did, because we found what I thought was a fantastic place: Loving Hut (a vegan restaurant). There's some Spanish food that I love, but I do get sick of the heavy, fatty stuff after a while. This restaurant was the antidote; look at that delicious felafel and hummus!
Sabrina wanted another swim, but the water was just too chilly: it turned into a paddle. Certainly, all I could bring myself to do was dip my toes in.
Just to make life more difficult, tickets for our bus back to Jaén the following day were unavailable online. Back we went, up the hill to the bus station. At least Marbella is pretty.
As the sun was setting, we strolled in a Puerto Banús direction along the beach front path. It was magnificent.
Dinner was at an empty chiringuito (beach front restaurant), with a very friendly waiter, who thought he could speak English. We kept trying to speak Spanish to him, and he would insist on replying in English. Only problem was, we couldn't really understand his version of English.
I tried (and recomment) berenjenas con miel (eggplant/aubergine with honey). Probably not very healthy, but it is tasty!
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