All Hallows Day

November 1st

The public holiday on Saturday 1st November caught us out again, despite it being listed on our website with the advice that unexpected public holidays can disrupt holidays in Spain. We went down to the market in Fuengirola, and luckily found a supermarket open, as we had not stocked up for the weekend.

All Hallows Day is the day that the Spanish remember and pay homage to their dead relatives, and leave flowers on their graves. As you can see, their cemeteries are very different from the UK, similar to the French. The Alhaurin cemetery is divided into about 25 “galleries”, grouped together by the various Churches that the deceased attended. The graves/memorials are stacked up to seven high in some “galleries”, necessitating the use of steps and ladders to reach the middle and higher layers, and all graves had flowers left.

November 2nd

On Sunday, we went to La Trocha market in Coín and bought a second hand satellite dish, Sky digibox and card for €140 ~ hoping it works and that it can be fitted in time for the American election.