Lunch with our new Friends

On the way back for lunch, Chris bought a replica medallion of the Virgen that each “Romerio” wears. Each Hermanadad has a different coloured rope to wear it round their neck., so Chris bought the Fuengirola one (blue & white stripes), as this is the nearest town to Alhaurin represented at El Rocio. On arrival back at camp for lunch about 2pm, we were grabbed by our nice neighbours, who insisted we had lunch with them. They had cooked up a delicious paella (a Cordoba recipe apparently) with rabbit, and we sat with them and enjoyed the meal and copious amounts of wine, fino and the fiery anise finished off with a dessert of nespera – a kind of cross between an apricot and peach. After the meal, We took the video camera battery down to the campsite, which they had kindly agreed to recharge, even though we were’nt staying there. On returning, they were having a siesta except Roguilo, and sat and chatted with him. We moved the van 5 metres further away from our nasty neighbours, as soiled toilet paper was now appearing near the van.