July 2-4

Thursday July 2

Today we went to the lawyer’s office. This is in the same block as where the bank is, but its location is in a shopping center. Jayne found out that the death certificate and the bank statements from her father was sent to Andrew. Jayne didn’t know this, so she will call Andrew.

Then we ate at the same cafe, which is across the parking lot of where the lawyer’s office is. Jayne had a tomato sandwich with a marinated beef on it. I had the same Spanish tortilla.

Then we walked along the beach on the bay side. I had to leave my sandals on for a small part where there was no beach to walk on. Since this area of the water also had stones in it I had to keep my sandals on.


Friday July 3

Today would have been my father's 83 birthday. He'll always be remembered by me, my mother and my sister.

We took a walk to another shopping center near here. This is our first time there since we arrived. We had coffee and tapaz and read the newspapers we bought. On the way back, I bought Jayne a dress and sandals for my wedding anniversary gift to her.

On the way back I saw a woman at a bar with a laptop computer. I asked if she had wireless internet there and she said yes.

Great!

Now we have some place to go close by to go on the internet.

About 4pm we left for the bar/restaurant with our computers. The lady is also the owner of the place and she was most gracious. We got connected and had ourselves a glass of beer.

I got emails from Sharon, my friends in Russia, Clive and Mary. Also, I got emails from those on my facebook site from people who graduated with me. It was all very nice.

There was no added charge to go on the Internet. It looks like we'll be there most every day we are in Spain.


Saturday July 4

Today is American Independence Day. We have lost most of our freedoms, so the day would be better in learning how we lost our independence and how to gain it back. However, you can be sure that with all the celebrations going on in the US it will just be parades, picnic lunches and fireworks. There will be no learning of what made our country great. It’s really a shame.

Today Jayne and I went to the shopping square at the bottom of the hill to have coffee and tapaz. We read the Daily Mail that I bought. This newspaper has some good articles in it which includes the things that big government is doing.

From there we went to the local supermarket to buy some food. Then we returned home.