Unfortunately my blog has been down, so I have not been able to let you all know that it was my birthday in the weekend.But it was, and it was a really nice day, even though the weather has gone a bit cooler and it was a bit overcast.

We drove to Marbella and had a really nice lunch in the harbour, just me and my little family. And when I say the harbour, I don’t mean Puerto Banus. I think I would be silently grinding my teeth (or maybe not so silently?) during our meal just thinking of how large the bill was going to be, had we gone to Banus.

Anyway, I don’t think Banus and Nuevo Andalucia (located just behind Puerto Banus) has that much atmosphere, I much prefer some of my secret places down in Marbella. Those sorts of cafes and restaurants where you won’t find many tourists and you certainly won’t find steak, eggs and chips on the menu.

I wonder what it is like living in Puerto Banus? Would it feel like the real Spain (and what is the real Spain anyway? That’s a discussion for another day…) with all the rental apartments, villas and hotels everywhere? I really strike me as one of those places that triple in size in the summer and might be a bit empty the rest of the year.

This post wasn’t supposed to be about tourists and non-tourists in Spain and where they live, but about my birthday.

Suffice to say I had a really nice day. With El Rubio being so small and the fact we have a really good routine going at the moment, I find it so much easier to go for a nice lunch rather than go out for a meal in the evening.

Tired now, even though the little one slept through last night! Hurray. Let’s have some more of those.