We knew it was going to rain today and had already decided to visit La Canada, a Centro Commercial near to Marbella. Not that we’re really into shopping – we just wanted to have a look really.
The centre is situated at the point where the A7 and AP7 converge – you head onto the road towards Ojen and come straight to the entrance. It’s very impressive, and new, and very much aimed at the British. Having said that amongst the well known British High Street names there are plenty of Spanish stores. It is a bit expensive though in some stores.
I did buy a top in H&M and we got a few bits in the, small but perfectly formed, M&S Food ‘Hall’ (Hall is pushing it a bit…)
Calv did have a couple of complaints though. The workmanship (this is a recurring theme) and the fact that the female cleaner had no qualms about mopping around the urinals whilst they were in use!
We’d also decided to go on a little drive up into the mountains culminating, hopefully, in a visit to Mijas Pueblo, one of the whitewashed villages in the hills above the resorts.
So we headed off towards Ojen on what turned out to be a really good road. We stopped at a viewpoint above Ojen itself, which afforded rather lovely views, despite the murky conditions.
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