It's about 35oC every day and it doesn't get a lot cooler at night.
There are certain smells in Alicante that I hate because of this climate with its lack of rain (i.e. the streets don't get a wash), but there are two smells I do like that I get a whiff of passing by peoples gardens when I am going about Alicante on my motorbike: jasmine and bbqs.
Even during the week there are people bbqing everywhere. I have some friends who spend their summers in their beach side apartment in Muchavista (along the Playa de San Juan) and along with the pool, tennis and basketball court there is a bbqing station in the picnic area of the urbanisation. We had a little party on Tuesday night for some friends who have just moved back to Alicante after a few years living in Holland. They really missed the lifestyle in Alicante and now that they have 3 very young children they wanted them to grow up being able to enjoy the outdoors as others do over here.
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| Sardines on the hot plate at a pool party |
We also had a bbq (well on a hot plate actually) at the pool party we went to last weekend. They cooked lots of seafood to start with like squid and sardines, before moving on to the typical chorizo, lomo and morcilla that makes up a typical Spanish bbq.
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| Jasmine flowering plant |
Then on Friday evening I met up with a British friend of mine and her Spanish husband and we went to a new restaurant in a finca in the Albufereta area that is owned by the same people who run the ever-so-famous Nou Manolin restaurants in Alicante. The finca had had a makeover and its interior looks exquisite in a Scandinavian-rustic style with a large outdoor eating area, all be it on a loose pebbled floor. Anyway, I am mentioning this because there was a long wall of jasmine near to where we were sitting which I just adore the smell of.
There is also the freshness of the sea breeze and the summery smell of sun tan lotion that you can appreciate walking along the Playa de San Juan... I took this yesterday at about 20:30 as people were leaving the beach and getting ready to go out to cenar (have their evening meal).
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| The Playa de San Juan, Alicante |
I can feel another rant coming on when I think about the not so nice smells I encounter over here so I think it's best to leave it 'til another post.
What smells do you encounter where you live?
Hi Sarah, the only thing I can smell here in Germany is the winter coming. .. it's been raining every day since August 1st :( that's why I really look forward moving to Alicante (hopefully) next year. Your posts are like an oasis! Keep it coming!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you find the blog enjoyable and maybe even useful too. It's great that you are moving over to Alicante, for whatever reason it may be for. If you need anything don't hesitate to ask me ;-)
DeleteI think that Mother Nature also read my last post as it provoked a change in the weather this weekend - on Saturday night it rained more in a few hours than during the whole summer! It would have been very welcome if I had not decided to go camping precisely that weekend... I couldn't believe my bad luck! But I can't deny the benefits of the rain.