Halloween and The Blue Rock in Corralejo's old town had been lavishly decorated by Jules (left) and Claire (centre). No money had been spared to enhance Claire's frontage for the night! Meanwhile Sandra (right) was still thinking about the Carnaval Theme from March and turned up with a Yo-ho-ho and facial hair that had many of us fooled as to her gender - let alone identity.
Gruesome describes the weather of the last fortnight since we arrived. No beach time, fleeces out and some torrential rain. The temperature has frequently been around 25 C in early afternoon, but there is so much cloud that the sunny spells don't last. Not too good for those on holiday! Ruth developed a heavy cold 12 hours after arriving.
.. and gruesome is the procedure for getting the green sheet of paper that replaces the residencia card. (see March 08 entries)! Last week we took the 7.30 bus and three hours later were allowed into the police station. By 12 noon we had worked our way to the desk where we were told the paper from the Town Hall was out of date and we would have to start again, but the nice lady marked our papers to spare us the queue. Back to the town hall, excessive photocopying and today the 9.30 bus! Total chaos in the police station again with at least four types of queueing systems in force - ours took 1 hour 20 minutes - but just 8 months since we started we have resident status and privileges!
Things can only get better - and if Obama wins tonight...... out with the Cava!