Dinner for 2!

The Valle del Este hotel has a commercial complex at the side with a couple of bars, restaurants and a few shops and we decided to eat in one of the restaurants there and meet up with Russell and Dan later. We had all the brochures from the various properties we had seen over the last 2 days and also a map of the area so we could familiarise ourselves with where they all were relative to the coast, airports and larger towns, oh, and golf courses!We went through each one and were able to quickly discount a few, either because the property wasn’t right for us or the place wasn’t. We both agreed that we wanted to be in Almeria rather than Murcia and we both really liked San Juan. We decided that we would visit the site office on Monday when they were open and take a look at the development in more detail. If it didn’t fit the bill, we would be back in a month so it wasn’t too much of a worry, but we both liked the houses by the same developer that we had seen at Los Alcazares and the area was perfect for us. We would be able to take the dog for walks along the coast, be close to golf courses and in walking distance for local shopping, a weekly market in walking distance and only 10 minutes drive to a large town. This was definitely sounding like a place to (semi-) retire to.By the way, the restaurant was fabulous, we thoroughly enjoyed the food and Neil got really involved with his crab, lobster and other types of seafood on the menu – cutlery not needed, hands are much more effective.So, we decided we would go back to San Juan and have a further look around, visit the site office, look at the site plans and see how we felt then. We would then decide what our next step would be.Off we went to let Russell and Dan know how we wanted to spend Monday, before we flew back to the UK on Monday evening.