Market Day

Thursday is market day in Valle De Abdalajis and there were more locals than usual gathered on this corner of the main square below the church.

This spot, outside the tapas bar we've frequented on the last two Sundays seems to be a favourite meeting place for some of the town's older men, who spend the time chatting and enjoying a glass or two.

After yesterday's "exertions" we've spent the day mainly by the pool where I've been making deep inroads into Khaled Hosseini's "And The Mountains Echoed"