mdavidfrost

Could I start a sub-forum on Málaga and the Costa del Sol?

I've worked for many years as a freelance writer, I have a blog about Miami and I'm thinking of starting one about the Costa del Sol when I'm settled back in Spain.

David

Rosemary

Members cannot start sub-forums it is done by admin.

Rosemary

mdavidfrost

Would the admin. be interested in starting a sub-forum about Málaga and the Costa del Sol?

The coast here is full of expats.

David

Sue

We try and keep sub-forums to a minimum on BE, but if you have some useful info to share please feel free to start some new threads on different subjects

jackytoo

How does someone with 11 posts be considered a long standing poster

Sue

Not everyone posts a lot. Many read a lot, and visit a lot, so time served should also be taken into consideration

Mitzyboy

Well ... OK, sorry my choice of words.
Someone quoted Rule 4 which is trolling, and thats a norm for new posters who just join to cause trouble. I guess I should have said .. he's not a new poster, hes been here since November 2010

Dxf

Hi

I use plenty of fish, connecting singles, pebbles on the beach but if you would like a Spanish partner then Match.com is another to use

The best advice I can say is to try one and see if you like the scene. Googling "dating sites in Spain" will bring up many more

Davexf

mdavidfrost

Thanks Dave.

Maybe I'll give one or two agencies a try in addition to face-to-face groups and just going out doing things that I like doing.

As well as Spanish and English I speak reasonable Portuguese and rusty French and German plus Geordie, so nationality isn't very important to me.

David

HBG

If I can make a practical suggestion based on the OPs needs, especially concentrating on the emphasis on the lack of permanence, I would advise him to go to Cafe Benidorm, on the edge of The Square, after the summer chavs have gone home.

It ticks all the boxes and will be full of like minded people of all shapes and sizes, but larger ones that speak Geordie will be plentiful, Moats in minis.

There used to be a similar venue halfway up the slopes of Benalmadena, but I moved away a while ago.

There is one major snag with places like Cafe Benidorm, it's really hard to fail there, but if you do, there is nowhere else to go without paying for it.

jay01

I dare to ask but what on earth is "a moat in minis" and can a you clarify what you mean by "but larger ones that speak Geordie will be plentiful" and "There is one major snag with places like Cafe Benidorm, it's really hard to fail there, but if you do, there is nowhere else to go without paying for it". You have a real way with words HBG,

ononno

Ciao HBG, do you have the GPS coordinates please?

noelrosie

I agree it is a reasonable request for advice. My father has met a new partner through University of the Third Age over here in UK - seems it has nothing to do with studying, more like a social club for mature people. He was desperately lonely as all his friends were still 'couples'. There are lots of unattached ladies there apparently, and Dad made many new friends when he joined an offshoot group 'Members on Their Own'. I guess you could say he is now in a relationship, four years after my mother's death. His new partner is semi-retired, and really enjoys going out to dinner, to the theatre, visiting stately homes with him etc. Although they've been together two years they have no intention of getting married as they'd both nursed their previous partner through cancer, and aren't really ready to make that commitment to another person again. They spend lots of time together, and also time apart (they have each kept their own home) and are blissfully happy.

I know the University of the Third Age is well-represented in our area of Costa Blanca (Denia) so there is probably a branch in Malaga too?

HBG

Cafe Benidorm, in the winter, is probably the most famous grab-a-granny venue in the world and is popular with visitors from the north of England, as is the whole of Benidorm. I don't know why, and if I say too much I'll be on thin ice anyway, but the average lady visitors seem much larger than their southern counterparts.

Last I heard, they even had a Geordie bouncer on the door, a big lad, like that Moat chap from Newcastle. The Spanish bouncers can speak English, as do the waiting staff, but they sometimes have trouble with Geordie accents.

There is a similar Spanish venue for their grannies just along from the Don Pancho in the main street. They keep out any troublemakers by charging five Euros for a half of lager, and if you buy a Spanish lady a drink, whiskey inevitably, you'll need a platinum card.

Domino

unlike the cold tea the bar girls used to drink in Singapore and Hong Kong. But they used to put in very long hours, almost living at the bar, even eating their meals out the back.

sounds like nice places to go to, please excuse me if I give it a miss
rgds