Author Archives: SUNGRL

Last night we went to Marbella and caught up with our friends from NZ, Bruce and Konnie who happened to be in the area. We had a lovely dinner at Paella’s Y Mas. I also spotted some very nice shops … Continue reading →

We are still struggling with the fact that the sun does not rise here until about 8.25am. It rained quite heavily in the night and was quite cloudy when we woke up this morning adding to the darkness. After we … Continue reading →

After a wet Sunday the sun was again shining on us as we took a walk around Sotogrande this morning. Based on this sunshine we booked a round at the San Roque Club. It is quite a popular spot with … Continue reading →

Today we played our “home” course La Reserva Club de Golf – the one in Sotogrande where we are based. We played with our “landlord” Mark who is a fairly handy golfer. Again Steve was happy to have some male … Continue reading →

Today we drove north again to Marbella to play the Rio Real Golf course. We were paired up with a couple of Swedish brothers – Jonas and Matias. They were nice young lads who don’t get to play a lot … Continue reading →

Today we drove about an hour north to Marbella. It doesn’t get light here in the mornings until about 8am – I am finding this quite strange. We had an 8.50am tee time so we got there in time to … Continue reading →

Our drive south was uneventful and quite enjoyable – the roads are fantastic. The terrain is very arid with patches of green here and there where the land has been watered to keep the crops alive. We saw many, many … Continue reading →

We left New York on Tuesday the 30th September at 6.30pm heading for London. It is only a six hour flight going that way versus a seven and a half hour flight going the other way. We arrived into London … Continue reading →