was mid-afternoon. A hundred old driver with a unique We waited at the curb of the Equitable Building. Would be my first contact with what 23 years would be all for me and the family that started in the orchard, abundant water and good people. It was March 1969.
We had coffee at the Baths of Apollo, located in what today is the Paseo Marítimo Pablo Ruiz Picasso, and lined the national 340. The illusion was to the nerves themselves who are going to start a new stage of his life. Our driver told us of Nerja, its climate, its beaches, its people, and as we were young (two companions were with me with whom I shared those early years of work) we were speculating about our emotional state, speaking of the beauty and qualities of young Nerja. Upon reaching Bunny, our driver warned us that we were careful, because once the pendant ditch across the road, we would Nerja. Indeed, we had before us a new landscape of which I enjoyed for so many years.
Street The Cross that stood Vizcaya Bank
Hall Beach was my recreation area in the summers. I always thought the name of the beach was given by the familiarity with the beachgoers and fishermen were busy preparing their boats and gear, as if it were an extension of their homes. Reading a story in the book Another View of Nerja, I knew that Hall was a corruption of Shalom, an expression of farewell in the years of expulsion of the Sephardim.
Our driver was not other than Jaime Jaime Canedo, who was mayor of Nerja, and told us where we could lodge. It was a town house that was for two years of my life my home: the board of Rosario. Then the family lived in Columbus street. From its large terrace saw the end of the Paseo del Balcon de Europa. In the last year in that house I lost that view, along with the sea, for the construction of tall buildings. From there go to the alley around the building 4 Caminos. Much transformation in the people and in my life.
I was lucky of living and sharing from my modest job Nerja development in those seventies of last century. I had the friendship of many businessmen in Nerja with whom I worked with great joy and pleasure. Enjoying my retirement, I remember that long period like today.
Nerja Forever!
By Ricardo León Under
By Ricardo León Under
picture taken from old photo album of Facebook Paco Nerja Haro.
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