
When thugs attack a homeless man, suffering from senile dementia, just because they can, it brings it home that for all the sunshine and beaches, it’s not paradise for everybody.
Most foreigners here know that a ladrón de bancos is a bank robber, but not in this case… This one steals park benches – banco is also the word for bench, you see.
The municipal workforce (the artistic arm) has been out creating beautifully decorated benches on the Almuñécar seafront. The first, at the bottom of Calle Marquita on the beach side of the roundabout (opposite Café Ayer) is just about completed.