A Marbella week with Pilates, Power Women and Pop Stars

Welcome to episode 70 of Marbella with Him & Her!

What is Marbella with Him & Her? It is a Marbella lifestyle and entertainment podcast that is fun and informative and is brought to you by Him (PJ Lopez) and Her (Hannah Murray). PJ does digital marketing for different businesses on the Costa del Sol while Hannah has been a radio presenter on Talk Radio Europe for over 20 years. She is also a TV presenter on Good Morning Spain, the very first English breakfast TV show to be broadcast on Spanish TV in Andalucia.

On this week's episode they start with the news that Hannah has booked PJ into her weekly reformer Pilates class at Bootcamp Pilates. If he survives you can find out how he got in on next week's episode.

Hannah had a couple of very interesting guests on during the week which included Sahar Hashimi OBE who was the co-founder of Coffee Republic and now runs a community called Buy Women Built (@buywomenbuilt), which is to connect women entrepreneurs and women owned brands. She also interviewed Ally Iseman who is a relationship designer / coach where they talked about relationships and monogamy. While they were on the subject of women in business, Hannah also recalled one of the women from the Sisterhood called Kelly, who was on the India trip who created a set of women's leak-proof sports underwear called Nixi Body, which is now in a Regent Street store that offers specific women's sportswear and products @nixibody

On Wednesday they were lucky enough to have been gifted Duran Duran tickets in Starlite Marbella by two podcast listeners Evelyn and Craig who were sadly unable to go after buying tickets. Hannah was at another concert on Friday, this time in Fuengirola with a group of girlfriends to see JLo (Jennifer Lopez). It did not all quite go as planned, the details of which are all in this week's podcast.

After meeting up with family in The Hogan Stand for brunch, which was a delicious Irish sausage sandwich, they headed off to Malaga to the McAurthur Glen designer outlet (@mcarthurglenmalaga).

That evening they were out for their friend Aoife's birthday where they started the evening with Hannah's Hugo cocktails (elderflower cordial, cava, soda water and mint). After drinks they headed into San Pedro town to a wonderful Spanish restaurant called El Cantinero where the waiters and chef come out and sing a Spanish song about the restaurant and San Pedro.

Sunday they were out again for lunch at Guayaba with their friends from the UK 'The Broughams' who have arrived for a holiday.

This week's Sur in English articles included Malaga no longer being 2030 World Cup venue because of the new stadium plans falling through. They also mention that it is the Virgen de la Carmen festival, who is the patron saint of sailors' and fisherman.

Another article they discussed, which actually happened to Hannah on her night out in Fuengirola for the concert. They went to a hotel before the concert for club sandwiches and when they went to pay the bill, they asked, as always when in a group to pay for their portion each. The hotel refused and said that they would only accept one payment. According to the article this is now a thing many establishments are doing. Hear what their thoughts were about this!

Finally they also mention a competition that will be running on the San Pedro Guide from nest week with a €50 voucher up for grabs at The Hogan Stand (@thehoganstand). Make sure you follow @sanpedromarbellaguide to see how to enter.