From Marbella to Murcia; Him & Her go on holiday!

It's another week and that means another episode of the Marbella lifestyle podcast Marbella with Him & Her presented by PJ Lopez (@pjlopez1marbella) and Hannah Murray (@radiohannah). It is a weekly insight into life in Marbella from husband and wife expats who made Marbella home over 20 years ago. PJ is a digital marketing consultant and Hannah is a radio presenter on Talk Radio Europe (@talk_radio_europe) and is lucky enough to interview some amazing people every week from authors of inspirational books to celebrities, sports personalities, chefs and even politicians. She also presents a TV segment in Spain's very first English language breakfast TV show that goes out on regional Spanish TV called Good Morning Spain (@goodmorningspaintv).

In this week’s episode they headed away from their usual setting of Marbella on the Costa del Sol to further along the coast to Villamartin in Torrevieja on the southern Costa Blanca. They had agreed to 'cat sit' for PJ's sister who was off to Italy on her vacation. Plans changed slightly as PJ's nephew was called into work at the last minute and was unable to go on the family holiday, which meant a slight change in plans for PJ & Hannah.

On route they decided to have a change from their usual roadside stop for a break and headed into a village on route. They chose a place called Baza where they managed to somehow sniff out the most expensive restaurant on the town for lunch called Kaliskka where they had a stunning dish and one not so appetising.

They also stayed overnight in Murcia city centre in an area called 'San Pedro' which was full of amazing tapas restaurants, needless to say a tapas crawl was on the cards for lunch! One of their favourite restaurants n the crawl was called La Tapa (@latapadelasflores) where they did some very interesting and delicious tapa dishes. Listen to the podcast to hear more about their Murcia visit and culinary adventures.

Hannah's colleague Linda from Good Morning Spain has been away working on a luxury yacht as a chef, first stew and pretty much everything else that needed to be done onboard. From a post she put up Hannah noticed that they had moored unexpectedly in Torrevieja port due to an engine failure. Off they went to visit her and were invited onboard the yacht for a tour and catch up. It was a great way for them both to show their Below Deck knowledge!

While away Hannah managed to get through lots of reading, which included Vogue Williams' book Big Mouth (@voguewilliams) She co-hosts one of their favourite podcasts 'My Therapist Ghosted Me'.

PJ's nephew now not away meant that PJ & Hannah decided to book a couple of nights in Roquetas del Mar, which was on the way home to Marbella. They headed off earlier than originally planned via the stunning city of Cartagena to a place called Aguadulce. It was a port within the Roquetas del Mar area of Almeria and they stayed in a lovely frontline port spa hotel. There was a bit of a pub crawl on day one where PJ found out about Hannah's hidden pool skills. After a spa and massage session of day two they had dinner in a wonderful Argentinean restaurant further along the paseo. 

Upon arrival back in San Pedro de Alcantara it was off to celebrate Meadhbh's birthday at the Hogan Stand (@thehoganstand). 

On Saturday, even with a hangover, Hannah got up and headed to Kova Beach Club (@kovabeachclub) for Lina's hen party (Mummy Marbella).

They also discussed some general news such as the passing of fashion icon Giorgio Armani, the tragic funicular rail crash in Lisbon as well as Sur in English articles about the Broccoli haircut, Comic Con in Malaga and a good Samaritan returning a lost wallet full of cash.