Beaches
I’ve never been happier
“There was a time that I felt lost, running around all over the place, with no real direction. But that was before. Now I live in Agaete.
Of course, it’s a tiny place but it’s that size for a reason.
It’s the perfect place for people who have chosen to downsize, a place made to measure for people who want to swim in the sea all year round, whenever they feel like it, or just to bask in the sun on the little harbour beach, go fishing and eat fish, papas arrugadas and drink wine in your fishing gear, whiling away the hours with the locals and the tourists who come to rest at the hotel, or smoking a cigar listening to the sound of the crickets in the evening.
You know what I mean – all that kind of small simple pleasures.
I’ve chosen to live here because it’s my kind of place. Other people get their kicks out of having a private helicopter that takes them directly to their Board Meetings or having the kind of car that has so many gadgets you can pretend you’re a racing driver. Each to his own is what I say.
I prefer to have my fishing gear and tackle in the Puerto de las Nieves so that when I feel so inclined (which is very often) I can spend the day fishing, only coming back in the evening with the seagulls accompanying me, wheeling round the boat, with the steep cliffs behind me. But that’s me, that’s what makes me happy.
Agaete is also a place to take your holidays, to wind down and disconnect. A quiet place – apart from when there is a local festivity, when things are totally different, or on Sundays, when everyone makes for Agaete for time out. So much the better because Life is short so let’s make the most of it.
Or, at least, that’s my opinion. Each to his own, as I say. Me, I’m going to be hanging out a bit longer here, in Agaete.
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