I nearly didn’t post this thread for fear it may rake up some of the previous bad feeling that has thankfully gone ……….. but I decided I would because it is intended to be a positive post and will hopefully remove any lingering doubts people may have had.
I have just returned from PP …….. despite having been >15 times over the years I had never been in July, so didn’t really have any first hand experience of PP in the really high season.
In the past year there have been some posts about The Square becoming less like a great family place where children can play safely, and about a more raucous, singles type atmosphere prevailing. There have also been the debates about a change in the types of visitors and of course heated debates about the new eatery at the start of the pinewalk.
So, I for one did have a lingering doubt ( not a big one but it was nagging away in the back of my mind ) that my beloved PP wouldn’t be what I expected when I arrived in July ……….. I am soooooooooo happy to say that I should have been ashamed of myself …………. Beautiful, majestic leopards really don’t change their spots.
Yes it was busy, but considering it was also Fiesta week, it wasn’t too busy
Yes the new eatery was there, and of course I would rather it wasn’t and all of the things previously debated, but it isn’t an eyesore and really doesn’t “lower the tone”
The square was as it has always been , a place for families, a safe haven for kids to play ….. I guess the most dangerous things being the firecrackers which, being Fiesta week, were being set off by local kids and holidaying kids alike.
And it was only on the very last day that I saw the first pair of union jack shorts !!!:rollin :rollin :rollin
For me the acid test is if most of the time, the people at the next table when you are having dinner, the people you get chatting to on the beach or by the pool, the people you say Buenos Noches to on your evening stroll, the kids your kids get friendly with are people who you would be happy to spend time with in your normal everyday life
( and just to be absolutely clear, when I talk about people I would be happy to spend time with, I am not talking about wealth or class here , I am talking about general standards of behaviour and attitude, something that costs nothing and means everything.) ….. then you are in the right place for you , and thankfully PP still pushes all of those buttons for me and mine.
And I have been home 48hrs and want to go back NOW