Almuecar Playa Almunecar

J'arrive à la montagne, dans les Alpujarras, après plusieurs heures de vélo et aussi un peu de bus: Je suis accueillie au village par Jordi, fermier bio espagnol. Nous avons convenus que je resterais une semaine avec eux et qu'on verrait par la suite: Grande tranquillité dans cet endroit. Je fais la connaissance de sa femme, Lore, suisse-allemande de Zurich et de leurs 2 enfants, un garçon de 10 ans, Rama, et une fille de 8 ans, Tara ...

After all the driving yesterday, we decided we didn't want to get in the car and drive anywhere today. So we spent the whole day at the beach. Shae played with several new friends from the uk. She was digging in the sand for about 4 hours. I don't even think she made it to the water. It was a very relaxing day. Later we drove into a nearby ...

We decided to make today another Shae day. We headed to the beach early and rented a couple of chairs with an umbrella. You know how hard this is for mike and i. we are not beach-goers. but Shae was so excited to build sand castles and play in the water. We lasted close to 2 hours. it was nice. Mike got to catch up on his spanish cards and i finally got to start reading a book on my kindle. We ate lunch at an outdoor cafe and met the owner, Michel from ...

We started out today by visiting a donkey sanctuary in nerja. Shae was so excited to see the donkeys. It's a great place that rescues abused and neglected animals in the area. They have more than just donkeys (goats, sheep, turkey, pot-bellied pigs, dogs, cats, etc.) it's run by a family from the uk and solely survives on donations from visitors. It was so sad to see all the animals, but they are being well cared for and seem to enjoy their new home. Shae ...

After getting in late the night before we got a pretty late start the next morning The place where we're staying is a 5 minute walk to Burriana Beach. A very popular beach in this area. The weather has been incredible our entire trip 70s and 80s the whole time. Apparently, this is unusual for this time of year here. It's tends to be a bit cooler. But the beaches are full of sunbathers even in mid-October. We really picked a good time to ...

There is a first time for everything and today I decided to go to the toilet off a cliff. Although the Siera Nevada mountain range is argueably the most beautiful place we have been its hard to appreciate it when you have to cycle uphill in 40 degree heat for hours. I find the best way to push yourself through it is to simply swear loudly for ...

Friday July 10<br><br>Today was a road trip day. Off to the airport to collect our car, a Ford, or "Fix Or Repair Daily". Actually, ours did a very nice job...<br><br> We drove to the coast, to the what-I-thought-was-the-small-village called Nerja. I'd read it has special caves with stalagtite &amp; stalagmite formations, kind of like the Calsbad Caverns in New Mexico. In fact, once you ...

... a few minutes, but Jenny stands up and yells " Hey....let's do that again, it was like slo-mo!!" . We inspect a couple of scratches, check her over and make a pact not to tell Mom. We get back to the Marriott and tan, play ping pong, swim, and finally head up to "Charlies" for some cheeseburgers to end our "do-nothing day". Everyone is tired and relieved.

Ok so continuing the stories of the weekend plus my beach adventure... So this patron saint of Granada Our Lady of Sorrows I think is also the patron saint of the order of priests that run my school...Clarification from anyone in theknow would be greatly appreciatedbut I think this is the same one we learned about in New Orleans this summer when I was there... So basically the our lady of sorrows church has this hyge presentaion of ...

... what there was to see in Granada, but I was going to make it fun. I am sure the peeps at the hostel will be able to fill me up with some fun things to do! It was still dark when I went to the bathroom to freshen up, so I didn't see my Granadian surprise until I returned to my room... I walked back in to find the curtain flung open and a BLIZZARD in action. No lie, there was probably about 10 feet of snow and we were only about 40 minutes away from the town. OMG. At first I ...