Bahia Tropical Almunecar

... Christian and Jewish. This was the last hold-out by the Moors in at the end of the 15th Century before being completely driven from Spain (before which the 3 cultures lived peacefully together). Frigiliana has also been voted the most beautiful village in Spain and Andalusia numerous times. All the buildings are painted white and are perched on the side of a mountain. It is truly idyllic.

Our particular hang-out in ...

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 ...

... in this area. So, of course, we had to try it out. It was pretty stuffy inside. Not sure they were ready for Shae. :) The salads were great but the sea bass was horrible. Mike had high hopes, but he was disappointed again with the fish. At least Shae enjoyed her chocolate ice cream dessert. We're heading out tomorrow for Granada.

... a train/tram tour around the city - which isn't very big. and then ended up in a playground where Shae played for a good hour. She met so many new friends. We then went to dinner at an italian restaurant. The food was good. So far so good with the food in this area. I think since it's more touristy than the mtn area where we came from there's more choice here. This was a great Shae day! Tomorrow we're planning to explore the coastline north of here.

... a bucket of scraps and headed out to feed the donkeys. Along the way she was accosted by a cute little pot-bellied pig who stole her bucket and started munching! He was so cute!

After the donkey sanctuary we headed out for a drive to explore the area more. The beaches are surround by beautiful mountains. We headed up to a mountain village called Frigiliana. We had a nice lunch there and set out to explore the rest of the area. After a 1.5 hour ...

... Nerja is a more populated beach town. The Balcon de Europa is a scenic tourist spot in town with a square, shops, restaurants, bars, etc. We headed there and walked around a bit. Mike asked around and we found an amazing place for dinner - Meson de Antonio. The food was so good. The place was packed so we knew it had to be good. We called it a night and got back to watch another movie on mike's laptop. So far we're loving the beach area.

... people stroll. This has been the most lasting memory of my trip here decades ago: how all generations of a family come together at sunset/dusk and stroll down a boardwalk. I suspect the kids are dressed in their better gear by parents but, otherwise, it’s very informal, social, and a wonderful thing.

After dinner, our usual 10:15-11:30 sitting, we headed home to Les Tres ...

... mass. It was hard core mass. We hiked some, and I am hoping we were up pretty high because I was definitely getting winded very quickly. Our other adventures included visiting all the tourist shops (I believe there were 5) and visiting the same resturaunt at least twice a couple people visited 4 times ;) It was a great relaxing break from the loud town experience. I had heard rumor ...

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... and a pleasure to study in. Looking at the modern art here really helped me see composition and aesthetic in a whole new way. A style which I am willing and ready to translate through my photography. I found it to affect my digital images from Barcelona so much that I am going through the rest of the photos from this last road trip and cropping them with some style. I like to shoot square format, and I am fine with cropping my horizontals to become a powerful square ...