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Nerja, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

Today we drove to Nerja and toured the stone age caves there that we not discovered until 1959. It has the largest underground cavern in all of Europe.
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malaga, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

Today we visted the central market and the arabic fort, the Alcazaba, in Malaga. I wanted to go the cental market so I could buy saffron, which I did. I got 2 grams for about $12. I last bought 1/2 gram of saffron for $8 in Eugene. Saffron is a great seasoning for rice dishes.
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Torremolinos, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

We are in the Torremolinos area for the next 4 days. The weather is generally sunny, but not nice enough for people to be sunbathing. It is the off-off season.

From here we will be exploring Malaga, Nerja and Granada.
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Marbella, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

We walked though the Marbella yacht harbor today. Lots of boat and some really big.

On to Torremolinos today. When we were on the Canopus, there was a bus every Saturday morning to Torremolinos, which was considered the Spanish Riveria at the time.
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Gibraltar, Gibraltar

We spent two days in Gibraltar. Took the cable car to the top and saw the apes. Took a drive around the area and spent some time at Europa Point that looks out at Africa.

We the then drove to Marbella.
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Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

Today we drove to Jerez. We toured the Gonzalez Bypass bodega. We then went to the Sandeman bodega for I could buy some souvenirs. Then on to a visit of the Alcazar.

At 4:00 in the afternoon, we walked through the shopping area, but almost all the stores were closed for siesta!
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Arcos de la Fronter, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

Today we toured Arcos, a city that overlooks a valley.
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Chipiona, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

In the afternoon we drove to Chipiona, where we had lunch and tried to find the house the house that Ed lived at in 1967-68. The city changed too much and he was unable to find it.
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Sanlucar de Barrameda, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

Saturday we drove to Sanlucar to take a boat tour of the National Park of Donana. We saw wild deer and boars.

Afterwards we went to the Barbadillo Manzanilla Museum, which we were only able to find by following a really friendly Spanish man with a dog and his family that allowed us to follow him in our car to the museum. Otherwise, we would have never been able to find it.
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Rota, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands

Sunsets in Rota are magical.
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