Monday, October 26, 2015
Not all travel days can be perfect and we sure had one that was far from perfect! It was raining near Malaga so we decided to head north to Granada and see the Alhambra. After 2 hours of driving through the mountains in the rain we got there and it was raining even harder. The line for tickets was huge and the people were just standing in the rain. I asked a young woman with a toddler who was standing near the front of the line and she told me the only tickets available were for the gardens in the afternoon. Gordon and I decided that just to see the outside wasn't worth the wait in the pouring rain. So we decided to go back via a little town called Nerja. It was a cute white building seaside town. We stopped by a grocery store and picked up supplies for a picnic lunch of ham, cheese, a baguette and chips. After lunch we went to a plaza that is basically a walkway along the coast. Very pretty.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Today's plan was to go to Gibraltar, a British owned peninsula, which is the closest point of land to Morocco in Africa. On a clear day you can see Morocco from it's shore as it is fairly close. Unfortunately we had another day of rain and fog. We did get to see the rock of Gibraltar up close but not Morocco. We decided to head back and check out Marbella. The drive was nice and the mountains were beautiful, as we were going into the mountains I looked over my shoulder one last time to see the rock and saw Morocco! The fog had cleared just enough! We stopped at a scenic pullout and took a few pictures. Then off to Marbella. Marbella is a nice, expensive beach town, about the same as the area we are staying in.
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