Thursday, 27 March 2008
We are no longer buying our pastries at the candy shop—now we make them ourselves! Store-bought croissants and a jar of Nutella make a great breakfast! Today we set off to explore caves near the beach. The weather was looking very dodgy for most of the drive but finally cleared once we got through the mountains after which, blue sky and warm sunshine dominated the rest of the day. General consensus is that the caves are cool but the kids could not get their minds off their ultimate goal—the beach! We spent about 1.5 hours on the beach—the kids collecting shells, CJ and Abby seemingly undisturbed by the frigid water. After lunch and picking sand out of our hair, we took the coastal road west into Malaga and explored the Castillo de Gibralfaro, which we found out, after a lot of perplexity, does not lead to our next destination, the Alcazaba and roman ampitheatre. Put off by a 30 minute walk down (which, naturally, would end in a 30+ minute return hike) we drove down to the Alcazaba on a road reminiscent of those near Ronda. The Alcazaba architecture is Moorish with recycled Roman bits. Very interesting. Tonight needs to be an early night because we are setting out for Granada in the morning—if we are early enough, we may be able to procure tickets for viewing the palaces at La Alhambra.
We are no longer buying our pastries at the candy shop—now we make them ourselves! Store-bought croissants and a jar of Nutella make a great breakfast! Today we set off to explore caves near the beach. The weather was looking very dodgy for most of the drive but finally cleared once we got through the mountains after which, blue sky and warm sunshine dominated the rest of the day. General consensus is that the caves are cool but the kids could not get their minds off their ultimate goal—the beach! We spent about 1.5 hours on the beach—the kids collecting shells, CJ and Abby seemingly undisturbed by the frigid water. After lunch and picking sand out of our hair, we took the coastal road west into Malaga and explored the Castillo de Gibralfaro, which we found out, after a lot of perplexity, does not lead to our next destination, the Alcazaba and roman ampitheatre. Put off by a 30 minute walk down (which, naturally, would end in a 30+ minute return hike) we drove down to the Alcazaba on a road reminiscent of those near Ronda. The Alcazaba architecture is Moorish with recycled Roman bits. Very interesting. Tonight needs to be an early night because we are setting out for Granada in the morning—if we are early enough, we may be able to procure tickets for viewing the palaces at La Alhambra.
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