Dos

We spent our second day just recovering from our journey.  We slpet in, ate a late breakfast, went swimming in the heated pool, and went to the beach. 

So the lifeguard at the pool really wanted to take our picture, so we agreed and he went way far away from us, I guess he assumed we wanted the whole resort in the background.  Then, as he was walking back he stopped and took 3 more, as if he just had inspiration for a great shot.  We were interested to see what he was so excited about, but all I see is us with a handrail in front.

He best keep his lifeguard job...

That night we drove to nearby Malaga where we scaled the castle walls and enjoyed the view.  Our little chatty girl ruined the romance for several couples along the route.

Nerja

We went to church near our place -- they even have an English branch since it is such a tourist spot. (Don't worry, mom, we changed).

Then we headed to a little town called Nerja. We had an insiders tip that there were some amazing "cuevas" or caves.

We stopped first at the beach where we watched wind para-surfers? What are the names for these guys?

The caves were amazing! Stalagmites and Stalactites including the world's largest.

This video was much bigger when I saw it, so I didn't realize it was so dark! Sorry.

Em had been such a good girl that we went and played at the "Cuevas de Nerja Playground". Her dad taught her how to drive stick shift.

We went back to the town and beach were we saw a lovely sunset.

Ronda and Seville

We drove to Seville one bright sunny morning and stopped in this little city named Ronda on the way. It is divided in half by a deep gorge with an old amazing bridge built over top.

Seville!
Oh what a glorious city! We should have stayed there longer...

This is our self-proclaimed parking attendant for our free lot we used. She points her cane around and shows you where to park, checks your car to make sure you hide all your valuables, and then "guards" it so it is not broken into. All this for a couple euros she had me "secretly" hand to her. I don't know what she would have done if thieves came, she was all of 4 foot 10. Maybe hit them with her cane and yelled slanderous speech with her toothless mouth.

We went on a tour of the Catedral de Santa María de la Sede which was built on top of the Moorish Mosque in the 1400s. It has the Sepulcher of Columbus, but not his remains.

There is also a great tower (Giralda) which had lovely views of the city.

We got lost on our way back (still no GPS--Boo!), but tried to enjoy the views anyway.