After leaving Gibraltar we drove along the Spanish coast for a little bit and stopped to see the beach near Malaga and touch the Med one more time. To our surprise the sand was almost black!
Isn’t that strange? Anyway, Seeing the beach here made me realize how much I love the Florida Panhandle beaches. The sand there is so white and clean. As pretty as the water was in Spain the beach experience was kinda ruined for me because there was so much litter along the beach. It’s too bad- the area has so much potential to be beautiful.
Southern Spain has acre upon acre of olive groves. We found out later that Spain is one of the largest producers of olives, but they sell the majority of them to Italy, who then press it into oil, packages it, and sells it as Italian!
WARNING: apparently there are enough Spanish motorcyclists who like to do synchronized front wheelies on the highway to warrant precaution signs. Now THAT I would have liked to see!
GRANADA
Here’s a view of part of the town.
We spent the first half of our day in Granada touring the Alhambra, an ancient Islamic palace that was used when the Moors controlled Spain. The place is HUGE with amazingly detailed engravings everywhere. The photo above shows just part of the Alhambra complex.
Here’s another section of it.
We had a great time touring the place. One hint if you ever decide to go: they only sell a limited amount of tickets every day, so if you can I would advise buying them online in advance. Otherwise you have to wake up really early, hike up to the top of what feels like a mountain, and stand in line for a couple hours. Not really the best use of time, but worth it if you have to.
Here’s another shot of Granada.
Meet Wes, is my sister in law’s cousin! We met him over Christmas in Belgium. He’s living in Granada studying Spanish and gave us a great tour of the area. The best part was all the food! He took us from one place to another to test the local flavors. It. Was. Awesome.
Random Factiod: Apparently you can grow your own weed in Spain, but you can’t sell it or carry more than a single serving. I found it kiiinda wierd.
This is the Granada Catherdal
Again with all the gold!!
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