Clarke and Brennie ....Next Stage.: Nerja, Larry & Liza, Gibraltar and This Dump of a Hotel

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Nerja, Larry & Liza, Gibraltar and This Dump of a Hotel

We left Granada behind yesterday and drove south to the Costa del Sol for our first glimpse of the Mediterranean. I can see now why so many people choose to retire to the Costa del Sol. Really …… I mean REALLY nice. Pretty hard to describe but I will try …….. The sun coast on the Med. How’s that? We stopped at Nerja.

We passed one of the white hill towns on the way to the coast. The white helps keep the houses cool as it reflects the sone. The whitewaah also has something in it to repel bugs.

Nerja: AKA the balcony of Europe. Brenda wants to come back here for a month. I agree. Look it up on the old Internet. You will understand. Again. Lots of retirees. Can’t blame them.

Nerja is called the Balcony of Europe.
It sits on a bluff overlooking the Med.
Fantastic!!

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The pic of the pebbles is of the beach.

Some is sand,

Some is pebbles of all different sizes.

Very cool.

Larry and Liza: We continued on from Nerja to see Larry and Liza in Coin. We had a lovely evening catching up with them. We were a little tired so tried to tuck in early because this AM we went to Gibraltar.

We enjoyed talking so much the camera rarely got taken out.
Therefore a pretty pic in a grocery store.

Gibraltar: A bit of jolly old England in the shadow of a HUGE rock ….. called amazingly The Rock of Gibraltar. It is pretty hard to describe. It is a massive rock inhabited by ape/monkey things. At the base of the rock is a couple square miles of British territory. From the rock, you can see: the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Spain, Morocco and that little bit of England. The ‘rock’ has a long and interesting history which I won’t bother you with. Fascinating day.

The rock. (bad pic)

Morocco in the distance.

Brennie showing where swhe wants to be kissed.

The rock is full of caves. Some are natural and we only have two lousy pics of them.
There is also a whole military history of tunneling and cannon placements inside the rock.
I loved it..

My new best friend.

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Hotel Dumpo: We are a few miles outside down coast of Gibraltar tonight in Algeceras. This is our last night in Spain. We head over to Morocco tomorrow on the ferry. Gulp. Unfortunately, we had to stay in this dump.