Daily Drena: Much to see, much to interpret.
We packed up from our awesome little Granada apartment, dragged our suitcases halfway across the city and met up with our last tour organized by the Escuela. It was a long day with lots of driving, walking, and using our brains to listen and translate Spanish. We guessed we were able to understand about 60% at the beginning of the tour, but by the end it was more like 15%. After awhile it was more fun to create our own stories of why things were the way they were. Calle Horno was called that because they shared community ovens and the women would take their food to be baked to this street. The trim and doors were painted blue because it welcomed sailors from the ocean.
We were able to coordinate to go on the entire tour with the group, but be dropped off in Nerja on the way home instead of returning to Granada. For these one and two-nighter towns, we decided we’d save some cash and try staying in hostels. I was a little nervous about it, but was pleasantly surprised. We got a private bathroom in Hostel Lorca and could use the kitchen/fridge/lobby and the wonderful outdoor patio. It was better than a hotel in my opinion because it was more homey. The room was basic, but extremely clean and the owner was very friendly.
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The bells on this church kept ringing as our tour guide was trying to talk. He said that they only ring that much when there is love or death. As we left, we saw the funeral procession arriving.
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Almunecar
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Old fish capturing holes. The waters would rise and fish would come in and get caught in the holes.
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A cherimoya tree
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Pretty.
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Nerja Cave. Huge stalactites and stalagmites.
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Truly one of nature’s finest works of art.
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I could see how many movie settings could be inspired from this cave.
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Nerja.
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Flowers on the streets of Nerja
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Our tour.
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Frigiliana. I fell in love with this tiny town immediately. Each street corner had wonderful viewpoints.
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Frigiliana. Cool patterns in the cobblestone.
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Two types of doors in a typical entrance. One for humans, and another for domestic large animals, like horses.
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Cool door. There is a reason why the houses were painted with a blue trim, but we didn’t catch why. I started making up stories after awhile.
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Lots of potted plants in this town!
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Photobombed by a nina.
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We got the Ronda room in our Hostel. Fitting, since we are headed to Ronda in a few days.
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We splurged on a night out in Nerja, at a Italian restaurant. Live music came around, but Drew was too hungry to care much.
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The Pinocchio Restaurant
