Granada

 

We are parked up tonight at Camping Alto De Vinuelas about 20k north of Granada. We had a fantastic journey here today from Almeria driving over the Sierra Nevada, we peaked at 1225 meters (thanks for the altimeter girls) with snow capped mountains all around us. Phil took some great photos through the van windows

It's 1100 metres where we are parked so a bit chilly but the sun was warm today although the wind blows straight over from the snow capped peaks to our south

We walked down to the village you can see in the photo above this afternoon, obviously we timed it so we arrived when everywhere was closed, we still haven't got the hang of the Spanish closing times. Is it 2 till 4? 4 till 6? Whenever they feel like it? I said we walked down and that meant we had to walk up on the return journey. I don't know if this photo captures the perspective but maybe Phil's body language does.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our travelling companions to Morocco, Paul and Chris arrived an hour after us and it was good to see them again and catch up. Tomorrow we are all going to Granada to visit the Alhambra, the bus stops right outside the campsite and takes about 30 minutes. Saturday and Sunday will give us the opportunity to make our final plans and preparations for Morocco and then on Monday we'll travel to Algeciras to buy our ferry tickets. Not long now and we'll be on another continent. We're really getting excited now.

Yesterday we said our goodbyes to our friends in Almeria. After we had spent an hour cleaning the pigeon and sparrow s**t off the van. Another lesson learnt, don't park under trees. I like to think I learn something new every day but that was one lesson I could have done without.

For those of you who have expressed an interest and offered suggestions you'll be pleased to near that I have tuned the Ukulele. I just have to learn how to play the thing now.

 

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