After an extremely early flight from Calgary to New York, a long layover and a red eye across the Atlantic, the Costa Del Sol appears with the 2nd sunrise of our trip.Luxu Parking meets us at Malaga airport with our precious home on wheels.I love the strangeness of new places. This supermarket has a Costco sized pallet of cured pig legs. Spaniards are serious about their pork.Spain is full of very new Mercedes, BMW, Chinese EVs, and a large number of 40 year old Mitsubishis.Andalucia is spectacular, especially the white villages perched on top of mountains.I’ve got a tooth bothering me, so we stop at a dentist in the tiny mountain village of Gaucin. One room, no upsell on the X-Ray and anesthetic, just a 60 Euro cleaning. Guilt trip is free.I don’t remember Andalucia being this pretty when we were here in March.Marta’s bad knee got sore during our 2 week stop in Calgary, and it’s not getting better. We stop at a physio in Ronda and 10 minutes later she’s in this European sized MRI machine.
It’s not good news. We know Marta will need a new knee, and the game is to defer as long as possible.
Let’s hope that a little physio and a lot of Vitamin I will buy another year…
We see lots of plants and fruits that came from the new world. The last time we seen Chirimoya was in a Mexican silver mining town high in the Sierra Madre mountains. Chirimoya is like Durian – heroin that grows on trees. Amazing
It’s weird that the Spaniards never got serious about spice. Peppers from the Americas redefined cuisine in China, India, but the Spanish stuck with their dried out pig legs.
A series of water reservoirs makes for great swimming, finishing in the spectacular Camino del Rey hiking trail. After Marta’s next physio appointment, we will be back.A private zoo has a collection of very cautious wolves. I’m skeptical of their behavioural conclusions about wolves – wild wolves must be much more enterprising than these timid beasts.Canadian limestone doesn’t produce the spectacular Karst landscapes that we see in southern Spain.I blame Blackberry bushes for Europe invading the world over the last 500 years. Once this lifeform is in your country, you need to find a new home.Southern Spain has lots of very old cave art and megalithic structures. There are all kinds of complicated explanations, but I recognize another project oriented person when I see one.The area around the city of Ronda was considered to be the Wild West of Europe in the 1800s, with bandits being sold as modern Robin Hood. Tourism is big business now.
Marta and Chester's Maleficent Adventures 