Yesterday evening we decided to pay a visit to Comares, the mountain top village we see every day from Finca Manolo. It was quite a difficult journey because of the time of day. The road is very much a twister going down to the bottom of the valley and then climbing up the other side. We persevered with the car pointing skywards so often - right into the evening sun. The problem is not just the bends but the sheer drops at the roadside. Driving blind occasionally on this road was not very good I thought. Well we reached journey's end and found a village with lots of pedestrian only very narrow streets - suitable for only people and donkeys/mules.
We then had the problem of getting back to our base here in El Romo. It isn't listed on the satnav so I keyed in Colmenar instead, thinking we would be directed via our hamlet. Outside the village the sign to the right said Colmenar and satnav said "turn right". Satnav was wrong in that we were taken about 20 miles or so when the actual distance to El Romo was about 4/5 miles on a twisty road. By the time we passed through Colmenar we were driving on dipped headlights with 12 more minutes along the valley side! We visited several valleys among the Montes de Malaga, I can tell you!
Today we went to Nerja, which is a town and resort quite a few miles west of Malaga. When we arrived we drove into the centre and looked for parking. This we achieved in the municipal multi-storey car park. Driving around level -2 in thr semi darkness I was surprised to hear the driver of the car behind me give a long blast on his horn. I had stopped because a driver was reversing out of a parking space and the way forward was temporarily blocked. However, I let the other driver go and went down the line to find a suitable place. What had got into the guy behind me I shall never know. He drove on and parked up somewhere unknown to me.
Using the lift to get back to the ground level, we found ourselves in a deserted square. We walked through it and soon came to an avenue of trees that led to a popular view point by the sea. Pauline took my photo with the guy you see encapsulated in bronze in the above photo. He was a former King of Spain. I cannot put our particular photo on this posting because I need another device which takes the Olympus cards. Then we walked across to a posh hotel and ordered coffee. After a drink and a rest we set off to find a shop selling fridge magnets. We made our purchase and collected the car from the car park.
Pauline keyed Frigiliana into the satnav and off we went to have lunch there. I dropped Pauline off at the restaurant and drove off in search of a parking space. It was a 12 minutes walk back from the car. We had a nice lunch. Pauline ordered Serrano Ham and Manchego Cheese for her starter. We really can recommend these foods from Spain. My starter was Gaspacho, the chilled soup. It was good but not as good as the one I made on return from Spain last year! The main course was a platter of fried fish and we immediately recognised it as having been what we ordered at the same establishment in 2010! We tried hard but still could not empty the platter!
After this I left Pauline in charge of my wallet and therefore able to pay the bill whilst I walked back to the car which I brought back to Pauline. Soon we were homeward bound and keen for a swim after a hot day out. Tomorrow is our final day here so we shall stay put and get our strength up for the journey home starting Friday morning. We shall be driving to Toledo where El Greco did most of his painting, staying for two nights and then setting off for Santander and the cruise home on the Pont Aven on Monday.
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