Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Granada and Sierra Nevada











What a life!




This edition is written alongside a pool at our present site which is close to a beach on Costa Blanca in a small village aptly named as El Campello between Alicante and Benidorm, which is an area in stark contrast to our previous site site high in the quiet mountains of the Sierra Nevada, close to Granada.




On the basis that a blog is only as good as its honesty, I had better tell you of some of the lows as well as the highs. The lows include a split molar, which required the attention of a dentist who only spoke Spanish and a smattering of French and who insisted in asking lots of questions. The problem was solved by Margaret, who spoke to the dentist in Spani/French and then tranlated to me in English with a French accent!




The next low was the action of a toady thief who stole the back wheel off Margarets bike whilst it was locked up at Cordoba Railway Station, whilst we travelled to Seville by train. This particular problem was overcome by a visit to a fantastic but chaotic cycle shop in Granada that was operated by Arkwright's understudy ably assisted by a long suffering son (get the picture?). The shop had so much stuff that it woulod have been possible to get a front brake block for a Penny Farthing. Notwithstanding the stock levels, just try asking a man who only speaks Spanish that you want a 20 inch rear wheel for a folding bike and you also want specific ratio 6 speed gearing, and that you do not require tyre or inner tube as you have spare ones at the caravan! Well we managed it and all for 29 Euros, so yet another problem solved.




Our previous site was in the area of Beas de Granada, and was blessed with the most wonderful snowy mountain views from the caravan windows (see photo). The highlight was our trip to Granada and our visit to the Alhambra Palace and gardens and also the adjoining Generalife gardens and minor palace. It was a day that we shall remember to the end of our days. Granada is a fine city and is surrounded by high mountains throughout 360 degrees. I have hopefully attached a couple of photos to show the Alhambra.




You will also see from the photos that the journey is taking its toll on both car and caravan, but still we continue onwards along the Med' coast towards France and then on to Italy.




Buenos Dias.

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