Paul & Maryse Travel Paul Timmins

We review some of the good and bad that happened on the trip. The weather didn’t even come up! Not sure if that’s a good thing.

We used the Gibraltar Pass to make the best of our time on the Rock. Bus, Cable Car to the top and lots of sites were under our belt. We wore the bottom off our feet and then returned to La Línea for supper at our apt owner’s restaurant. Lovely meal. Day 2 put us back on the island but with a goal of not going up or down any more stairs (day one killed our legs). We visited the beaches on the west side and took in the only active cemetery in Gibraltar. Lunch back in La Linea and then we’re off to Torremolinos for our first night in that resort town.

A walking tour of Malaga was a bust so we visited the Cathedral, had lunch, visited the Carmen Thyssen Art Museum and had some gelato in the sun. The next day was a bus ride to Línea on the border of Spain and Gibraltar. A little lunch and a walk-about to get the lay of the land left us weary and we took the edge off with a little wine and cheese party.

A trek up in to the Sierra above Cordoba for a short hike and a quick jaunt into the countryside built up a hunger for more tapas. Leaving for the south, a short stop at a chocolate museum in Estepa led to a lunch at the top of a hill. Malaga awaited and we returned our rental, bought our bus tickets to Gibraltar, and had another satisfying supper (more tapas!). A day in Malaga included the Picasso Museum, Alcazaba and the waterfront. Whew!

We visit Alhambra and the downtown of old Granada and then took the evening inside away from the rain. A road trip to Cordoba had a stop at a café and an olive museum. Finally, after we checked in to our AirBnB, we visited the Mezquita Cathedral and the downtown of old Cordoba.

We skipped town and drove through tunnels and over bridges to reach our apartment in the Sierra Nevada hills. A visit to some historic caves, we also took a 10k hike through the hills and valleys. We were bagged after that. A little more tapas The the Grand Kiki for supper was nice.